Project record

Kamarajar Port AECTPL Phase I Stage II capital dredging

Participation
Not assessed
Project facts checked

The open tender closed on 16 March 2026; no award, work order or mobilisation is identified

Project sources

Kamarajar Port tendered 668,855 m3 of capital dredging for the proposed AECTPL Phase I Stage II berth pocket and adjacent operating areas. The INR 738.16 million package also carries 41,643 m3 of dry excavation, separate land and offshore placement routes, survey obligations and a 120-day work period.

Aerial view of Kamarajar Port harbour with operating bulk berths, ships, tugs, basin and breakwaters

Kamarajar Port Limited

Location

India / Asia Pacific

Segment

Dredging

Phase

Tender / Confirmed

Last checked

18 July 2026

Coverage

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Dredging 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
Kamarajar Port Limited
Delivery parties
No dredging contractor awarded
Contract route
Kamarajar Port issued an open, two-cover works tender under reference KPL/PPD/CD(AECTPL)/2025 and CPPP tender ID 2026_MoS_899932_1. The official notice gives an estimated value of INR 738,163,458, an EMD of INR 9,381,635, 180-day bid validity and a 120-day work period. Bids were scheduled to close on 16 March and open on 17 March 2026; the reviewed official page does not publish an award.
Execution window
The tender allows 120 days for the works. That is a proposed contractual period and does not start until an award, work order or notice to proceed establishes the delivery clock.
Works package
Excavate 41,643 m3 of dry material in the proposed AECTPL Phase I Stage II berth pocket down to 0.00 m CD and place it within port land. Dredge 299,859 m3 in the proposed berth pocket to -16.0 m CD for placement within port land up to 5 km away. Dredge a further 368,996 m3 in the existing AECTPL, EBTPL and GCB-II berth pockets to -16.0 m CD and in the approaches and Phase VI excluded area to -16.5 m CD for disposal at Kamarajar Port's designated offshore ground. The BOQ permits TSHD, CSD, backhoe or other suitable plant and includes pre-, interim, post- and third-party surveys plus isolated submerged boulder removal.
Marine interfaces
The package joins a new container-terminal berth pocket to live AECTPL, Ennore Bulk Terminal and GCB-II waters and their approaches. Kamarajar lists the operating AECTPL berth at 400 metres long and 16.70 metres deep, EBTPL at 270 metres and 16.00 metres, and GCB-II at 330 metres and 16.00 metres. Dredging therefore has to be sequenced with active berth access, traffic control, hydrographic verification and two distinct material routes rather than treated as one undifferentiated quantity.
Commercial evidence boundary
The main procurement question is still who receives the work and on what final terms. Once awarded, the package will require production dredging, near-berth plant, survey launch and third-party hydrography, land transport and spreading, offshore placement control, boulder handling, environmental monitoring and coordination with operating terminals. The BOQ names acceptable plant families but does not select a dredger or prove plant availability.

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Material developments

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

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The published bid window closed

The CPPP schedule reached its submission deadline with a 17 March bid-opening date. This closes the advertised bid window but does not establish technical admission, financial opening, award or a work order.

Source

Kamarajar published the capital-dredging tender

The open tender fixed the INR 738.16 million estimate, 120-day period and separate proposed-berth and associated-dredging scope lines.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Official award, work order, contractor identity and accepted contract value
  • Baseline multibeam, side-scan, sub-bottom and topographic survey acceptance
  • Dredger and support-fleet selection for mixed soil, cobbles and isolated boulders
  • 299,859 m3 proposed-berth volume routed to port land within 5 km
  • 368,996 m3 existing-berth and approach volume routed to the approved offshore ground
  • Accepted -16.0 m CD berth pockets and -16.5 m CD approach and Phase VI areas
  • Post-dredge hydrography, quantity certification and release of usable navigation depth

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Reporting status

Project phase
Tender
Evidence confidence
Confirmed
Last checked
18 July 2026
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