Location
Jordan / Middle East
Project record
Aqaba Cement Terminal and Mut'ah berth rehabilitation concession
Aqaba Development Corporation is procuring a concessionaire to rehabilitate, modernize, finance, operate, and transfer the existing Cement Terminal and Mut'ah floating berth, add silica-focused bulk handling and ship-loading facilities, and integrate utilities and transport links under a 20-year DFBOT concession.
Segment
Port infrastructure
Status
DFBOT proposals due 17 August 2026 / Confirmed
Last checked
12 August 2026
Coverage
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Port infrastructure is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.
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Project anatomy
Contract scope and delivery roles
- Client / authority
- Aqaba Development Corporation
- Delivery parties
- DFBOT concessionaire under procurement; no award announced
- Contract route
- Tender 27/A/2026 for a design-finance-build-operate-transfer concession covering rehabilitation and modernization of the existing Cement Terminal and Mut'ah floating berth; 20-year term with a possible five-year extension
- Execution window
- Tender-document requests closed on 28 June 2026 and ADC scheduled mandatory site visits for 8-9 July. Clarification requests are due by 20 July and technical and financial proposals by 14:00 Jordan local time on 17 August 2026. The reviewed owner pages do not identify site-visit attendance, an addendum, bids received, an award, financial close, construction start, or operating start.
- Works package
- Rehabilitate and integrate existing marine and terminal infrastructure at the Cement Terminal and Mut'ah floating berth; provide new operating and support facilities; upgrade utility and transport networks; and install advanced cargo-handling and ship-loading systems. The primary use is silica export, with flexibility for future multipurpose cargo.
- Marine interfaces
- The tender joins the condition and rehabilitation of an existing floating berth and terminal marine infrastructure with vessel access, berth structure, fendering and mooring, ship-loader geometry, bulk-transfer interfaces, utilities, landside transport, operational safety, commissioning, maintenance, and eventual handback. The public notice does not identify a dredging package or publish asset-condition quantities.
- Commercial evidence boundary
- Bidders are pricing an integrated concession exposure rather than a standalone marine works contract: unknown existing-asset condition, rehabilitation capital, new cargo systems, financing, throughput and operating revenue, maintenance, performance acceptance, and handback condition all sit inside the 20-year offer. The JOD 100,000 bid bond and separate technical and financial submissions confirm a live competition, while detailed quantities and risk allocation remain in the tender documents rather than the public notice.
Project timeline
Material developments
Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.
Open this project in the Change LogMandatory site-visit window was scheduled
ADC scheduled mandatory site visits for 8-9 July after the tender-document request window. The reviewed public pages do not identify attendees, confirm that a visit occurred, disclose observations or provide an asset-condition survey.
SourceTender-document request window closed
Only firms that had submitted the 2025 EOI could request the documents by this date. Closing the request window does not establish who requested documents, who remained eligible, or who will bid.
SourceADC published formal Tender 27/A/2026
The owner moved from EOI market sounding to a live 20-year DFBOT competition with a possible five-year extension, a JOD 100,000 bid bond, separate technical and financial submissions, and a 17 August close. Publication is not evidence of bids received, award, financing, mobilisation, rehabilitation, or operation.
SourceExtended EOI submission deadline closed
ADC extended the EOI submission deadline and said earlier applicants would be automatically shortlisted without resubmitting. The record does not name applicants or establish a final invited-bidder list.
SourceInitial BOT expression-of-interest deadline
ADC opened market sounding for a silica terminal using the existing Cement Terminal facilities and Mut'ah floating berth. The EOI initiated procurement but did not award a concession, publish asset condition, or establish an executable rehabilitation package.
SourceEvidence gap
What remains unverified
Outstanding evidence
- 20 July clarification deadline and any formal addenda
- 17 August technical and financial proposal close
- Preferred bidder, concession award, and financial close
- Existing berth, fender, mooring, structure, and ship-loader condition evidence
- Silica throughput, vessel envelope, loading-rate, and acceptance requirements
- Utilities, road interface, operations, maintenance, and handback obligations
Sources and related records
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Source collections
Project sources 5
- Tender 27/A/2026: Bulk Terminal rehabilitation Aqaba Development Corporation, 2026
- Expression of interest for the Cement Terminal, Mut'ah floating berth, and silica terminal Aqaba Development Corporation, 2025
- Mu'tah and Al-Mushtarik Dock Aqaba Company for Ports Operation and Management, Current page reviewed 12 August 2026
- Current tenders: Tender 27/A/2026 publication and closing dates Aqaba Development Corporation, 9 June 2026
- 2025 RFP for insurance services Aqaba Company for Ports Operation and Management, 2025