Project record

Kuwait Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port Phase I completion

Kuwaiti and Chinese officials inspect geotechnical field activity at the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port site on Boubyan Island in March 2025

Kuwait News Agency (KUNA); March 2025 preliminary-contract site inspection, not evidence of Phase I EPC marine construction

Kuwait's Ministry of Public Works signed the Phase I engineering, procurement and construction contract for Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port with China Communications Construction Company in December 2025. CCCC's first-quarter 2026 filing values the water-transport contract at RMB 28.43 billion. Government follow-up continued in February 2026. A contractual notice to proceed, marine mobilisation, current dredging quantity, named executing subsidiary or subcontractor, and accepted construction progress remain unpublished.

Project signal

Award in Kuwait

Current status Phase I EPC signed with CCCC; government follow-up continues, while mobilisation and marine construction remain unverified Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Kuwait / Middle East

Segment

Deep-water ports and container terminals

Status

Phase I EPC signed with CCCC; government follow-up continues, while mobilisation and marine construction remain unverified / Confirmed

Last checked

12 August 2026

Coverage

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Deep-water ports and container terminals 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
Kuwait Ministry of Public Works
Delivery parties
China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) - confirmed Phase I EPC contractor at parent-company level, A CCCC executing subsidiary, designer, dredging contractor, quay contractor, equipment supplier and local subcontractor remain unidentified
Contract route
Direct Kuwait-China government cooperation followed by a February 2025 study, design and pre-execution services contract and a 22 December 2025 Phase I EPC contract between the Ministry of Public Works and CCCC. Tender evaluation, payment schedule, performance securities and subcontracting plan remain unpublished.
Execution window
The EPC was signed on 22 December 2025 and appeared in CCCC's January-March 2026 major-contract disclosure. The contractual completion date and physical marine-mobilisation date remain unpublished.
Works package
The current contract is officially described as completion of Phase I, but its detailed issued scope remains unpublished. A historical Ministry yearbook records an earlier Stage One Part 2 baseline including geotechnical, bathymetric, topographic and ordnance surveys; four anchorages or berthing works totalling 1,700 metres for a stated 1.8 million TEU annual basis; basin design to 16 metres; navigation-channel design to 14.5 metres; and about 2 million square metres of reclamation. Those historical quantities are retained as an inherited reference, not assumed to be the exact 2025 EPC bill of quantities.
Marine interfaces
Port-basin and navigation-channel dredging, quay or anchorage structures, reclamation, geotechnical and hydrographic controls, aids to navigation, utilities, container-terminal systems, environmental approvals, dredged-material management and final marine and operating acceptance on Boubyan Island.
Commercial evidence boundary
CCCC's Hong Kong exchange filing lists RMB 28.43 billion for the Phase I EPC under water transportation. That parent-company amount is not a published final account and does not allocate value among design, dredging, reclamation, quay works, equipment, subsidiaries or subcontractors.

Project timeline

Material developments

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

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Government committee continued implementation follow-up

Kuwait's Prime Minister reviewed the latest agency reports for Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port among the country's major projects. The release confirms continuing oversight but gives no marine mobilisation or quantity evidence.

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Ministry and CCCC signed the Phase I EPC

The signing moved the project beyond preliminary design services. CCCC later disclosed RMB 28.43 billion for the contract, while detailed scope, schedule and subsidiary or subcontract allocation remained unpublished.

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Pre-execution design services officially commenced

The preliminary contract covered design review and completion plus a comprehensive implementation and operating plan. It was not the later Phase I EPC and did not prove physical port construction.

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Ministry recorded completion of an earlier Stage One Part 2 package

The historical record establishes prior surveys, design and reclamation or berthing baselines. It does not show which inherited works are accepted into, replaced by or excluded from the 2025 EPC.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Executed notice to proceed, commencement date and contractual completion schedule
  • Issued Phase I scope separating inherited assets from new dredging, reclamation, quay, channel, basin, utilities and equipment works
  • Named CCCC delivery subsidiary, designer, marine subcontractors and local-content packages
  • Dredgers, barges, piling plant, temporary marine facilities and workforce mobilisation
  • Environmental approvals, dredged-material route and survey control for basin and navigation-channel works
  • Certified quantities, berth and channel acceptance, terminal equipment commissioning and operating release

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Reporting status

Award, confirmed confidence

Last checked 12 August 2026 across 7 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 12 August 2026 Cited sources 7

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