HARBOURS & COASTS
ASHDOD NORTH PORT EXTENSION - ISRAEL

Client: Israeli Ports and Railways Authority (PRA)

Services:  Planning, final design and works supervision

Period: 1997-1999

Construction cost:      € 277,647,229

The project:

Preliminary and detail design of the port extension works.

The port of Ashdod is one of the few deep water ports built on the open sea. Many engineering challenges were encountered during its construction between 1961 and 1965. The original port layout included two breakwaters for a total length of over 3 km, a 300 m wide entrance channel and 3,5 km of quays on a maximum water depth of 14 m. In 1994 the port handled 14.2 million tons of cargo, registering a 6% increase over the 1993 traffic and an increase in container traffic of over 10%. The port also handled some 138,000 passengers.

Due to the increasingly heavy traffic demands and predictions of future growth, massive extension works have been planned by the PRA. The new project involves the planning, final design and general supervision of the port extension works to be carried out in two stages:

Stage A includes the extension of the port to the north, with the extension of the main breakwater and the creation of a modern container terminal, a general cargo and dry bulk terminal, and Ro-Ro ramps. In particular the following works are planned:

*     construction of 5 new quays on 16 m depths
*     extension of the main breakwater by over 1000 m on 20 m depths
*     construction of a temporary port with an 800m sea wall and 300 m quay for use by the contractors during construction
*     dredging of the new port basin for some 2.5 million cu. m.
*     construction of a service area of some 400,000 sq. m. with connections to road, rail and utility networks

Stage B includes the further extension of the port to the north, with the construction of a new lee breakwater, expansion of the container terminal and construction of a new coal terminal (which could also be used for general and dry bulk cargo. The works foreseen include:
*      construction of new lee breakwater approx.900 m long
*      construction of 4 new quays on 19 m depths
*      dredging of the new port basin for some 2 million m3
*      construction of a service area of some 200,000 sq. m. with connections to road, rail and utility networks.

The design period is expected to last two years, with a further 4 years for construction. 

TECHNITAL is carrying out the project with the following sub-contractors: Grabowsky & Poort and the Port of Rotterdam (The Netherlands), and the Israeli firms Muller-Shnabel-Zachar & Partners, and Leonardo Stadler,
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