AfDB debars BWSC, Sieyuan Electric

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced debarments for Denmark’s Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC) and China’s Sieyuan Electric Company Ltd and its subsidiaries.BWSC, which said it self-reported to the AfDB following an internal investigation over a contract in Mauritius, has been debarred for 21 months. Sieyuan Electric has been debarred for 12 months and its subsidiary Jiangsu Rugao HV Electric Apparatus Company Ltd for 20 months.In 2014-15, BWSC won contracts to redevelop the Saint Louis HFO power plant in Mauritius.