Jamaica Gleaner News - Bahamas port to host world's biggest ships - Wednesday

The Bahamas says a Dutch marine engineering company has won the contract to dredge two million cubic yards (1.53 million cubic metres) of sand and mud from a Nassau harbour to accommodate the world's largest ships.

Robert Garraway is an engineer with the Ministry of Works and Transport.

He says Royal Boskalis West-minster NV has been awarded the US$45-million contract from a pool of five bidders.

Garraway said Monday that harbour dredging should be completed by November in order to handle Royal Caribbean's Project Genesis mega-cruisers, including the Oasis of the Seas, a 5,400-passenger ship due to arrive in December.

Boskalis is best known for dredging, but also builds harbours and waterways and provides terminal transport services.