# AlJaber Engineering signs QR1.6bn contract for food security facilities at Hamad Port

The New Port Project Steering Committee and AlJaber Engineering signed a QR1.6 billion contract to design and construct food security facilities and warehouses at Hamad Port, including processing plants for rice, raw sugar and edible oils, bulk storage silos, and a waste recycling facility.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-07-16
- Where: Hamad Port, Qatar
- Value: $439.6M (1.60B QAR)
- Status: announced
- Products: rice processing, raw sugar refining, edible oil processing, bulk storage silos, animal feed recycling
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md), [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [AlJaber Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/25638.md)
- [New Port Project Steering Committee](https://endata.com/companies/25639.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [thepeninsulaqatar.com](https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/16/07/2017/QR1.6bn-deal-signed-to-construct-food-security-facilities-and-warehouses-at-Hamad-Port), 2017-07-16: "The New Port Project (NPP) Steering Committee and AlJaber Engineering (JEC) on Sunday signed a contract for designing and constructing food security facilities and warehouses at Hamad Port at a cost of QR 1.6 billion."

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