Location
India / Asia Pacific
Project record
Kandla Cargo Berths No. 1-6 upgrade
DPA's Cargo Berths 1-6 programme has widened beyond the fender-only work approved in 2022. The Board approved an INR 329.8 million block estimate and tender authority for upgraded fenders, while IIT Madras later recorded an INR 7.08 million fender-upgrade consultancy from November 2023 to May 2025. A July 2025 DPA EOI instead asks a consultant to test the earthquake-damaged berths, compare strengthening with new construction, prepare the DPR and EPC tender and supervise delivery. No consultant or EPC award is public.
Segment
Port infrastructure
Status
DPA is assessing berth-wide repair, strengthening or replacement for an intended EPC package; no expanded-consultant award, EPC tender or works contractor is verified / Confirmed
Last checked
1 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
- Deendayal Port Authority
- Delivery parties
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras - fender-upgrade consultant for project IC23242045OEDEEN008228; principal investigator S Nallayarasu, Expanded structural-assessment, DPR and supervision consultant - no award verified by 1 August 2026, EPC contractor and specialist subcontractors - no tender or award verified by 1 August 2026
- Contract route
- DPA's 30 March 2022 Board resolution approved an INR 329.8 million fender block estimate and authorized the Chairman to issue an NIT, evaluate bids and accept an L1 bidder. It does not record those later actions as completed. DPA's July 2025 EOI states that the broader project is intended for EPC mode and requires the consultant to prepare tender documents, support bid evaluation and supervise construction. The EOI is not a consultant award or an EPC procurement.
- Execution window
- IIT Madras records the fender consultancy from 30 November 2023 to 30 May 2025. DPA's later berth-wide consultant EOI does not establish an awarded consultant, EPC notice to proceed or construction programme. Its supervision obligations extend through completion once a downstream contractor exists.
- Works package
- Assess Cargo Berths 1-6 through site survey, visual inspection, structural-health monitoring and NDT of decks, piles, beams and connections; compare repair and strengthening with new construction; establish phasing, schedule, cost, impacts and life extension; prepare the DPR, DBR, detailed analysis, design, drawings, estimates and implementation scheme; prepare EPC tender documents and support bid evaluation; then monitor and certify construction. The earlier fender-only scope remains a historical package boundary, not proof of installed equipment.
- Marine interfaces
- DPA says the six berths were built between 1955 and 1972 for roughly 45,000-55,000 DWT vessels with triple-cell 1000H fenders, were damaged in the 2001 earthquake and were temporarily repaired for operations. Cargo Berths 7-10 were later upgraded for 75,000 DWT vessels with 1450H fenders. The alignment offset between the berth groups now affects berthing, so structural condition, berth line, fender energy, mooring, live operations and staged vessel access must be resolved together.
- Commercial evidence boundary
- The INR 329.8 million figure is a 2022 block estimate for the fender proposal, not an accepted works price. The INR 7.08 million figure is the sanctioned value of the IIT Madras fender consultancy, not construction capex. No public primary record names the broader consultant, EPC contractor, fender manufacturer, installation subcontractor or awarded price.
Project timeline
Material developments
Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.
Open this project in the Change LogDPA reopened the programme as a berth-wide structural and EPC consultancy
The new scope moved beyond fender replacement to NDT, repair-versus-new-build options, DPR and DBR, EPC tender preparation, bid support and construction supervision. The delivery solution and commercial parties remain open.
SourceIIT Madras listed the fender-upgrade consultancy as ongoing
The ledger confirms S Nallayarasu, project IC23242045OEDEEN008228, a 2023-25 assignment window and INR 7.08 million sanctioned value, but it does not establish a fender works award or installation.
SourceThe Board approved the fender block estimate and future tender authority
Resolution 47 approved INR 329.8 million for upgraded fenders across panels 1-50 and authorized later NIT, bid and L1 actions. The resolution itself does not prove that a tender or award followed.
SourceEvidence gap
What remains unverified
Outstanding evidence
- Award and work order for the expanded structural-assessment and DPR consultant
- NDT findings for decks, piles, beams and connections
- Selection between repair and strengthening, partial reconstruction or new berths
- Design basis for 75,000 DWT vessels and the alignment with Cargo Berths 7-10
- Issued EPC tender, qualification criteria and package boundary
- EPC award, accepted price, notice to proceed and construction phasing
- Fender, bollard, pile, deck, cathodic-protection and concrete-repair suppliers
- Live-port staging, temporary berth closures and cargo-continuity plan
- Load testing, hydrographic checks, navigation release and final handover
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Source collections
Project sources 4
- Minutes of DPA Board meeting dated 30 March 2022 Deendayal Port Authority, 30 March 2022
- Ongoing consultancy projects as of 31 March 2025 Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 31 March 2025
- EOI for appointment of consultant for upgradation of Cargo Berths 1-6 Deendayal Port Authority, 16 July 2025
- Tender page for appointment of consultant for existing Cargo Berths 1-6 Deendayal Port Authority, 16 July 2025