The contract for PT Muara Wisesa Samudra involves dredging and land development works to create an island that will be used for both residential and commercial purposes.
Some 160ha of new land will be reclaimed, requiring in excess of 20 million cubic metres of dredged sand. Two jumbo trailing suction hopper dredgers will be deployed for the dredging and reclamation activities sourcing sand from local borrow areas. Soil improvement and rock revetment works also form part of the project.
Work will start immediately and the project is expected to be completed in 2018.
Indonesia already has 17,500 islands, of which approximately 6,000 are inhabited.
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