Odebrecht awarded port construction contract

The work, which is estimated to cost $566m, will be part of the biggest contract signed by the company following the so-called Clean Hands Operation, which was implemented to counter corruption in Brazil.

OEC’s contract will involve the overall port study, the main project and its construction.

Petrocity was set up in 2013 by Brazilian and foreign investors, with finance coming from an Arab fund.

São Mateus Port Complex, which is to be built in the north of the state, will fall under the control of the Sudene region. It will cover an area of 1.5 million square metres and have 5,200 metres of quay.

Of this, 1,800 metres will be of linear quay, with the rest constituted by two piers with alongside draft of 16 metres.

It will handle containers, ro-ro, ornamental rock and offshore service vessels.