Marine Utilities
Melaka sets a buoyed work area for power-plant mud removal
Malaysia's Marine Department has published a mud-removal work area for the Melaka 2,242 MW combined-cycle power plant, with a stated period from 7 October 2026 to 15 June 2027. Port Circular 52/2026, dated 12 October, identifies four boundary points and names anchor-handling tugs JETTA 35 and JETTA 37 and barges JETTA 39 and LIGHT SABER. It advises other vessels to keep clear of the work area and navigate cautiously nearby. [1]
Four buoys define the marine work area
Port Circular 52/2026 supplies the dated work period, four boundary points and named vessel types. SYS describes an earlier new-intake package; its listed quantities retain that contract's scope and dates. HSL provides the intake-and-discharge system context. Edra identifies the 2,242 MW Alor Gajah asset and its ownership through Edra Energy. [1][2][3][4]
Cooling-water structures shape the excavation
Melaka's marine works serve a cooling-water system with substantial buried and piled infrastructure. See Yong & Son's earlier intake package lists 1,066 m of box culverts, marine piling, stone backfill and chlorination pipes. HSL's project account also identifies intake and outfall culverts, pumping and a discharge stilling basin. These structures make the permitted excavation geometry and protection of the water system central to a workable dredging method. A perimeter for vessel movements has a different function from a depth limit or the required cover over a culvert. [2][3]
Evidence conclusion
Set the cut against the asset survey
The excavation plan needs the intake alignment, existing bed survey, structural protection and permitted cut levels on the same datum. That allows the contractor to distinguish sediment to remove from bedding or cover to retain and to locate any anchors or spuds clear of vulnerable assets. The earlier SYS package has a stated March 2023-February 2025 period and 205,000 m3 of dredging. The 2026 circular supplies a new work-area and vessel notice; its quantity, method and disposal destination require their own work documents. For production planning, the practical sequence is to establish the asset clearances, set the cut and receiver, then assign the tug-and-barge cycle. Those inputs determine achievable output and the need for relocation or restricted working near the intake. [1][2]
Outstanding evidence
- 2026 work-package quantity, cut levels and vertical datum
- As-built intake alignment and agreed protection clearances
- Approved sediment receiver and survey basis for measured output
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Sources used 4
- Port Circular 52/2026: Mud removal works for the Melaka 2,242 MW CCGT power plant and project boundary buoys Marine Department Malaysia, Central Region, 12 October 2026
- P216: Melaka 2,242 MW CCGT new box culvert construction See Yong & Son Construction, Undated project record; stated contract 1 March 2023-28 February 2025
- Melaka 2,242 MW CCGT Power Plant HSL Constructor, Undated project record
- Malaysia: Edra Melaka asset Edra Energy, Undated asset record