Project record

Nafanua Port resilience improvement

Nafanua Port entrance at 'Eua showing the exposed breakwater, wave conditions and inner harbour

World Bank / Tonga Ministry of Infrastructure; exact-site photograph in the project ESMP

Tonga awarded China Jiangsu International Economic and Technical Cooperation Group Ltd. a USD 4,803,074.31 contract for MOI-WK2-13: repair and extension of the Nafanua Port entrance breakwater, a new berth for small boats and a new passenger terminal. Signature occurred on 6 March 2026, followed by World Bank no-objection on 18 March. No cited source establishes notice to proceed, site mobilisation or physical construction.

Project signal

Award in Tonga

Current status China Jiangsu International holds the signed USD 4.803 million MOI-WK2-13 award; notice to proceed, mobilisation and physical works remain publicly unconfirmed Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Tonga / Global islands

Segment

Port infrastructure

Status

China Jiangsu International holds the signed USD 4.803 million MOI-WK2-13 award; notice to proceed, mobilisation and physical works remain publicly unconfirmed / Confirmed

Last checked

6 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
Government of Tonga, Ministry of Infrastructure
Delivery parties
China Jiangsu International Economic and Technical Cooperation Group Ltd. - integrated works contractor for MOI-WK2-13
Contract route
The Ministry issued an open international, single-stage two-envelope request for bids using the World Bank Small Works SPD on 11 August 2025. World Bank contract record 1877008 identifies China Jiangsu International Economic and Technical Cooperation Group Ltd. as the sole supplier under MOI-WK2-13, with a USD 4,803,074.31 contract signed on 6 March 2026 and no-objection dated 18 March 2026. The procurement plan's earlier 0.00 field is retained as a blank plan-stage amount, not interpreted as the signed value. Earlier separate passenger-terminal and two-lot breakwater packages are marked cancelled.
Execution window
No package-specific completion date appears in the cited contract record, procurement plan, tender notice or supervision notice. The Ministry's 31 March 2026 request for a resident engineer, site inspector and environmental and social specialist confirms that construction supervision was being assembled after signature, but it does not establish notice to proceed or site mobilisation.
Works package
Repair the existing entrance breakwater and construct an extension, build a new small-boat berth after Tropical Cyclone Harold damaged the existing slipway, and construct a new passenger terminal. Earlier sheet-pile wall protection, bollards and a concrete slab delivered in 2020 and early 2021 are prior works. The appraisal's detailed Nafanua section refers to a 50-year return-period storm and a 20-year design life, while its results framework describes 50-year storm resilience as equivalent to a 25-year design life; both statements are retained rather than normalised.
Marine interfaces
The package has to improve the exposed harbour entrance while Nafanua continues to serve 'Eua's ferry, cargo and small-boat traffic. The central marine interfaces are breakwater geometry and armour logistics, safe access to the new small-boat berth, construction sequencing around vessel calls, and the link between the protected water area and passenger-terminal operation. Dredging is absent from the published package definition.
Commercial evidence boundary
The public delivery chain is now one level deep: the Ministry is the implementing agency and China Jiangsu International is the signed integrated works contractor. No cited source names design, armour-supply, transport, marine-plant, diving or other lower-tier parties, and no notice to proceed or mobilisation record is public. Remaining opportunity should be tied to a disclosed subcontract, supplier need or site event rather than inferred from contract signature alone.

Project timeline

Material developments

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

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The Ministry sought a dedicated construction-supervision team

The request covered a resident engineer, site inspector and environmental and social specialist for the Nafanua works. This is delivery-preparation evidence, with contractor mobilisation still unverified.

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World Bank contract data names the works contractor and value

Contract record 1877008 identifies China Jiangsu International as the sole supplier under MOI-WK2-13 at USD 4,803,074.31. Signature on 6 March preceded World Bank no-objection on 18 March; no award field identifies notice to proceed, mobilisation or physical work.

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The revised procurement plan marked the integrated package under implementation

MOI-WK2-13 replaced the earlier split approach in the public plan. The separate passenger-terminal and two-lot breakwater packages are marked cancelled, while the integrated package carries no published contractor or actual contract amount.

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The Ministry issued the integrated works request for bids

The notice put the breakwater, small-boat berth and passenger-terminal work into one open international, two-envelope Small Works package, replacing the previous split procurement path.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Notice to proceed and baseline condition survey
  • China Jiangsu International mobilisation and site management team
  • Named design, armour, transport and marine-works subcontractors
  • Breakwater armour source, transport and placement plan
  • Plant and materials mobilisation to 'Eua
  • Small-boat berth setting-out and marine access controls
  • Passenger-terminal construction and utility interfaces
  • As-built surveys and works acceptance
  • Breakwater and harbour performance after a significant storm

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Reporting status

Award, confirmed confidence

Last checked 6 August 2026 across 7 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 6 August 2026 Cited sources 7

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