Project record

Aktau Port Berths 3 and 12 Modernisation

Participation
Requires review
Participation checked

ECEPP marks the berth first-stage and supervision invitations closed; the supervision page lists 10 September 2026 as its final deadline; later-stage and other-package participation remain unverified

Participation source

Aktau Port is procuring a design-build reconstruction of Berths 3 and 12 as one of three disclosed EBRD-governed contracts. The current programme also separates cargo-handling equipment and project supervision. EBRD's environmental record makes a further distinction: the three-phase dredging needed to open the new berths is an associated facility implemented by the port through a separate, non-EBRD-financed process.

Aktau Port container yard and operating quay cranes during the 2025 environmental and social site visit

Aktau Port / EBRD non-technical summary; operating-port context from the 2025 site visit, not construction progress

Location

Kazakhstan / Asia Pacific

Segment

Port infrastructure

Phase

Tender / Confirmed

Last checked

15 October 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
National Company Aktau International Sea Commercial Port JSC (Aktau Port), EBRD borrower and project employer
Delivery parties
Berths 3 and 12 design-build contractor - current appointment unverified; the first stage of ECEPP exercise 41950279 closed on 17 April 2026, Cargo-handling equipment supplier - current appointment unverified; disclosed as separate Contract 2 for equipment and machinery supply and installation, Construction supervision and implementation-support consultant - current appointment unverified; ECEPP exercise 41950553 is closed with a listed 10 September 2026 deadline, Associated dredging contractor - current appointment unverified; the port is implementing dredging through a separate non-EBRD-financed process
Contract route
Aktau Port is using EBRD Client E-Procurement Portal procedures for three current contracts: open two-stage design-build works for Berths 3 and 12, goods and related services for cargo-handling equipment and machinery, and an open single-stage two-envelope consultancy for construction supervision and implementation support. The general notice says the contracts follow the EBRD Procurement Policies and Rules dated 15 May 2022 and are open internationally unless the tender documents state otherwise.
Execution window
The design-build invitation was issued on 4 February 2026 and its first stage closed on 17 April at 11:00. The refreshed general procurement notice was published on 26 May. The supervision invitation was issued on 14 July; its current page lists 10 September at 15:00 as the closing time and marks responses closed. The ECEPP public list labels its times UK Time. The previously reported 28 August supervision deadline is superseded; later-stage procurement, appointments and delivery dates remain unverified.
Works package
Extend Berth 3, construct a new Berth 12, expand the rail track and carry out supporting land reclamation. The current EBRD programme also finances two ship-to-shore cranes; the 2025 non-technical summary places two new quay cranes at Berth 1 and targets container throughput of 240,000 TEU. Separate associated dredging is planned in three operational phases: excavation in Zones A and B, further excavation in Zone B and final excavation in Zone C.
Marine interfaces
The berth works cannot enter service without the separately managed dredging, navigable access, reclamation fill, rail connection, crane power and equipment commissioning. Construction inside an operating Caspian port also brings vessel, mooring, sediment, waste-disposal and cargo-continuity interfaces. EBRD requires pre-construction marine and coastal surveys around Berth 12 and the southern excavated-material fill area, while vessel routing must account for Caspian seals that may occur 10-15 kilometres offshore in summer and autumn.
Commercial evidence boundary
EBRD's project page records a total project cost of EUR 55 million, a 10-year multicurrency loan of up to EUR 35 million and an EU Asia Pacific Investment Facility capital grant of up to EUR 10 million. Aktau Port's May 2026 general notice publishes a separate KZT 29.627249 billion estimated procurement value and says the port covers applicable taxes, including VAT. These financing and procurement amounts describe different fields; current accepted works, goods and consultancy prices remain unverified.

Project timeline

Material developments

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

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Aktau opened the supervision and implementation-support tender

The consultancy procurement creates a separate technical-supervision and PIU support line for the berth reconstruction, with submissions due on 28 August 2026.

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The refreshed general notice fixed three procurement contracts

Aktau separated the berth design-build works, cargo-handling equipment and construction supervision under an estimated KZT 29.627249 billion procurement programme.

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First stage of the berth design-build tender closed

The two-stage works exercise for Berths 3 and 12 reached its first submission deadline without a public award or named contractor.

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EBRD approved the expanded port-modernisation financing

The current project configuration adds Berths 3 and 12 reconstruction and two STS cranes under a EUR 35 million loan and up to EUR 10 million EU grant.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • First-stage outcome and second-stage invitation for the Berths 3 and 12 design-build tender
  • Named design-build contractor, accepted value and contract date
  • Separate award for two STS cranes and other cargo-handling equipment
  • Construction-supervision and project-implementation-support result after the listed 10 September 2026 close
  • Dredging procurement, contractor, plant and three-phase start sequence
  • Berth 3 extension, new Berth 12, rail extension and land reclamation progress
  • Pre-construction marine and coastal surveys around Berth 12 and the fill area
  • As-built depths, berth acceptance, crane commissioning and 240,000 TEU capability

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Reporting status

Project phase
Tender
Evidence confidence
Confirmed
Last checked
15 October 2026
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