Project record

Tunisia three-port access and dredged-material programme

Car carrier Resolve and a pilot boat entering the commercial Port of Bizerte, one of the three locations in Tunisia's dredging programme

Khaled Abdelmoumen / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

OMMP procured the three-port works through a second single-lot open tender, then contracted DEME for a staged programme at Sousse, Menzel-Bourguiba/Bizerte, and Rades/La Goulette. The work starts with containment dikes at two ports before TSHD dredging, while a separate supervision procurement creates an independent control layer for three different material routes.

Project signal

Award in Tunisia

Current status Dredging contract signed; enabling and supervision sequence forming Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Tunisia / Africa

Segment

Port infrastructure

Status

Dredging contract signed; enabling and supervision sequence forming / Confirmed

Last checked

16 August 2026

Coverage

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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
Office de la Marine Marchande et des Ports (OMMP)
Delivery parties
DEME
Contract route
OMMP dredging contract with DEME, with DEME's share valued at up to EUR 50 million; separate open procurement for guidance, monitoring, and technical assistance
Execution window
Staged containment and dredging sequence announced in June 2026. HAICOP still listed 2 September 2026 as the supervision assignment's planned start on 11 August, but the tender remained Published with no public award or notice to proceed; no dredging completion date is public.
Works package
Containment dikes at Menzel-Bourguiba and Sousse, followed by trailing suction hopper dredging at Sousse, Menzel-Bourguiba/Bizerte, and Rades/La Goulette, with reclamation, offshore disposal, and pumped-ashore handling routes tailored to each port.
Marine interfaces
The programme combines three ports more than 200 km apart, limited on-site storage, containment construction, TSHD production, reclamation areas, offshore disposal, shore pumping, and a separate supervision assignment.
Commercial evidence boundary
The core dredging award is placed, shifting the live addressable work to supervision, survey and monitoring, containment and reclamation support, pumping and pipeline logistics, environmental compliance, and coordination across the three ports. A second main dredging tender is not indicated.

Project timeline

Material developments

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

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DEME confirmed the contractor scope and three material routes

The contractor disclosure defines containment first, TSHD dredging second, and different receiving systems at each port. It does not prove mobilisation, approved material destinations, dredged quantities, production, completion, or acceptance.

Source

OMMP opened a separate supervision and technical-assistance tender

The owner created an independent guidance, monitoring, and technical-assistance layer for the same three-port works. The notice is a procurement start, not a supervision award, mobilisation, or approved monitoring plan.

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Tunisian state media recorded the three-port dredging contract

Tunisia TV identifies a 5 May signing with Baggerwerken Decloedt & Zoon and a value of about TND 125 million across three port complexes. No notice to proceed, fleet mobilisation, installed containment or dredging production is established.

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OMMP published the second single-lot open dredging tender

The procurement portal recorded one budget-funded maritime-works lot and a 29 July 2025 bid deadline and opening. Its later Complet status closes the tender record, not the physical dredging works.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Containment-dike construction at Menzel-Bourguiba and Sousse
  • TSHD identity and three-port mobilization sequence
  • Supervision and technical-assistance contract outcome
  • Reclamation, offshore-disposal, and shore-pumping approvals

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Reporting status

Award, confirmed confidence

Last checked 16 August 2026 across 8 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 16 August 2026 Cited sources 8

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