Taiwan News
Date: 2015-08-16
By: Central News Agency

Taipei, Aug. 16 (CNA) Van Oord, a contracting company from the Netherlands, has been awarded the dredging contract for Kaoshiung Intercontinental Container Center Phase II, valued at approximately 130 million euros (US$144 million).

Van Oord has already started preparations for the new Kaohsiung terminal, which is scheduled to be completed by January 2018 and will involve the dredging and reclamation of 37 million cubic meter of sand for the extension of Kaohsiung Port, the Rotterdam-based company said in a statement on Aug. 13.     [FULL  STORY]