Project record

Ras Hanzir replacement cargo facility

Future-state visualization of the proposed Ras Hanzir sheet-pile quay, cargo quay operations and land reclamation apron in Grand Harbour Malta

IMWO artist's impression of the published Ras Hanzir replacement cargo facility scope

Infrastructure Malta is re-procuring the Ras Hanzir cargo facility between Laboratory and Fuel Wharves under open works tender IMT008/2025, estimated at EUR 71,313,612.41 excluding VAT. The official workspace carries a 1 October 2026 tender deadline and no award date. This is a continuation and redesign after Infrastructure Malta terminated the EUR 55,449,463.64 predecessor works contract awarded to Excel SIS Enerji Uretim Construction in November 2022. HOG-JV won the separate original project-management contract and the 2025 direct-award notice says that same original team was engaged to design the continuation.

Project signal

Tender in Malta

Current status Infrastructure Malta is taking replacement works tender IMT008/2025 to 1 October 2026 after terminating predecessor contract IM027/2020; the replacement works package remains unawarded Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Malta / Europe

Segment

Cargo-port quay, land reclamation, piling and utilities

Status

Infrastructure Malta is taking replacement works tender IMT008/2025 to 1 October 2026 after terminating predecessor contract IM027/2020; the replacement works package remains unawarded / Confirmed

Last checked

7 August 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Cargo-port quay, land reclamation, piling and utilities 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
Infrastructure Malta, Maritime Unit
Delivery parties
Replacement works contractor under IMT008/2025 - not awarded; official workspace shows no award date, HOG-JV - confirmed winner of original IMT011/2021 project-management services; the 2025 continuation-design notice re-engages the team that won that contract, Excel SIS Enerji Uretim Construction - terminated predecessor works contractor under IM027/2020, not the current works contractor, Piling, sheet-piling, reclamation, reinforced-concrete, drainage, electrical, lighting, marine-plant and other lower-tier parties - not selected or publicly identified for the replacement tender
Contract route
Infrastructure Malta launched IMT008/2025 as a single-lot, open works procedure using best price-quality ratio. TED procedure d70670f9-59b1-4980-b368-f24ae518f460 produced four notices: 216789-2026 set a 24 June deadline, 371190-2026 moved it to 3 August, and notices 519791-2026 and 546876-2026 set and retained 1 October 2026 at 10:30. The live eTenders workspace confirms that deadline, EU funding and a blank award date. This follows termination of IM027/2020 and a EUR 981,000 continuation-design appointment under IM666/19 DO/83/25.
Execution window
The replacement notice gives an intended contract period from 27 October 2026 to 5 December 2028. Because tenders remain open until 1 October and no award date is published, those dates are procurement assumptions rather than a notice to proceed or accepted baseline programme. The predecessor contract's stated 110-week duration ended with its termination and must not be carried into the replacement programme.
Works package
The current tender classifies harbour, quay, quay-wall, wharf and marine construction together with piling, sheet piling, reinforced concrete, infill and land reclamation, storm-water piping, electricity supply and port lighting. Infrastructure Malta's owner material describes a new 360 m cargo-handling facility linking Laboratory Wharf and Fuel Wharf. The concluded PA/08472/19 environmental screening provides the parent concept envelope: about 39,300 m2 overall, including about 16,600 m2 of existing land, a reclaimed cargo apron, floating Ro-Ro ramps, a gate room and substation, fuel-pipeline and dolphin removal, coastline regrading and future culverts. Because the replacement requires a new design, those planning quantities and components should not be assumed unchanged without the current tender drawings.
Marine interfaces
The package joins two operating industrial wharves across an exposed marine frontage while removing legacy fuel-berth infrastructure and creating a reclaimed operational platform. Commercial and delivery interfaces include marine piling and sheet piles, quay-wall and coping concrete, fill acceptance and ground behaviour, fenders and bollards, floating Ro-Ro interfaces, storm-water drainage, electrical and lighting systems, utility corridors and live-port access. The planning file also creates environmental controls around reclamation and coastal works, but it is not evidence of executed quantities.
Commercial evidence boundary
EUR 71,313,612.41 is the estimate for the open replacement works tender. EUR 55,449,463.64 is the terminated predecessor award to Excel SIS, while the September 2025 modification added rates valued at EUR 99,835 excluding VAT. HOG-JV's original project-management award was EUR 1,839,381 and the continuation-design appointment was EUR 981,000. These are different contracts and commercial boundaries; they must not be summed into a project value or treated as paid expenditure. No replacement winning price, certified payment, termination settlement or lower-tier value is public.

