📋 Tender Overview
Scope of Work:
To Build Mineral railway network in the Hashemite Kingdom.
Description:
The agreements form part an investment memorandum signed between the investment ministries of the two countries to cooperate in the railway sector. Etihad Rail signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Jordanian Ministry of Transport to explore development and operation of a 360-kilometre railway network linking the country’s phosphate and potash mines to its Port of Aqaba. Two additional MoUs were signed with Jordan Phosphate Mines Company and Arab Potash Company to transport 16 million tonnes of phosphate and potash annually from mining sites to the Port of Aqaba via the Jordanian railway network.
The project is anticipated to start operations by 2030 with detailed study on railway alignment and the handling requirements for potash and phosphate expected to be completed by the end of 2025 followed by the issue of construction tenders in 2026. The railway route will commence at the phosphate port and the industrial port in Aqaba, extending northward to Wadi Al-Yatam and then to Shidiya. Another route will branch westward from Wadi Al-Yatam to Ghor Al Safi through Wadi Araba. The MOUs also cover the manufacturing and supply of rolling stock, construction of loading and unloading terminals in Aqaba, Ghor Al Safi, and Shidiya and the maintenance, repair, and operation of the mineral railway. The project will be implemented under the Jordanian Investment Fund Law.
Other Owners:
2) Jordan Phosphate Mines Company
Al Shareef Al Radi Street 7
Alluibdeh - Al Abdali
Amman - Jordan
Tel: +96265607141
Fax: +96265661754
E-mail : info@jpmc.com.jo
https://www.jpmc.com.jo/
3) Arab Potash Company (APC)
P.O.Box: 1470, Amman - 11118, Jordan
Tel: + 962 6 5200520
Fax:+ 962 6 5200080
https://www.arabpotash.com/
