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Vadhvan Greenfield Deep-draft Port

Official Vadhvan Port master-plan drawing showing the proposed offshore breakwater, reclaimed terminal platform, access channel, terminals and shore connections

Vadhvan Port Project Limited

Vadhvan is a planned two-phase, all-weather deep-draft port near Dahanu in Maharashtra. India's Cabinet approved an estimated INR 762.2 billion programme including land acquisition, with 1,448 hectares of sea reclamation, a 10.14-kilometre offshore breakwater, nine container terminals and other cargo facilities designed for 298 million tonnes and about 23.2 million TEU per year. Those are programme design figures, not built or operating capacity. VPPL awarded an INR 16.48 billion EPC package for about 200 hectares of nearshore reclamation and shore protection to ITD Cementation, now Cemindia Projects, in December 2024. The current owner-posted status file places the offshore breakwater in technical bid evaluation, while the official eProcurement status for the offshore dredging, reclamation and protection-bund HAM package does not show completed financial evaluation or an award of contract. A separate June 2026 tender covers investigation of an offshore Daman marine-sand borrow area; it is site investigation, not a dredging or reclamation award.

Project signal

Tender in India

Current status The approximately 200-hectare nearshore reclamation and shore-protection EPC package is awarded; as of 15 July 2026, the owner tender page lists the offshore dredging, reclamation and protection-bund HAM package closing on 17 July and the Daman marine-sand investigation closing on 15 July, while no award or AOC is published for either package or for the 10.14-kilometre offshore breakwater Source confidence Confirmed

Location

India / Asia Pacific

Segment

Deep-water ports, dredging and reclamation

Status

The approximately 200-hectare nearshore reclamation and shore-protection EPC package is awarded; as of 15 July 2026, the owner tender page lists the offshore dredging, reclamation and protection-bund HAM package closing on 17 July and the Daman marine-sand investigation closing on 15 July, while no award or AOC is published for either package or for the 10.14-kilometre offshore breakwater / Confirmed

Last checked

15 July 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Deep-water ports, dredging and reclamation 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
Vadhvan Port Project Limited
Delivery parties
Cemindia Projects Limited (formerly ITD Cementation India Limited) - nearshore package
Contract route
Vadhvan Port Project Limited is the project SPV, held 74% by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority and 26% by Maharashtra Maritime Board. The programme uses a landlord model: VPPL packages core infrastructure, terminals are planned through PPP structures, the nearshore reclamation and shore-protection package was awarded as EPC, and the offshore dredging, reclamation and protection-bund package is being procured on Hybrid Annuity Mode. Package values and award states must be reported separately; the Cabinet's programme estimate is not a single marine contract value.
Execution window
Cabinet approval was announced on 19 June 2024 and the foundation-stone ceremony followed on 30 August 2024; the ceremony did not establish physical marine mobilisation. VPPL approved the nearshore EPC award on 31 December 2024. The owner opened the offshore HAM tender on 22 August 2025 and its current tender page lists a 17 July 2026 close, while the separate Daman marine-sand investigation opened on 12 June 2026 with a listed 15 July close. The official April 2026 road-access release states that first-phase capacity of 15 million TEU is targeted for operation by 2030. Tender dates and the 2030 target are not evidence of award, marine completion, terminal commissioning or commercial service.
Works package
The awarded nearshore package covers development of about 200 hectares and shore protection. The proposed offshore breakwater is 10.14 kilometres long. The HAM tender presentation defines phase-one dredging of the access channel to at least -20 metres Chart Datum, an 800-metre turning circle and inner basin to at least -17.5 metres, berth pockets to at least -19.5 metres, marine-borrow-pit dredging, 850 hectares of phase-one offshore reclamation to +6.8 metres and a protection bund around a 1,207-hectare land parcel; phase two adds 357 hectares. Those levels, areas and durations are tender requirements, not as-built results. The Cabinet's 1,448-hectare overall reclamation figure and a separate workshop's 1,227-hectare statement use different programme definitions and should not be merged without a controlled master-plan or contract reconciliation.
Marine interfaces
The marine delivery chain spans borrow-area investigation, bathymetry and geotechnical baselines, dredging and material winning, offshore reclamation, settlement and ground improvement, perimeter protection, a deep access channel, turning and berth areas, the 10.14-kilometre offshore breakwater, navigation aids, pilotage and towage interfaces, terminal quay and utility packages and environmental monitoring. The June 2026 Daman tender seeks marine-sand-borrow investigation over a 90-day work period. It supports material-source definition only and does not prove environmental clearance, borrow approval, production suitability, awarded dredging or accepted fill.
Commercial evidence boundary
Vadhvan has crossed programme approval and one enabling-package award, but the defining offshore works remain in procurement. The INR 16.48 billion nearshore award cannot be used as the value or contractor evidence for the INR 51.11 billion breakwater estimate or the INR 192.3857 billion HAM package estimate. Likewise, the 298 million-tonne, 23.2 million-TEU and 15 million-TEU figures are design or target capacities, not throughput. A nonofficial lowest-bidder report is not an award; package status requires an owner award, official AOC or equivalent contract evidence.

Project timeline

Material developments

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

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Owner opened a Daman marine-sand investigation tender

The 90-day investigation procurement advances definition of a potential offshore borrow area. Environmental or mining permission, material suitability, a production source, a dredging or reclamation award and accepted fill remain unconfirmed.

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NHAI awarded the port's external highway connection

The road award advances landside connectivity and carries the government's attributed 2030 first-phase operating target. It is not an award, mobilisation or completion record for the breakwater, offshore HAM package, terminals, rail, harbour systems or commercial port service.

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Owner opened the offshore dredging and reclamation HAM tender

The procurement covers offshore land creation by dredging, reclamation and protection-bund work. The current owner listing carries a 17 July 2026 close, but opening and deadline evidence do not establish technical or financial evaluation, AOC, contract execution, mobilisation or accepted output.

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VPPL approved the nearshore reclamation EPC award

The INR 16.48 billion award to ITD Cementation, now Cemindia Projects, covers about 200 hectares of nearshore reclamation and shore protection. It does not award the proposed offshore breakwater or HAM package and does not prove mobilisation, formed area, settlement performance or owner acceptance.

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Prime Minister laid the Vadhvan Port foundation stone

The ceremony records political launch of the approved programme. It carries no evidence of contractor mobilisation, dredging, reclamation, breakwater construction, terminal works, accepted capacity or port opening.

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Union Cabinet approved the Vadhvan Port programme

The approval established the INR 762.2 billion programme, SPV structure and design frame including overall reclamation, breakwater, terminals and planned capacity. Programme approval is not a package award, construction start, as-built result or operating record.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Official AOC or contract evidence for the 10.14-kilometre offshore breakwater
  • Official award state and final risk allocation for the offshore HAM package
  • Daman borrow-area investigation, environmental approval and material suitability
  • Reconciliation of the 1,448-hectare, 1,227-hectare and 1,207-hectare source definitions
  • Nearshore mobilisation, approximately 200-hectare formation and shore-protection acceptance
  • Channel, turning-circle and berth-pocket geometry supported by dated as-built hydrography
  • Offshore fill, settlement, ground improvement, protection bund and breakwater acceptance
  • Quays, terminals, utilities, navigation aids, pilotage, towage and emergency readiness
  • External road and rail integration
  • Navigation release, first commercial service and repeat operating evidence

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Reporting status

Tender, confirmed confidence

Last checked 15 July 2026 across 11 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

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