Company which built Dubai’s palm island arrives in Maldives for land reclamation projects

Officials from Dutch company Van Oord – the leading international contractor specializing in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects – which built the famous Palm Islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates – have arrived in Maldives to for land reclamation projects in three islands.

The team arrived in Maldives with a dredge to reclaim land in G. Dh. Thinadhoo, S. Feydhoo and K. Hinmafushi.

Dredge brought by Van Oord for land reclamation projects. Photo: Housing Ministry

Media consultant of Housing Ministry, Ahmed Fazaal Hussein said on Sunday that the team would first be reclaiming 50 hectors of land and building a 1,680-meter water break in S. Feydhoo. And that the project would start by Tuesday – at the latest.

The team would then be reclaiming 53 hectors of land and building an 1,852-meter water break in Thinadhoo and then reclaiming 21.6 hectors of land and building an 890-meter water break in Hinmafushi.

Van Oord has been contracted to complete the MVR 603.7 million project within 14 months.