Contract and delivery chain

Named roles and open packages

Named appointments are shown against the workstream they cover. Unallocated packages remain open until a project source identifies the responsible party.

Replacement works procurement

IMT008/2025 single-lot cargo-facility works

Named party
Infrastructure Malta; replacement contractor not awarded
Status
Confirmed
Source position
The live official workspace records an open EUR 71,313,612.41 works tender, a 1 October 2026 deadline and no award date. Source
Predecessor works contract

IM027/2020

Named party
Excel SIS Enerji Uretim Construction
Status
Confirmed
Source position
The 2022 award fixes Excel SIS and EUR 55,449,463.64; the 2025 continuation-design notice explicitly says that works contract was terminated. Source
Project management and redesign

IMT011/2021 and IM666/19 DO/83/25

Named party
HOG-JV
Status
Confirmed
Source position
The original project-management award names HOG-JV at EUR 1,839,381. The later EUR 981,000 direct-award notice engages the team that won IMT011/2021 to design the continuation. Source
Physical and planning envelope

Quay link, reclamation and cargo apron

Named party
Infrastructure Malta
Status
Reported
Source position
Owner material describes a 360 m facility and ERA records the concluded planning and environmental envelope. The replacement notice requires a new design, so the historical concept is not a current bill of quantities. Source
Replacement delivery and lower tiers

Mobilisation, piling, reclamation, concrete, utilities and equipment

Named party
Not awarded or publicly identified
Status
Not evidenced
Source position
The official workspace carries no award date, winner, notice to proceed, subcontractor, supplier or replacement physical-progress record.

Project timeline

Material developments

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

Open this project in the Change Log

Latest TED notice retains the 1 October tender deadline

Notice 546876-2026 confirms that the EUR 71.314m replacement procurement remains open; the official workspace still has no award date.

Source

Infrastructure Malta extends the replacement tender to October

Notice 519791-2026 moved the deadline from 3 August to 1 October while retaining the intended 27 October 2026 to 5 December 2028 contract period.

Source

Replacement cargo-facility works return to open tender

IMT008/2025 re-opened the main marine works at an estimated EUR 71,313,612.41 with quay, reclamation, piling, concrete, drainage and electrical classifications.

Source

Official notice confirms predecessor termination and redesign

Infrastructure Malta said IM027/2020 had been terminated and directly engaged the original project-management team for a EUR 981,000 continuation design before a new tender.

Source

Excel SIS receives the predecessor works award

The original contract award named Excel SIS at EUR 55,449,463.64 after eight tenders; this contract was later terminated and is not the current award.

Source

Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Clarification responses by 23 August 2026 and any further deadline change
  • Tender opening, bidder count, evaluation, appeal and replacement award
  • Replacement notice to proceed and accepted baseline programme
  • New-design quay-wall system, pile and sheet-pile quantities
  • Treatment, ownership and acceptance of predecessor works and stored materials
  • Reclamation fill source, ground improvement and settlement monitoring
  • Marine plant, survey, temporary works and live-port access packages
  • Fenders, bollards, floating Ro-Ro ramps and cargo-apron interfaces
  • Storm-water, electrical supply, port lighting and future shore-power provisions
  • Environmental permits, turbidity controls and final as-built acceptance
  • Termination settlement and any transfer of warranties or design responsibility
  • Named subcontractors and supplier awards under the replacement contract

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Reporting status

Tender, confirmed confidence

Last checked 7 August 2026 across 11 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 7 August 2026 Cited sources 11

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