Onshore Facilities for Ras Al-Hilal Fishing Port

Project Description

Nestled between Susa village (15 km) and Derna City (40 km) in Western Libya, the Onshore Facilities for Ras Al-Hilal Fishing Port are located on a plot area 30 m above the port. The project comprises a 15-building complex, associated infrastructure, and landscaped views. ECG also developed the port infrastructure design to accommodate various boat sizes.

The building complex comprises a fish market building housing 24 shops, a fish cleaning area, administrative offices, a 25-person classroom, and a conference hall, a service building featuring a bank, a post office, and the environmental authority, accommodation units for employees, fishermen, and VIPs, a workshop building, a fish process building, stores, a restaurant, an ancillary building hosting a police station, an amphitheatre, a clinic, a 570 m2 cafeteria, a mosque, a substation for the generator, a switchgear, and transformers rooms.

Ras AlHilal is a virgin coastal region enriched with clean water and thriving maritime life. On the back of the natural protection offered by the landscape, the location has been used as a harbor for centuries. The name “Al-Hilal” is drawn from site’s crescent-shaped bay that is set amidst white chalk rocks. The closest domestic airport to the project location is Labraq (20 km), the nearest international airport is Benghazi (220 km), and the nearest city AlBayda is about 35 km further inland.