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Cho Lach: Dredging and the A3 Bridge Construction Interface

Vietnam's A1 invitation combines improvements to Cho Lach, Rach Ky Hon and Rach La canals in a 24-month works contract. The signed 28 September 2026 notice specifies dredging, embankments, drainage and local roads, with rated technical and non-price factors weighted at 50% and the financial bid at 50% [1]. The 13 August procurement table places Cho Lach 2 Bridge and its access roads in a separate A3 package [2]. The canal programme therefore interfaces with the separately planned A3 bridge and access-road works.

Nga Bay: Hand Over Each Riverbank With Its Drainage Connections

Nga Bay's riverbank and drainage works were proceeding on different programmes in Can Tho's June 2026 progress account. Package 1 covered embankments and Pham Hung green infrastructure, with completion then expected by 31 December 2026. Package 2 covered storm drainage, sewer collection and wastewater treatment, with completion expected in November 2027. Across the scheme, about 3.1 km of new banks along Xeo Vong, Cai Con and Soc Trang connect to a planned stormwater system with 22 outlets and to works at Xang Thoi Lake. That combination makes the drainage connection a specific handover question for each completed bank reach. [1][2]

Makassar New Port: Test the Berth-Time Loss Before Committing Phase 1D

Makassar New Port entered its expanded operating phase with 1,280 m of quay and a reported 52 ha footprint at its February 2024 inauguration. Pelindo described Phase 1D as a further increment to be developed in response to demand. The subsequent operating records give an owner a practical starting point for that decision: the terminal's first-quarter 2025 berth occupancy was 28.49%, with yard occupancy of 39.61%. Pelindo's publication through August 2026 lists TPK New Makassar at 26.88 boxes per ship-hour gross for domestic containers. These dated measures support a closer examination of how existing berth time is used. [1][3][4]

Lach Huyen: Planning a Partial-Load Call Across Three Wharves

HTIT welcomed MSC SPARKLE III and launched MSC's Pearl service on 9 October 2026. Behind that new service sits a conditional ship-size approval: Port of Hai Phong's 14 August 2025 account describes approval in principle for partially laden container ships of up to 165,000 DWT at berths 3 and 4. Its earlier April opening notice described berth 4 accepting 100,000-DWT ships fully laden. A planner needs the vessel's actual arrival condition alongside those dated operating records. [1][3][4]

Melaka sets a buoyed work area for power-plant mud removal

Malaysia's Marine Department has published a mud-removal work area for the Melaka 2,242 MW combined-cycle power plant, with a stated period from 7 October 2026 to 15 June 2027. Port Circular 52/2026, dated 12 October, identifies four boundary points and names anchor-handling tugs JETTA 35 and JETTA 37 and barges JETTA 39 and LIGHT SABER. It advises other vessels to keep clear of the work area and navigate cautiously nearby. [1]

Rach La's 55-Metre Channel Plan Carries a Shoreline Handover Condition

An October 2026 plan for Rach La canal in Tay Ninh specifies a 55-metre-wide navigation channel, 148,619 cubic metres of planned dredging and 705 metres of bank protection. It makes compensation and cleared-land handover part of the construction sequence.