PNG Wharf Project Upgrade Secured

By December 1, 2020News

Madsen Giersing is delighted to have been appointed to undertake a feasibility study for an upgrade to the wharf facilities for St Barbara’s Simberi Gold Company’s operations at Pigiput in Papua New Guinea.

Located on Simberi Island in the Taba Island’s Group the project represents an important milestone for Madsen Giersing who have won another project in PNG, but their first in collaboration with Simberi Gold Company.

CEO, Lasse Madsen, was pleased to secure the project “We are delighted to have secured our first project with Simberi Mining Company, a project which will see a feasibility study undertaken to improve and enhance the facility’s wharf. The end result will see significant improvements to access and safety, boosting the facility’s operations.”

“At present, a 110t crawler crane is used to unload the containers on the 20m wharf, which can accommodate ships of up to 6.5m draft, our scope is to look at across the board improvements to the facility.”

“We are also pleased to be working again in PNG; it is a country in which we have a proud history of collaboration, and we can’t wait to get started on our latest project.”