Gulf Cobla spreaded its wings beyond the Gulf region and headed for the Maldives. In order to improve the regional transport facilities in the archipelago, a number of airports are to be built. The Maldivian government furthermore want to centralize the local communities and therefore they require island expansions within the reef areas. We have signed a contract with the South Korean contractor "Hangsang" for the execution of the first development on Thimarafushi island, which is in the Thaa Attol. Total scope involves about 10 ha of island expansion and about 30 ha of airport reclamation. All in all about 1.2M m3 sand is to be dredged for this reclamation project.