Kuantan Port

Kuantan Port is a major port located in the east coast region of the Malaysian Peninsula that provides world-class facilities and services with strong global shipping network connections. The development of the New Deep-Water Terminal is aimed to cater for 18,000 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) container ships and some of the largest Capesize (150,000 Deadweight Tonnage (DWT) class) bulk carrier to meet the forecast demands by the year 2029.

Technical Description

EDP Consulting Group Sdn. Bhd. was engaged by the Design and Build Contractor, IJM Construction Sdn. Bhd. to provide consultancy engineering services for Civil Infrastructure, Structural, Marine, Geotechnical, Architectural, Bridge, Mechanical, Electrical and Construction Supervision, inclusive of the wharf, reclamation and dredging works, ground treatment, landside works, etcetera.

Approximately 160-acres of land was reclaimed to house the Phase 1 dry bulk storage yard and other landside facilities by using Prefabricated Vertical Drains (PVD) with surcharge and Vibro Compaction method. Sand Key was dredged along the shore front of the reclamation to provide slope stability to the reclamation. During construction, 2 units of Trailer Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) was mobilised to perform the dredging works at the harbour’s basin and the 14.7km navigation channel to -16m CD and -17m CD respectively.

In addition to the Reclamation, Dredging and ground treatment design, EDP also provided design works for a 1km Wharf. The 1km open wharf structure was founded on precast high-strength concrete spun pile. The wharf deck is designed and constructed by using precast beam and precast half-slab with in-situ top up concrete. The 1km wharf is connected to the landside vide via five numbers of 30m long access bridges which is also part of EDP design job scope.

EDP was also involved in providing consultancy services for the completion of the landside facilities which comprises of administration building, workshop, water reservoir, weigh bridge, common infrastructure and coal storage yard.

Project Highlights, Achievement and Recognition:

• The utilization of the largest spun pile size which is 1200mm in diameter size, prefabricated within a controlled environment up to single length of 55m to 65m and driven by a 45-tonne hydraulic hammer.