EBA ENGINEERING - Projects

Port of Aqaba - Hazardous Waste Facility

Client:

The Port of Aqaba, The Ports Corporation -TPC-
Aqaba, Jordan

Project Description:

The Gulf of Aqaba, an extension of The Red Sea, is a unique marine ecosystem featuring astonishingly clear water, extensive coral reefs, and species of marine life found nowhere else in the world. Current shipping traffic, continued rapid cargo growth and restored Iraqi access to the Port of Aqaba poses a severe threat to the Gulf and its pristine environmental assets by hazardous materials accidents.

EBA conducted a feasibility study and prepared preliminary engineering designs for a waste oil/bilge water reception facility, hazardous waste incinerator and hazardous waste landfill to provide hazardous materials management capacity for the Port of Aqaba. The proposed project would accept waste oil and bilge water from ships visiting the Aqaba region, and would separate reclaimable oil for other uses. The level of treatment proposed would render the surplus water suitable for irrigation or discharge to the sea. Unreclaimable residues and sludge would be directed to the hazardous waste incinerator or to the proposed landfill. The proposed incinerator would be used for the management of hazardous materials releases and spills of petroleum into the tidal areas and waters of the gulf.

EBA Provided the Following Services:

Procurement of project funding through the U.S. Trade and Development Agency.
Preparation of an environmental evaluation for site selection to meet the planning criteria of the Aqaba Region Authority (ARA) Master Development Plan.
Prepared a market research and economic feasibility study to estimate variations in demand for hazardous waste disposal services and variations in waste stream types for use in technology sizing.
Prepared process research and process feasibility study to modify an existing incinerator design to properly conform to Jordanian waste types and emissions requirements for permitting.
Prepared engineering design and detailed costing for the conversion of process design to engineering design to determine capital cost, staffing, and operating costs and materials required for plant operation.