PHILADELPHIA and TANGIER, Morocco, Dec. 05, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill International (NYSE: HIL ), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that it has received a contract from APM Terminals MedPort Tangier S.A. to provide project management and supervision engineering services during the construction of a new container facility at the Tangier-Med Port Container Terminal in Morocco. The two-year contract has an estimated value to Hill of between approximately €5.4 million ($6 million) to €6.7 million ($7.4 million).
The Tangier-Med Port complex is one of the largest ports in Africa. It is constructed on the Straits of Gibraltar, a central artery of global shipping with over 200 vessels a day passing through carrying trade between Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas. APM Terminals MedPort Tangier is an international container terminal operator and part of the Dutch-based APM Terminals global terminal network – one of the world’s leading port operators. www.apmterminals.com
“We are honored that APM Terminals MedPort Tangier has chosen Hill to assist with this important project,” said Waleed Abdel-Fattah, Senior Vice President and Managing Director (Africa) for Hill’s Project Management Group. “We are confident that our team will deliver on all expectations,” Abdel-Fattah added.
Hill International, with 4,400 professionals in 100 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management, construction claims and other consulting services primarily to the buildings, transportation, environmental, energy and industrial markets. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as the eighth largest construction management firm in the United States. For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com .
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