Weir Minerals Wins £2.8M Dredging Pump Contract
£2.8M CONTRACT FOR QATAR SEA PORT PROJECT
The Middle East Dredging Company (MEDCO) has
selected Weir Minerals to supply pumps to be used in the dredging
of the New Doha Sea Port in Qatar.
Construction of the port, which will be one of
the deepest in the world and will cover an area of 26.5 sq km, will
require approximately 45 million cubic metres of mainly hard rock,
to be dredged from a 20km-long approach channel and the basin
itself.
Weir Minerals will supply heavy-duty
skid-mounted pump assemblies, each incorporating a
WARMAN® 550 TUL slurry pump, a 1,000 hp diesel engine, a
gearbox and a heavy-duty bearing frame.
Each pump set will deliver a flow rate of
6,000 cubic metres per hour and they will be deployed on two
self-propelling, rock-breaking dredger vessels.
Tony G Locke, managing director of Weir
Minerals Europe, said: “This is a project on an enormous scale -
the amount of solid rock that will be dredged would be enough to
fill the Great Pyramid at Giza 18 times over or the Royal Albert
Hall 500 times over.
“We have worked for several years with
Dredging & Environmental Engineering, a Belgium-based dredging
company which part-owns MEDCO, and our selection for this project
is a result of the excellent products and service we have provided
in the past.
“The win further consolidates the long list of
megaprojects Weir Minerals has supported all over the globe.”
MEDCO’s deputy general manager said: “This
project is a key element of Qatar’s development plans, as its rapid
growth in recent years has seen its existing infrastructure pushed
close to capacity.
“The scale of the dredging project required to
make the port a reality calls for the most robust and reliable
slurry pumps, and Weir’s Warman pump range has an unrivalled
reputation in this respect.”
ENDS
About The Weir Group PLC
Weir, a FTSE 100 company founded in 1871 and
headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, is a global provider of
engineering solutions to the minerals, oil and gas and power
sectors. Weir’s commitment to engineering excellence, research and
customer focus extends equipment wear life and operational
capability in some of the world’s most challenging
environments.
Weir is committed to going where its customers
go, with a worldwide network of more than 140 manufacturing
facilities and service centres. The business has a presence in more
than 70 countries, with over 14,000 staff around the world working
in three divisions: Minerals, Oil & Gas and Power &
Industrial. Weir’s customer base includes the world’s largest
mining houses, major oil services businesses and nuclear and
conventional power generation companies.
Annual revenues were more than £2.25 billion
in 2011, of which more than half came from the provision of
services and aftermarket support. Emerging markets contributed 35%
of overall Group revenues.
See http://www.weir.co.uk/ for
further information.
About Weir Minerals
Weir Minerals employs nearly 6,500 people worldwide, delivering
end-to-end solutions for all mining, dewatering, transportation,
milling, processing and waste management activities. Weir Minerals
has an advanced product range incorporating market leading brands
(such as Warman® centrifugal slurry pumps,
Geho® PD slurry pumps, Linatex® rubber
products, Vulco® wear resistant linings,
Cavex® hydrocyclones, Floway® Pumps vertical
turbine pumps, Isogate® slurry valves,
Multiflo® mine dewatering solutions,
Hazleton® specialty slurry pumps, and Lewis®
Pumps vertical chemical pumps) covering virtually any application,
in any environment. The Weir Minerals global network ensures they
are close to their customer wherever they may base their local
operations.
Press information: Ricky
Ambury, John Bowes or James Lloyd-Davies at Citypress on weir@citypress.co.uk or 0161 235
0300.
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