Dubai Maritime City (DMC) has signed a contract with Van Oord/Belhasa Six joint venture for the construction of 3.5 km of quay walls, with water depths of up to 10 m at high tide.

The completion of the wall is expected to take 20 months, and will be conducted in a phased manner starting with the industrial precinct. Other construction phases of the industrial precinct includes preparation of the shiplift area. The quay wall of the industrial precinct will be finalised by the end of the year when other phases will follow.
The area, cordoned by walls, is planned around two separate basins around 12 to 14 m deep. The first one will be a rectangular shipyard basin measuring approximately 600 m long by 450 m wide.
Berthing facilities are provided to the north, south and east of the site and two shiplifts of 6,000-tonne capacity and 3,000-tonne capacity will be provided to the west of the basin.
“The quay walls mark a new phase in the Dubai Maritime City project and we are pleased with the rapid progress of construction,” said Amer Ali, project manager. The peninsula is now taking shape and the quay walls are an important step forward in the overall construction of the industrial precinct.
The second basin will be oval, measuring approximately 400 m in length and 300 m at its widest point. The quay walls will be provided at the edge of the marina with a water depth of between 5 and 9 m, while the basins are linked by an access channel approximately 500 m long.
When completed, Dubai Maritime City will serve as the world’s most comprehensive maritime complex located on a 216-hectare man-made peninsula between Port Rashid and the Dubai Dry Docks, and  the Arabian Gulf.