Green light for London Gateway Port

15 April 2010 - Projects update and handover - United Kingdom

DEME, a subsidiary of CFE (VINCI Construction), in a joint venture with Laing O’Rourke, began work in March, on the Thames 50 km to the east of London, on the London Gateway Port, set to be one of the biggest container terminals in Europe. The company will be responsible for 29 million cu. metres of dredging works, deepening the Thames along the 100 km between this infrastructure and the river mouth, and for the backfilling works required to create the 1,300 m-long dock. Laing O’Rourke has entrusted the creation of the diaphragm wall to Bachy Soletanche, a subsidiary of Soletanche Freyssinet (VINCI Construction). Undertaken on behalf of operator DP World, this project is due for completion in late 2014. The contract, valued at €442m, was signed in 2008.