New Delhi: Infrastructure player Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won a ‘large’ contract from Etihad Rail Company PJSC. The contract involves designing and building freight handling facilities at seven places in the United Arab Emirates.
“In a major international competitive bidding process, the metallurgical and material handling strategic business group of L&T Construction has been awarded an order by Etihad Rail Company PJSC for the design and build of freight handling facilities at seven strategic locations across United Arab Emirates (UAE),” L&T said in a regulatory filing.
The Etihad Rail Company PJSC takes care of construction and operation of UAE’s national passenger railway network including freight.
L&T will execute the contract in a joint venture with Power China.
The contract will involve designing, engineering, procuring and commissioning of the bulk material handling facilities, that is, rail loading and unloading systems. There will also be related civil and structural works, bulk material storing facilities, general cargo and container handling system.