Evaluation and rehabilitation of Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait

Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait was put into operation in 1960 but has had no systematic maintenance regime in place and has neither planned or undergone a major repair since the commissioning of the port. Accordingly, the process of degradation and deterioration of the whole of the infrastructure of the Port is becoming obvious and apparent. The preliminary visual inspection of the Port indicated widespread cracking, spalling and corrosion of reinforced concrete elements. Subsequently, a number of destructive and non-destructive tests were undertaken for the rehabilitation work to be carried out. This paper reports the investigation undertaken and presents the results of the above testing and the rehabilitative measures recommended to the Kuwait Port Authorities (KPA).