Location
Australia / Asia Pacific
Project record
Lower Yarra River Maintenance Dredging Program
Victorian contract record 193674 identifies Australasian Marine Associates as supplier on ITS2-00225, displays a fixed-value AUD 1,939,850 portal total, records 8 September 2021 as the start date and labels the contract Current. Parks Victoria's 2024 navigation notice separately names AMA for Lower Yarra Campaign C from 13 March to 24 June 2024 across the Main Yarra Trail, VRA Landing, Herring Island, Southbank and Charles Grimes Bridge reaches. The 2024-25 Yarra Strategic Plan annual report says Parks Victoria's 2022-24 dredging programme was completed in 2024, but that programme statement does not establish contract closeout, final spend, accepted quantities or post-dredge survey results.
Segment
Urban waterway maintenance dredging, navigation access and in-river material placement
Status
Buying for Victoria records Australasian Marine Associates on a current AUD 1.93985 million contract starting 8 September 2021; Parks Victoria confirms AMA delivered Campaign C in 2024, while the owner programme was reported complete and the next funding cycle remained open / Confirmed
Last checked
10 August 2026
Coverage
Related sectors
Urban waterway maintenance dredging, navigation access and in-river material placement is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.
Subject index
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Project anatomy
Contract scope and delivery roles
- Client / authority
- Parks Victoria, waterway manager for the Lower Yarra River upstream of Port of Melbourne waters
- Delivery parties
- Australasian Marine Associates Pty Ltd - supplier named on Buying for Victoria contract ITS2-00225 and contractor named by Parks Victoria for Campaign C, Campaign-specific survey, monitoring, pipeline, support-vessel and plant lower tiers - not publicly disclosed
- Contract route
- Buying for Victoria contract record 193674 identifies ITS2-00225, names Parks Victoria and Australasian Marine Associates, displays a fixed-value AUD 1,939,850 total, records 8 September 2021 as the start date and labels the contract Current. Award or signing date, end date, extension structure, guaranteed minimum, certified payment ledger and final spend remain unpublished.
- Execution window
- The portal start date is 8 September 2021. Secondary trade reporting places Campaign B in April 2022. Parks Victoria's statutory Campaign C notice covers 13 March to 24 June 2024. The Yarra Strategic Plan annual report says the 2022-24 programme was completed in 2024, while the procurement portal remains Current. These dates describe different legal, campaign and programme boundaries.
- Works package
- Parks Victoria's Campaign C notice describes maintenance dredging to reinstate functional depth at floating trail sections, VRA Landing, Herring Island Meander and Southbank Floating Landing, plus the Charles Grimes Bridge channel. It also identifies in-river discharge areas near Herring Island and upstream of Bolte Bridge, moving exclusion zones, transit lanes and temporary closures. Secondary trade reporting says Campaign B used pipeline transport to a deeper river section upstream of Bolte Bridge; it does not prove the same method or quantities for every campaign.
- Marine interfaces
- A busy tidal urban waterway with commercial and recreational traffic, fixed and floating landings, narrow transit lanes, 5-knot controls, moving exclusion zones, temporary closures, berthing access, pipeline or discharge interfaces, water-quality monitoring and coordination with Port of Melbourne waters downstream.
- Commercial evidence boundary
- AUD 1,939,850 is the fixed-value total displayed by Buying for Victoria, not verified final spend, accepted production, guaranteed minimum or final account. Programme completion in the annual report is not evidence that the portal contract is administratively closed or that every campaign quantity and depth has been accepted.
Project timeline
Material developments
Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.
Open this project in the Change LogAnnual report separated completed programme from ongoing need
The 2024-25 Yarra Strategic Plan report says the 2022-24 programme was completed in 2024, estimates ongoing maintenance at about AUD 1.2 million per year and records a funding bid for the next two-year programme. It does not confirm that funding was awarded.
SourceParks Victoria's Campaign C navigation-control period ended
The statutory notice names AMA and defines dredging, disposal and vessel-control locations through 24 June 2024, but does not publish quantities, post-dredge depths or acceptance.
SourceCampaign B delivery was publicly described
Trade reporting placed AMA from Bolte Bridge through the CBD and described pipeline transfer to a deeper in-river placement area. This secondary record does not establish owner acceptance or final production.
SourceBuying for Victoria contract start date
The portal records AMA, ITS2-00225, a fixed-value AUD 1,939,850 total and Current status. Award date, signature date and contract end remain unpublished.
SourceEvidence gap
What remains unverified
Outstanding evidence
- Executed contract date, term, extensions, current end date and closeout status
- Campaign-level pre- and post-dredge bathymetry and accepted functional depth
- Measured and accepted dredge quantities by work reach and disposal area
- Named dredger, support vessels, pipeline, survey team and equipment ownership
- Subcontractors, lower-tier plant providers and environmental monitoring parties
- Water-quality monitoring results, dredge management compliance and environmental closeout
- Certified payments, variations, final account and owner acceptance
- Outcome of the next two-year funding bid and any successor procurement or campaign notice
Sources and related records
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Source collections
Project sources 7
- ITS2-00225 Lower Yarra River maintenance dredging contract Buying for Victoria, Current contract row reviewed 10 August 2026
- AMA News - Yarra River maintenance dredging award Australasian Marine Associates, Current company page reviewed 10 August 2026
- Notice to River Users issued 13 June 2024, including Campaign C controls Parks Victoria, 13 June 2024
- Yarra Strategic Plan annual reports Melbourne Water, Page reviewed 10 August 2026
- Yarra Strategic Plan Annual Report 2024-25 Melbourne Water and Yarra Strategic Plan partners, 2024-25 annual report
- Campaign B maintenance dredging on Yarra River underway Dredging Today, 5 April 2022
- Specialist dredging advisory - Lower Yarra River Dredge Study BMT, Current service page reviewed 10 August 2026