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Madagascar Majunga, Tulear and Pangalanes transport resilience programme

Jetty leading toward Port Schneider at Mahajanga, Madagascar

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Madagascar's signed US$305 million transport programme allocates US$102.24 million to ports and waterways: US$30 million for Majunga, US$32 million for Tulear and US$29.94 million for 200 kilometres of the Pangalanes Canal. The May procurement plan records a US$28 million Majunga works package pending implementation and a US$6.36 million canal maintenance and dredging-fleet package under review, while Tulear's main works and the canal's main dredging works were not listed as active works packages in that revision.

Project signal

Approval in Madagascar

Current status IDA financing signed; marine packages are planned, under review, pending, cancelled, or absent from the reviewed plan Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Madagascar / Africa

Segment

Marine infrastructure

Status

IDA financing signed; marine packages are planned, under review, pending, cancelled, or absent from the reviewed plan / Confirmed

Last checked

15 July 2026

Coverage

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Marine 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
Republic of Madagascar / Ministry of Transport and Meteorology
Delivery parties
No Majunga, Tulear or Pangalanes civil-works contractor is identified in the reviewed official records
Contract route
World Bank IPF procurement through STEP under IDA credits 8004-MG and 8005-MG, with proposed AIIB co-financing and component-level works, goods and consulting packages
Execution window
Project closing date 30 September 2031; the May 2026 procurement plan carries package-level planned dates but does not prove that future notices, awards or starts occurred
Works package
Majunga: US$30 million for selected quay reconstruction, quay walls, embankments, roads, utilities, lighting, land facilities and an artisanal-fishing harbour. Tulear: US$32 million for central and south quays, fenders, pavement, utilities, power, lighting and a 1,320-metre access dike. Pangalanes: US$29.94 million for 200 kilometres from Mananjary to Farafangana, including spot dredging, limited widening, bank protection, aquatic-plant removal, small quays, navigation aids and maintenance equipment.
Marine interfaces
Existing-port quay rehabilitation without port dredging; inland-waterway spot dredging and dredged-material management; river landings; navigation aids; cyclone resilience; APMF institutional capacity; site-specific environmental, social, livelihood and biodiversity controls.
Commercial evidence boundary
The US$305 million figure is the whole multimodal project: US$200 million IDA, proposed US$100 million AIIB co-financing and US$5 million private dry-port investment. The port-and-waterway component is US$102.24 million. In the 26 May plan, the US$28 million Majunga works package was pending implementation, the US$6.36 million canal equipment package was under review, a US$1.2 million canal landing-stage package was cancelled, and no active main Tulear or canal-dredging works package was listed.

Project timeline

Material developments

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

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AIIB published the US$100 million co-financing as proposed

AIIB's project page confirms direct co-financing intent, Category A treatment and the same no-port-dredging versus canal-dredging boundary. Proposed status is not financing approval or effectiveness, and the IDA agreement sets 31 March 2027 as the co-financing deadline.

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Madagascar and IDA signed the US$200 million financing agreement

Credits 8004-MG and 8005-MG moved the World Bank financing from approval into a signed legal framework for a US$305 million project. Signature did not activate unissued marine packages, satisfy co-financing conditions or evidence physical works.

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The revised procurement plan exposed the first marine package states

The plan recorded the US$28 million Majunga works package as pending implementation, the US$6.36 million canal maintenance and dredging-fleet package under review, and a US$1.2 million landing-stage package cancelled. It listed no active main Tulear or canal-dredging works package, and planned dates do not confirm later notices or awards.

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The World Bank recorded project approval

The approval record dates the IDA financing decision before the 28 April public announcement. It confirms the programme, while component safeguards, tenders, contractors, mobilisation and accepted navigation outcomes remain later steps.

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The final appraisal fixed the US$102.24 million marine component

The PAD allocated US$30 million to Majunga, US$32 million to Tulear and US$29.94 million to the Pangalanes Canal within an eight-subcomponent port and waterway programme. These are programme allocations, not contract values or awarded amounts.

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Appraisal documents separated port rehabilitation from canal dredging

The appraisal PID and ESRS defined existing-quay work at Majunga and Tulear without port dredging and assigned spot dredging, turbidity, freshwater habitat and dredged-material management to Pangalanes. Site-specific instruments remained required before related bidding and works.

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Concept environmental review disclosed the initial corridor scope

The concept ESRS defined the three transport corridors and early high-risk environmental and social framework. It remained a preparation-stage baseline, with final budgets, package design and procurement status unset.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Evidence that the planned Majunga request for bids was actually issued, followed by bid receipt, evaluation and award
  • First active Tulear main-works package in STEP or another official procurement source
  • Main Pangalanes dredging and channel-works package, distinct from landing stages, equipment and supervision
  • Site-specific ESIAs, ESMPs, resettlement instruments and the Pangalanes Dredging Management Plan before related bidding
  • Canal dredging reaches, quantities, methods, dredged-material routes, bank protection and navigation aids
  • AIIB co-financing approval and effectiveness, separate from its current proposed status
  • Contract awards, mobilisation, completion surveys, navigable-length acceptance and operating handover by component

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Reporting status

Approval, confirmed confidence

Last checked 15 July 2026 across 10 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 15 July 2026 Cited sources 10

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