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From the signing ceremony for the agreement to hand over V.Thinadhoo port development project. Photo/Ministry

MTCC awarded MVR 40m contract to develop V. Thinadhoo harbour

MTCC said that with the project, it will be make things so much easier for the residents of Thinadhoo to get a modern, spacious harbour.

12 April 2023

By Mariyam Umna Ismail

Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) was awarded a project to develop V. Thinadhoo harbour on Tuesday.

Thinadhoo harbour development, one of the islands with the largest guesthouse business in V. Atoll, was awarded for MVR 40.57 million. Under the project agreed to be completed within 360 days:

  • New harbour basin to fill 12,800 cubic metres

  • 860 cubic metres of water to be filled

  • 77 metres to be covered by outer wall

  • 10-metre-long, 9-metre-wide ramp to be constructed

  • A 16-metre-long, 2-metre-wide concrete bridge will be constructed

The agreement for the project was signed at a ceremony held at the planning ministry on Tuesday:

  • Zeeniya Hameed, Permanent Secretary at the ministry

  • COO Shahid Hussain Moosa on behalf of MTCC

In a statement, MTCC said that with the project, it will be make things so much easier for the residents of Thinadhoo to get a modern, spacious harbour. As a result, the harbour of the busy island will have space and it will also make it easier for vessels such as the tug boats and barges to get close to it and make it easier for ships to dock.

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