Project record

Kalundu Port rehabilitation and modernization works

PFCIGL, local-authority and contractor representatives inspect the Kalundu Port waterfront beside Lake Tanganyika vessels in March 2026

PFCIGL-RDC; official photograph from the Kalundu Port security and restart inspection

Contract 1854104 records GETRA and AXOR Construction under ZR-UGP-447404-CW-RFB for rehabilitation and modernization of Kalundu Port in South Kivu, signed on 5 September 2025 for USD 21,156,296.88. Delivery was subsequently suspended. On 4 June 2026 the PFCIGL project unit, GETRA-AXOR and newly recruited supervision consortium Prospectiva-ERCA reviewed the prerequisites for an effective restart. PFCIGL says contractors began remobilizing on 15 June and described Kalundu activity as site installation and ground preparation; the interministerial steering committee recorded progressive resumption on 24 June. No cited owner or engineer record supplies measured physical progress, an effective rehabilitation-works start, completion or acceptance.

Project signal

Construction in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Current status PFCIGL reported that GETRA-AXOR remobilized from 15 June 2026 and that Kalundu works were progressively resuming; activity then remained at site installation and ground preparation before effective rehabilitation works Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Democratic Republic of the Congo / Africa

Segment

Port infrastructure

Status

PFCIGL reported that GETRA-AXOR remobilized from 15 June 2026 and that Kalundu works were progressively resuming; activity then remained at site installation and ground preparation before effective rehabilitation works / Confirmed

Last checked

15 August 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

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
PFCIGL-RDC Project Management Unit (UGP), under the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ministry of External Trade
Delivery parties
GETRA-AXOR contractor group - works contractor under ZR-UGP-447404-CW-RFB, Prospectiva-ERCA consortium - control and supervision mission; not a works subcontractor, Marine, piling, concrete, logistics-zone, survey and building-services subcontractors - not identified in the cited records
Contract route
A prior-review, open-international Request for Bids used a single-stage two-envelope process. The plan records a 5 September 2025 signature and 2 July 2026 planned completion. Contract 1854104 reports a USD 21.156 million committed amount split equally between the two named suppliers for reporting purposes.
Execution window
The procurement plan's 2 July 2026 completion date is no longer a reliable live baseline: PFCIGL's owner-side updates show that a suspension had first to be lifted, start prerequisites were still under review on 4 June and site installation resumed from 15 June. The wider P174814 programme closes on 30 June 2028, but no cited revision supplies a replacement package programme, effective works-start date or contractual completion date.
Works package
The appraisal baseline calls for renovation of existing Kalundu port facilities, raising the dock area to reduce seasonal flooding, developing a logistics zone and providing storage for business associations using charter boats. The signed-contract title confirms rehabilitation and modernization, but the cited award data do not disclose final dimensions, quantities, design changes or as-built scope.
Marine interfaces
The package sits on an operating Lake Tanganyika waterfront exposed to seasonal water-level changes. Key interfaces include dock elevation, vessel access, barge berthing, cargo apron continuity, drainage, shore structures, logistics-zone access and uninterrupted regional lake traffic. Public records do not identify dredging, piling, temporary berths or marine-plant assignments.
Commercial evidence boundary
The supplier API's equal USD 10.578 million allocations are reporting entries and disclose neither a work split nor a legal joint-venture share. The USD 21.156 million award also differs from the procurement plan's USD 12 million estimate and the appraisal's USD 23 million intervention envelope; those are separate dated baselines, not proof of variation or overrun.

Project timeline

Material developments

Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.

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Published completion baseline became stale

The procurement plan's 2 July date cannot be treated as evidence of late closeout because owner-side records show that the suspended package was only remobilizing in June; no revised package programme is public.

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Steering committee recorded progressive resumption

The PFCIGL interministerial steering committee acknowledged progressive resumption at Kalundu while noting continuing security constraints and calling for stronger contract follow-up.

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GETRA-AXOR began site remobilization

PFCIGL says contractors remobilized from 15 June and identifies Kalundu activity as site installation and ground preparation before effective rehabilitation works.

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Post-suspension restart prerequisites reviewed

The project unit, GETRA-AXOR and supervision consortium Prospectiva-ERCA met after the suspension was lifted to resolve technical, administrative and organizational prerequisites for launch.

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GETRA and AXOR signed the Kalundu works contract

Contract 1854104 reports USD 21,156,296.88 for rehabilitation and modernization under ZR-UGP-447404-CW-RFB, naming GETRA and AXOR Construction as suppliers.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Effective restart date, notice to proceed and approved recovery programme
  • Engineer-certified physical progress after remobilization
  • Dock-raising, flood-level and drainage design outcomes
  • Logistics-zone and storage-facility completion
  • GETRA-AXOR contractual structure and package allocation
  • Marine access, temporary berthing and barge-traffic sequencing
  • Survey, concrete, piling, electrical and local subcontractors
  • Final contract value, suspension effects, amendments, payments and claims
  • Completion, acceptance and operational handover

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Reporting status

Construction, confirmed confidence

Last checked 15 August 2026 across 9 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 15 August 2026 Cited sources 9

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