Project record

Port of Santos 16 m channel deepening

Aerial view along the Port of Santos navigation channel, berths and terminals

Autoridade Portuaria de Santos; channel context published with the contract announcement, not mobilisation evidence

The Santos Port Authority has signed a five-year contract with Jan De Nul do Brasil to deepen the port navigation channel from 15 metres to a 16-metre DHN design depth. The integrated scope covers environmental licensing, basic and detailed design, capital dredging and two years of maintenance at the new design profile.

Project signal

Award in Brazil

Current status Jan De Nul contract signed on 12 June 2026; official mobilisation, production and acceptance evidence remain ahead Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Brazil / Americas

Segment

Port infrastructure

Status

Jan De Nul contract signed on 12 June 2026; official mobilisation, production and acceptance evidence remain ahead / Confirmed

Last checked

3 August 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
Autoridade Portuaria de Santos (APS)
Delivery parties
Jan De Nul do Brasil Dragagem Ltda.
Contract route
Integrated electronic RLE 51/2025, Lot 1; APS approved Jan De Nul's offer after the tender review and signed the contract on 12 June 2026
Execution window
Five-year contract; the signed scope includes maintenance of the achieved 16-metre design profile for two years
Works package
Environmental licensing, basic and detailed design, deepening of the organised port navigation channel to a 16.00 m DHN design depth, and two years of maintenance dredging at the new profile
Marine interfaces
A 24.6-kilometre estuarine access channel, existing 15-metre maintenance operations, hydrographic controls, ocean disposal, separate rock-removal works, live vessel traffic and the future operating boundary of a proposed channel concession
Commercial evidence boundary
APS and the Ministry of Ports and Airports describe the signed package as R$617.9 million, while APS executive-board minutes record approval of Jan De Nul's R$619,780,813.76 offer. The executed contract should control any final commercial comparison. Neither figure is the proposed concession investment of R$688 million.

Project timeline

Material developments

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

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APS signed the 16-metre deepening contract

Jan De Nul became the named contractor for the integrated licensing, design, capital-dredging and two-year maintenance scope. Signature did not establish mobilisation or achieved channel depth.

Source

APS approved Jan De Nul's Lot 1 offer

The executive board approved RLE 51/2025 and recorded the integrated package boundary and R$619,780,813.76 offer. Later public announcements describe the signed package as R$617.9 million, leaving the executed contract as the controlling commercial document.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Formal work order and identifiable Jan De Nul mobilisation
  • Environmental licensing and closure of basic and detailed design
  • Interface with DTA's licensed rock-removal package
  • Baseline hydrography, target geometry and live-navigation controls
  • Dredging plant, measured production and ocean-disposal records
  • Authority acceptance of the surveyed 16-metre design profile after dredging
  • Operational draft or navigation release following physical acceptance
  • Start, performance and close-out of the two-year maintenance period
  • Handover boundary with any future access-channel concession

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Reporting status

Award, confirmed confidence

Last checked 3 August 2026 across 5 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 3 August 2026 Cited sources 5

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