Port Expansion Project - Customs Free Zone Argos

Challenges

Provide timely, cost-effective, sustainable solutions that assist Argos in constructing a new port terminal that will triple its capacity to receive and export products
The new terminal will substantially increase cement exports to the United States, taking advantage of the growing demand for construction materials in that country
The project requires civil, electrical, mechanical, and automation and control work while maintaining current operation with minimum downtime
Use technologies to reduce atmospheric emissions to comply with both the environmental and legal requirements, as well as the BASC, OEA and ISPS requirements
Taking the necessary safety precautions to keep the construction project on schedule despite the COVID-19 pandemic

Solutions

Oversaw the integration of all disciplines and equipment suppliers
Integrated local engineering performed by the civil designer
Provided detailed mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation and control engineering
Delivered innovative plans, reports, dynamic simulations, 3D models, and CAPEX elaboration
Supported review of information and structures in the field and performed the inspection of the equipment received by the project’s main supplier

Highlights

The new terminal will offer a loading rate of 1,200 tons per hour for cement and 900 tons per hour for clinker
More than 16,000 Hatch hours were invested in engineering activities across all disciplines
Technical support in the field, and inspection of equipment delivered by the main supplier of the project, added value to the client for the development of the project
At the completion date, this megaproject will have used more than 10,000 cubic meters of concrete, 1,200 tons of reinforcing steel, about 5 kilometers of piling, and will have installed 2,658 tons between equipment and metal structure

Project numbers

$42 million
750,000 man-hours, more than 16,000 Hatch hours invested
1,200 employed throughout the entire project
Draft of 12.8 meters
Reduced emission below 20 mg/Nm³
Export volumes of cement and clinker up to 3.5 million tons per year
New terminal 152 meters long by 18 meters wide
Vessels of up to 60,000 deadweight tons
Access walkway 170 meters long
One-kilometer-long tubular strip
Loading rate of 1,200 tons per hour for cement; 900 tons per hour for clinker
Used more than 10,000 cubic meters of concrete, 1,200 tons of reinforcing steel, about 5 kilometers of piling
Will have installed 2,658 tons between equipment and metal structure

Project services

Ports and Terminals
Engineering

Having Hatch’s support during all stages of the project was key to its successful completion. Their support facilitated integration of all stakeholders such as equipment suppliers, construction and erection contractors, even while a COVID pandemic arrived in the middle of the execution. Project management services also guaranteed good control of schedule, cost and documentation during a very sensitive part of the project.

Héctor Guillén | Technical Project Manager, Argos