Project record

Dublin Port MP2 Berths 52 and 53 marine construction

Aerial view of Dublin Port MP2 Berths 52 and 53 construction with crane barges, piling plant, ferry berths and the River Liffey

Wills Bros

Dublin Port is building a new quay at Berth 52 East and a 290-metre open RoRo jetty at Berth 53. The €128.7065 million contract covers piled marine structures, a double-tier linkspan, automated mooring, scour protection, marine furniture and landside systems for ferries up to 240 metres long.

Project signal

Construction in Ireland

Current status Marine construction is active; the 2026 harbour notice keeps the buoyed work zone in place through January 2027, while berth acceptance and service release remain open Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Ireland / Europe

Segment

Port infrastructure

Status

Marine construction is active; the 2026 harbour notice keeps the buoyed work zone in place through January 2027, while berth acceptance and service release remain open / Confirmed

Last checked

18 July 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
Dublin Port Company
Delivery parties
Wills Bros
Contract route
Dublin Port used a negotiated procedure after a qualification-system notice and received four electronic tenders. The TED result records a 70% quality and 30% cost evaluation, Wills Bros as winner and a €128.7065 million contract value excluding VAT. The notice was published on 20 April 2026 but gives 25 April 2024 as the contract-conclusion date.
Execution window
Wills Bros describes construction from May 2024 and ongoing. Dublin Port's 2026 navigation notice keeps the marine works area east of Berth 53 active until January 2027. The wider unified ferry terminal is planned for the early 2030s, so that programme date is not used as the acceptance date for this contract.
Works package
Construct the Berth 52 East quay extension and Berth 53 open jetty, linkspan bridge and automated mooring system. Wills Bros lists 232 steel tubular piles, 57 combi-wall piles, 145 CFA piles, 6,284 m2 of sheet piles, 31,186 m3 of reinforced concrete and 7,396 tonnes of precast, plus landside and waterside piling, scour protection and marine furniture. Dublin Port adds a 290-metre jetty with nine dolphins, a double-tier linkspan, a 400-metre access road, electrical services, CCTV and an asphalt operational yard.
Marine interfaces
The workfront lies beside the main navigation channel and the South Dublin Bay and River Tolka protected area. Berth 53 uses an open deck-on-pile structure and nine berthing dolphins, each founded on nine large-diameter tubular piles. Berth 52 East extends the reclaimed edge about 40 metres into the river and connects structurally to the jetty. A buoyed exclusion area, crane barges, tugs, multicats, workboats and landing craft operate under Dublin VTS control. River piling pauses during the March-to-May salmon-smolt migration, while dredging is confined to October through March.
Commercial evidence boundary
The main works contract is placed, so the live supply chain sits inside delivery rather than bidder selection. Relevant scopes include large-diameter tubular and combi-wall piles, precast and reinforced concrete, marine plant, scour protection, fenders and bollards, linkspan and mooring equipment, electrical and shore-power interfaces, surveys and acceptance testing. The TED notice does not identify subcontractors or package values below the Wills Bros contract.

Project timeline

Material developments

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

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TED published the contract result

The result identifies Wills Bros and €128.7065 million excluding VAT. It also records 25 April 2024 as the contract date, so publication in 2026 is a procurement-disclosure event rather than a new award.

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The owner defined the live marine package

Dublin Port reported the 290-metre open jetty, nine dolphins, Berth 52 East extension, linkspan and landside systems, while fixing seasonal limits for river piling and dredging.

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First marine piles entered the Berth 53 workfront

Dublin Port recorded physical piling and more than 70 Wills Bros staff on the works. This moves the package beyond award without establishing completed foundations or a usable berth.

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CEF funding backed the two-berth programme

The €73.8 million grant supports two inter-dependent berths totalling 572 metres, double-tier linkspans and shore-power provision for RoRo vessels up to 240 metres.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Completion and acceptance of the tubular, combi-wall, CFA and sheet-pile foundations
  • Nine Berth 53 dolphins, open jetty deck and Berth 52 East quay continuity
  • Scour protection, marine furniture and any dredging within the October-to-March window
  • Double-tier linkspan, bridge and automated mooring installation
  • Electrical, CCTV, operational-yard and shore-power interfaces
  • Hydrography, load testing, safety certification and harbour acceptance
  • Berth handover, ferry trials and first sustained RoRo service

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Reporting status

Construction, confirmed confidence

Last checked 18 July 2026 across 7 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 18 July 2026 Cited sources 7

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