Issue #147, 17 December 2004
Brunei EDB appoints Halcrow for port study
Brunei has launched a global campaign to find a partner for its planned US$1.7 deep-water port, which is a major plank in the tiny Asian nation's economic diversification plan.
The Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) has announced that it has hired international consultancy firm Halcrow to find companies who are able to build and manage the port, which the government wants to start operating by 2008.
"We believe that the development of a major container terminal in Brunei Darussalam has a good prospect of success and we will take the project forward with enthusiasm," Halcrow's ports and dockyards director Richard Clarke said in a joint statement withthe BEDB.
The planned Pulau Muara Besar port's biggest selling point is its depth, which means that minimal dredging would be required.
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