CF 260: Refurbishment and Upgrading of Deep Water Quay

The project will comprise of the refurbishment and upgrading of the Deep Water Quay in order to have better maritime infrastructure service around the Grand Harbour area.

The overall objective of this project is to refurbish and strengthen the maritime infrastructure located at DWQ in order to reinstate and increase the capacity of its two main berths (1/2 and 3/4) and to safeguard the related maritime economic activities that take place within the port of Valletta, wherein this quay is located.

The refurbishment and upgrading of Deep Water Quay will result in:• No. of operational general cargo berths in the Port of Valletta: 4 berths• Increase of displacement capacity of DWQ berths to handle ships of: 40,000 Tonnes• Increase of DWQ deck loading capacity at Areas A and D to: 5 Metric Tonnes/sq.m• Increase of DWQ deck loading capacity in Area B to: 4 Metric Tonnes/sq.m• Increase in satisfaction rate of transport operators/port users (amount to be determined through customer satisfaction surveys to be carried out both before – baseline - and after completion of the project) 10%• Increase in cargo per annum (based on 2004 TEU baseline tonnage of 878,726 for the port of Valletta)