Muhibbah group bags Bintulu Port job worth RM584.8mil

Busy yard: Containers dotting the landscape of one of Bintulu Port's terminals.

KUALA LUMPUR: Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd’s 51%-owned subsidiary Muhibbah Viccana JV has secured a RM584.84mil contract to build a wharf, jetty and other associated facilities at Bintulu Port in Sarawak.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the Klang-based engineering contractor said construction works for the project, awarded by the Bintulu Port Authority, would start immediately and be completed by end-2019.

Muhibbah had in 2014 bagged a RM157mil contract to construct the conveyor system facilities at the RM1.8bil Samalaju deepsea port also located in Bintulu.

The latest win is the second major contract netted this year by the Muhibbah group. In January, 49%-owned Muhibbah Engineering Middle East LLC clinched a 356.7 million Qatari riyal (RM425.4mil) deal from the Qatari government to build roads and infrastructure works at the Um Alhoul Economic Zone.

These two lucrative jobs came in quick succession came after a relatively quiet year in 2016 without such major gains.

The last time the group got a larger contract was when affiliate company Wabag-Muhibbah JV bagged a RM949.6mil contract from a Petroliam Nasional Bhd unit.