Client:

Joannou & Paraskevaides, Cyprus

Location:

Libya

Onshore Facilities for Ras AlHilal Fishing Port

PLOT AREA 36,500 Square meters

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Nestled between Susa village (15 km) and Dahrna City (40 km) in Western Libya, the Onshore Facilities for Ras AlHilal Fishing Port were set in a plot lying 30 m above the port. They comprised a 15-building complex, associated infrastructure, and landscaped views. ECG also developed the port infrastructure to accommodate various boat sizes.

The building complex comprises a fish market building housing 24 shops, a fish cleaning area, administrative offices, a 25-person classroom, and a conference hall, a service building featuring a bank, a post office, and the environmental authority, accommodation units for employees, fishermen, and VIPs, a workshop building, a fish process building, a stores building, a restaurant an ancillary building hosting a police station, an amphitheatre, a clinic; the main cafeteria, 570 m² mosque, substation for the generator, switchgear, and transformers rooms.

Ras AlHilal is a virgin coastal region enriched with clean water and thriving maritime life. On the back of the natural protection offered by the landscape, the location has been used as natural harbor for centuries. The name AlHilal is drawn from site's crescent-shaped bay that is set amidst white chalk rocks, whereas the English translation of Ras AlHilal is Peak of the Crescent Head. The closest domestic airport to the project location is Labraq (20 km), the nearest international airport is Benghazi (220 km), and the nearest city AlBayda is about 35 km further inland.