Project record

Dar es Salaam channel deepening and berth concrete repairs

Participation
Not assessed
Project facts checked

Channel and berth civil packages were reported complete in 2024 and the port publishes operational depths; CHEC's separate USD 15.70 million 2025 concrete-repair contract has no cited completion or acceptance evidence

Project sources

Tanzania Ports Authority's World Bank-financed Dar es Salaam Maritime Gateway Project deepened and widened the entrance channel and turning basin under a USD 119,765,175.88 CHEC contract signed in February 2021. The World Bank reported the channel works and reconstruction of berths 1-7 and the RoRo terminal complete by September 2024. TPA now publishes a 15.5 m CD entrance channel and turning basin and 14.5 m CD depths at berths 1-7. A separate direct-selection contract signed with CHEC on 2 July 2025 provides USD 15,700,411.02 for concrete-damage repairs at the RoRo terminal and berths 1-7; public sources reviewed do not confirm its physical completion or acceptance.

Elevated view across the working terminal at Dar es Salaam Port with container berths, cranes and traffic

Tanzania Ports Authority; current port context, not repair-progress evidence

Location

Tanzania / Africa

Segment

Capital dredging, berth reconstruction and concrete remediation

Phase

Construction / Confirmed

Last checked

6 August 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Capital dredging, berth reconstruction and concrete remediation 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
Tanzania Ports Authority under the World Bank-financed Dar es Salaam Maritime Gateway Project
Delivery parties
China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) - entrance channel and turning-basin deepening and widening contractor under TZ-TPA-14003-CW-RFB, China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) - direct-selection concrete-repair contractor under TZ-TPA-424013-CW-DIR, Repair designers, specialist concrete suppliers, diving and survey teams, laboratories and installation subcontractors - not identified in the cited public contract data
Contract route
The channel and turning-basin package used a prior-review World Bank Request for Bids and was signed on 12 February 2021 for USD 119,765,175.88. The later concrete-repair package used prior-review direct selection and was signed with CHEC on 2 July 2025 for USD 15,700,411.02. These are separate contracts and amounts, not a single combined award.
Execution window
The World Bank reported the original channel, harbour-basin, turning-circle, berth 1-7 and RoRo civil packages complete by September 2024. Project P150496 remains active with a current closing date of 30 December 2026. The public repair-contract record does not provide a completion date, accepted milestones or defects-liability commencement for the 2025 remedial works.
Works package
The original marine programme deepened and widened the entrance channel and turning basin, reconstructed and deepened berths 1-7 to 14.5 m CD and delivered the RoRo terminal. TPA's current operating page reports a 15.5 m CD, approximately 200 m-wide entrance channel, a 520 m-diameter turning basin at 15.5 m CD, berths 1-7 at 14.5 m CD and berths 8-11 and RoRo at 12.5 m CD. The 2025 contract title covers repair of concrete damages at RoRo and berths 1-7, but gives no public quantities or repair method.
Marine interfaces
Any remedial campaign must protect live berth access, RoRo traffic, cargo handling, vessel movements and the already-declared navigation envelope. Closeout should distinguish structural repair acceptance from hydrographic availability and terminal operations, with evidence for access windows, inspections, concrete testing, diving or underwater work, temporary restrictions and return-to-service dates.
Commercial evidence boundary
The USD 119.77 million channel award and USD 15.70 million repair award belong to different procurement actions. The broader P150496 programme has a reported USD 421 million project cost and multiple other packages. Neither project completion reporting nor current operating geometry proves the repair contract's final cost, liability allocation, payment status, subcontract chain or defects closeout.

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Material developments

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

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TPA signed a separate concrete-repair contract with CHEC

Contract 1844458 reports USD 15,700,411.02 for repair of concrete damages at the RoRo terminal and berths 1-7, without public quantities, subcontractors or completion evidence.

Source

World Bank reported the original marine civil packages complete

The implementation report recorded completion of berth 1-7 and RoRo deepening and strengthening and of the entrance-channel, harbour-basin and turning-circle deepening packages. This completion statement predates the later repair award.

Source

CHEC signed the channel and turning-basin contract

Contract 1647305 reports a USD 119,765,175.88 prior-review works award for deepening and widening the entrance channel and turning basin.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Repair mobilisation, physical completion and acceptance certificates
  • Affected berth locations, concrete quantities and approved repair method
  • Damage investigation, causation and contractual liability evidence
  • Supervising engineer, diving teams, laboratories and specialist subcontractors
  • Hydrographic surveys and berth restrictions during remedial works
  • Concrete testing, underwater inspection and return-to-service records
  • Contract amendments, payment status and final account
  • Defects-liability commencement and unresolved defects

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Reporting status

Project phase
Construction
Evidence confidence
Confirmed
Last checked
6 August 2026
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