New contract in the Port of Gdynia!
The Port of Gdynia is starting a new investment. A new docking bay will be created, to which a floating dock will be relocated. Południowe Quay II, Zachodnie Quay I and Pier II will also be reconstructed. The works for the Port will be carried out by companies of the Sopot-based NDI Group. This is another NDI Group project in the Port of Gdynia. A contract for the works was signed on 31 July.
A new bay for the floating dock in the Port of Gdynia
The contract between Port Gdynia S.A. and NDI SA and NDI SOPOT SA has a gross value of PLN 82,757,758.61. It is to be completed within 18 months from the date of the construction site handover. The Contractor is required to execute the works under the task “Construction of a docking bay and relocation of a floating dock with ancillary works” and to obtain the construction use permit. The first stage includes: the construction of the docking bay, the reconstruction of a section of the Południowe Quay II, the reconstruction of a section of the Zachodnie Quay I, the execution of earthworks and dredging works in the docking bay and on the access fairway to the docking bay, the relocation of the floating dock from the existing location to the newly constructed docking bay, together with obtaining the permit for use. The deadline for this phase is 12 months from the date of the construction site handover. The second stage is the Reconstruction of Pier II along with obtaining a use permit within 6 months from the date of handover of the site.
The scope of works includes the demolition of the longitudinal slip and the existing slip bay quays, i.e., the quay connecting the Zamykające Quay with the Południowe Quay II and the demolition of the Południowe Quay II at the slip and part of the Zachodnie Quay together with the Zamykające Quay. It also covers the construction of the new quays surrounding the docking bay, the strengthening and reconstruction of the quays in the area adjacent to the new docking bay, the construction of the new docking bay, the sinking of the new mooring piles in the area of the floating dock new location, the construction of the roadway for the mobile crane, the supply of the docking bay with utilities, including the reconstruction of the network, the earthworks, the dredging works in the docking bay and the access to it, the relocation of the floating dock from the existing location to the newly constructed docking bay. The second phase will include demolition of the head of Pier II, protection of the front of the shortened Pier, reconstruction of the land network, removal of the mooring piles from the area of the old floating dock location.
Press materials: Port of Gdynia
The following was said at the ceremony:
Małgorzata Winiarek-Gajewska, President of NDI Group: “This is another of our projects for the Port of Gdynia, following the completed storage yards and the ongoing reconstruction of the Holenderskie and Indyjskie Quays. We are very pleased to be working with the Port of Gdynia on another hydraulic engineering investment. The NDI Group specialises in such projects, and we are currently working in all major Polish ports. Our staff have a lot of experience in this area and the team is ready to take on the biggest projects in this field.”
Jacek Sadaj, President of Zarząd Morskiego Portu Gdynia S.A. (Port of Gdynia Authority): “We are signing today’s contract in one of the most important places in the Port of Gdynia – the Public Ferry Terminal – overlooking the majority of the investments made by the Port of Gdynia Authority in recent years, of which we are very proud. The contract we are signing today with the consortium of NDI S.A. and NDI Sopot S.A. for the “Construction of a docking bay and relocation of a floating dock with ancillary works” is the culmination of all that has been achieved in the port in recent years. We are delighted that this project will be carried out by NDI, as we have a very good track record of investments we have completed together. As a result, in 18 months’ time, a new manoeuvring area will be open to 400-metre vessels calling at the Port of Gdynia.”
