A 77-unit strong fleet of Sany equipment has been deployed in the construction of King Salman Global Maritime Industries Complex, a shipyard under construction in Ras Al-Khair, Saudi Arabia, which will be the world’s largest shipyard upon completion.
Covering 4.96sqkm with several dry docks and at least 15 separate piers, the complex will consist of four major areas of operation, including shipbuilding, ship repair, oil rig construction, and oil rig support. It is expected to create more than 80,000 job opportunities and drive a GDP growth of $17bn in Saudi Arabia.
According to a statement from Sany, the facility is being built under a $3bn contract signed in November 2017 by Saudi Arabia with the China Power Construction Group. Following the start of the project, the contractor brought in the fleet of Sany machines, which includes crawler cranes and rough-terrain cranes, among others.
In late March, this year, working at full speed amidst the pandemic, this batch of Sany equipment completed the construction work of temporary cut-off walls of dry dock No.2 ahead of schedule, a milestone in the construction progress, said the statement from Sany. Heat, drought and sandstorms are some of the challenges faced by the Sany construction and service team in the project, it added.
Praising the quality of the Sany machines, Liu Jianfa, CEO of the project builder China Power Construction Group, said: “This Saudi project is our company’s pioneering project in the Middle East’s medium to high-end market, so it should set a benchmark for those to come after and thus requires perfection in the construction quality.”
