Aktau is Kazakhstan’s main port on the Caspian Sea and serves as the major logistics base for the offshore oil fields. The ENKA-Bechtel joint venture signed the contract with the Ministry of Transportation of Kazakhstan for the Aktau Port rehabilitation project.
The contract included elevating the port by two meters, replacing all the port utilities, and constructing a new 550 m pile supported quay, a new railroad, a port administation building and a 6,500 m² transit shed as well as additional auxiliary buildings. The port had to be kept operational throughout construction, which was completed in September 1999.
