A recent survey carried out to assess the condition of the seabed at Argyle, from which sand was dredged for the construction of the new container port in Kingstown, appears positive.
It has been one year since the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines signed agreements with Sellhorn Engineering based in Germany and the Canadian firm, Aecon Construction Group Inc. for the construction of a modern container port at Rose Place, Kingstown. The contract signed on May 4, 2022, with Aecon Construction Group Inc for the construction of the port is valued at approximately US$170.4 million or EC$460.07 million. Additionally, the …
WITH THE CONTRACTOR scheduled to take possession of the site of the proposed new Kingstown container port on July 7, fishers at Rose Place are being urged to accept the compensation package that has been offered so that the area can be vacated and secured. [caption id=
If St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is to recover from the economic blows of the past two years, there is a need for the implementation of a massive capital project in the short term. And the EC$600 million Port Modernisation Project earmarked for Rose Place, Kingstown fits the bill for generating this kind of transformation of the economy, a Vincentian professor has said. “Ideally, a place like St Vincent …
Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has signalled the beginning of the construction phase of the Port Modernisation Project in Kingstown, with a signed agreement between the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Sellhorn Engineering based in Germany, and Aecon Construction Group Inc. The signing ceremony was held at Cabinet room on Tuesday, May 4. Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Urban Development and Seaports, Yvette Pompey signed on …