Project record

Mumbai Port 2026-29 maintenance dredging programme

Van Oord trailing suction hopper dredger Volvox Olympia working in Mumbai Port in December 2024 during the preceding maintenance-contract period

Sangam Thathi Reddy via Dredging Today; historical operating context

Mumbai Port Authority is procuring one contract for three annual maintenance-dredging campaigns across approach channels, turning circles, outside berths, Indira Dock, bunder areas, anchorages, ferry and fish-jetty areas, and other live-port locations from 2026-27 through 2028-29.

Project signal

Tender in India

Read three different denominators separately: the INR 281.70 crore three-year tender estimate, the INR 65 crore 2026-27 maintenance-dredging budget line, and the INR 216.40 crore value of the preceding E.47/2023 contract. None is a current award, guaranteed dredging quantity, or accepted annual output. Each new campaign creates its own notice, plant, survey, traffic, dumping, and completion record.

Current status Tender E.47/2026 remains open; bids due 6 August 2026 after two corrigenda Source confidence Confirmed

Location

India / Asia Pacific

Segment

Dredging

Status

Tender E.47/2026 remains open; bids due 6 August 2026 after two corrigenda / Confirmed

Evidence reviewed

21 July 2026

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Project anatomy

Scope, counterparties, and execution logic

Client / authority
Mumbai Port Authority
Delivery parties
Open international tender; no contractor awarded
Contract route
Single-stage, two-cover online Tender E.47/2026 under CPPP Tender ID 2026_MBPT_913633_1. Mumbai Port's live listing records two corrigenda; Corrigendum II, published on 17 July, moves the bid deadline to 15:00 India time on 6 August 2026. Neither the authority listing nor the CPPP status record shows technical evaluation, financial opening or an award of contract.
Execution window
The contract covers the 2026-27, 2027-28, and 2028-29 cycles. Schedule A assigns 24 weeks from notice to commence to each annual cycle, while the technical specification requires the nominated TSHD capacity within 45 days of each annual notice. No award, notice to commence, vessel nomination, or first-cycle survey has been published for E.47/2026.
Works package
Maintain assured and directed depths across Mumbai Port's approach channels, turning circles, outside berths, Indira Dock approach, entrance, basin, harbour-wall berths and channels, Prince's and Victoria Dock Channel, Pir Pau, chemical and oil berths, deep-water anchorages, bunder and ferry areas, fish jetty, marina, and other shallow operating areas. The priced scope includes hydrographic control, high-spot removal, transport, and disposal at Mumbai Port's designated DS1 flood dumping ground.
Marine interfaces
The bidder must control no more than two TSHDs with at least 9,000 cubic metres combined hopper capacity for deeper areas. Work within 10 metres of specified quay walls and in shallow or constrained areas needs grab, backhoe, water-injection, bed-levelling, ploughing, or other approved plant. DS1 is not reserved exclusively for this contract, vessel movements require VTS coordination, and the sequence must preserve live navigation and limited berth-release windows while managing monsoon siltation.
Commercial read
The INR 281.70 crore estimate and INR 5.64 crore bid security apply to the three-year procurement. Assured-depth areas use performance-based lump-sum pricing, while directed areas are measured in situ; quantities from the 2023-24, 2024-25, and 2025-26 pre-dredge surveys are guidance, not a guaranteed volume. The separate 2026-27 budget records INR 65 crore for maintenance dredging and cannot be substituted for contract value or physical production.
Next milestone
Track the 6 August bid close, any further corrigendum, technical qualification, disclosed bidders, financial opening, award, performance security, each annual notice to commence, TSHD nomination and 45-day mobilisation, pre-dredge surveys, DS1 permissions and vessel logs, fortnightly dredging reports, and accepted post-dredge surveys for all three cycles.

Material change register

What changed, when, and what it proves

Only source-bound events that alter phase, scope, counterparties, delivery, completion, commissioning, or acceptance are listed. A change can advance the record without proving the next gate.

Corrigendum II moved bid close to 6 August

Mumbai Port's second due-date extension moves the E.47/2026 bid close from 23 July to 6 August at 15:00 India time. It changes the procurement calendar only; it does not disclose bidders, evaluate technical offers, open prices or award the contract.

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Mumbai Port opened the 2026-29 three-cycle tender

E.47/2026 packages three annual campaigns at an estimated INR 281.70 crore. The opening establishes the scope and procurement route; later deadline extensions do not establish bidders, award, mobilisation, quantity or accepted depth.

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The 2026-27 budget retained an annual maintenance-dredging line

Mumbai Port's budget records INR 86.02 crore actual expenditure for 2024-25, INR 70 crore revised estimate for 2025-26, and INR 65 crore budget estimate for 2026-27. These are annual accounting figures and are not the E.47/2026 contract value or dredged quantity.

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The preceding E.47/2023 package went to Van Oord

The October 2024 register records a INR 216.40 crore item-rate contract with Van Oord India, scheduled from 19 January 2024 to 30 April 2026 and then described as work in progress. It is historical incumbent context, not evidence of an E.47/2026 bid or award.

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Mumbai Port approved its dredging and dumping permission SOP

The SOP sets one-month permission, vessel-certificate, VTS, AIS, logbook, 15-day reporting, designated-ground, and unauthorized-dumping controls. It is a general compliance baseline and does not prove permission for the new contract.

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An earlier T.47A/2017 work order established the recurring programme pattern

The historical register records a INR 91.87 crore Van Oord contract covering left-over 2017-18 work and the 2018-19 and 2019-20 cycles. This confirms recurring multi-cycle procurement history without carrying old prices, performance, or contractor identity into 2026.

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Delivery watch

Evidence needed next

Track the 6 August bid close, any further corrigendum, technical qualification, disclosed bidders, financial opening, award, performance security, each annual notice to commence, TSHD nomination and 45-day mobilisation, pre-dredge surveys, DS1 permissions and vessel logs, fortnightly dredging reports, and accepted post-dredge surveys for all three cycles.

Decision watchpoints

  • 6 August 2026 bid close and any further deadline change
  • Technical qualification, disclosed bidder field, and financial opening
  • Award value, contractor identity, performance security, and annual notices
  • TSHD ownership or charter evidence and 45-day mobilisation for each cycle
  • Pre-dredge guidance quantities versus assured-depth and in-situ exposure
  • DS1 access, vessel logs, fortnightly reports, traffic windows, and accepted post-dredge hydrography

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Evidence reviewed 21 July 2026 Sources in this record 9

Source record

The live authority listing and CPPP status establish an open tender, not an award. The technical and financial bids define the INR 281.70 crore three-year estimate, INR 5.64 crore bid security, three 24-week annual cycles, 45-day TSHD mobilisation, minimum 9,000 cubic metres combined hopper capacity, assured-depth and in-situ payment split, supplementary near-wall plant, hydrographic acceptance, and DS1 route. The 2026-27 budget's INR 65 crore maintenance line is an annual accounting provision. The January 2024 SOP is a general permission and monitoring baseline, not project-specific permission. Registers show Van Oord on earlier E.47 packages, including E.47/2023 at INR 216.40 crore through 30 April 2026; those records and the lead photograph are history only and do not identify a bidder or contractor for E.47/2026.

Phase: tender. Evidence reviewed: 21 July 2026.

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