A consortium of Portuguese engineering and construction company MSF Engenharia and Turkish contractor Serka Taahhut has won a major package of infrastructure works at the Port of Duqm in Oman.

The €252.8 million ($281 million) contract, which was awarded by Special Economic Zone Authority (Sezad), involves the construction of roads, infrastructure and buildings at the commercial terminal and operational zone areas in Port of Duqm.

The entire work is likely to be completed in 30 months, said a statement from MSF.

Under the IP2 package of works, the MSF consortium will complete work on infrastructures (potable water, fire fighting, storm water drainage, sewerage, pumping stations, electrical and telecommunications networks).

The project also includes road and paving works, buildings (offices, electrical services buildings, warehouses, workshop and maintenance buildings) and Port Crane beam and track works.

With this project, MSF makes it foray into Oman’s construction market. The Portuguese construction major has already made inroads in the GCC with big contracts in Qatar and the UAE.

A major player in the operation of pre-manufacturing industry (manufacturing and assembly of the constituting elements of concrete and other construction products), MSF is slowly boosting its presence in Europe, Africa, and parts of Asia and the Middle East.

The group has branch offices in Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kasakhstan, Mozambique, Poland, Qatar, Senegal, UAE and Sierra Leone.-TradeArabia News Service