Global delivery monitor

Global Dredging & Waterway Delivery Monitor: July 2026

Twenty-four current dredging and navigable-waterway records cover open and closed tenders, post-bid evaluation, procurement resets, owner-defined campaigns, awards, concession transfers, active works and one completed capital-deepening project across Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

Public web report / version 3.7 / published 13 July 2026 / data cutoff 20 July 2026.

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Evidence scope

Twenty-four current projects across five world regions

Twenty-four public IMWO project records in Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East span port access, energy-terminal access, capital deepening, recurring maintenance dredging, post-bid evaluation, procurement resets, offshore reclamation, terminal-basin formation, breakwater and revetment delivery, lifecycle channel concessions, sediment research, channel resilience, climate adaptation, multimodal canal delivery and completed deep-draft access works.

24 tracked projects187 source citations24 Confirmed records5 world regions

Portfolio composition

Project distribution in this edition

Calculated from 24 public project records in this edition. Counts describe the current portfolio, not market size, expenditure, or completion progress.

Delivery phase

  1. Construction 729%
  2. Award 625%
  3. Tender 521%
  4. Approval 28%
  5. Mobilisation 28%
  6. Completed 14%
  7. Evaluation 14%

World region

  1. Americas 1042%
  2. Asia Pacific 625%
  3. Africa 417%
  4. Europe 313%
  5. Middle East 14%

Format

Global delivery monitor

Audience

Port and waterway owners, dredging contractors, consultants, equipment and survey specialists, environmental teams, lenders, and institutions comparing current delivery signals across international markets.

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International Marine Work Organization (2026). Global Dredging & Waterway Delivery Monitor: July 2026 (Version 3.7, IMWO-REP-2026-07-DREDGING; data cutoff 20 July 2026). https://imwo.org/reports/report-global-dredging-waterway-monitor

Edition identifier
IMWO-REP-2026-07-DREDGING
Current revision
Version 3.7 / updated 20 July 2026. Cotonou Terminal 5 adds a West African bulk-terminal case where current progress percentages sit beside an expired programme. The revised web, PDF and CSV editions cover 24 projects and align 187 project-source citations.
Review cycle
Monthly evidence review; material corrections or project-stage changes can trigger an interim dated revision.
Correction route
Submit stronger primary evidence or a documented correction for review in the next dated revision.

Calculated snapshot

What the included records show

Every count uses the same twenty-four-record denominator at the stated data cutoff. Bars describe the composition of the included evidence set, not global market share, forecast demand, or contractor capacity.

Tracked projects 24

All twenty-four records satisfy the report's named-project, marine-scope, source, and confidence requirements.

24 of 24 included records
Award-stage records 6

Six records are at award, including Cleveland and Georgetown where planned or expected starts remain bounded from physical mobilisation.

6 of 24 included records
Signed concessions in transfer 2

Argentina's VNT and Brazil's Paranaguá contracts are signed while their scheduled August mobilisation or operating-transfer evidence remains open.

2 of 24 included records
Tender and evaluation programmes 6

New Haven has closed for bids; New York and New Jersey marine terminals are in post-bid evaluation; Richmond, Mumbai and Vadhvan remain in live procurement; and Progreso's 40 ha federal north-platform package is a procurement reset after its void ruling.

6 of 24 included records
Active delivery or research 7

Valencia, Bujumbura, Gothenburg, St. Joseph, Port Mansfield, Ruwais LNG and Cotonou Terminal 5 provide current field or construction evidence; accepted marine completion remains project-specific.

7 of 24 included records
Approval and early procurement 2

Madagascar has financing and a revised procurement plan but no main marine contract. Port Douglas has a defined maintenance scope and schedule but no published contractor or mobilisation evidence.

2 of 24 included records
Completed capital deepening 1

Kamarajar Phase VI is officially reported complete, while survey, close-out and first deep-draft call evidence remain open.

1 of 24 included records

Executive findings

The twenty-four dredging and waterway records run from owner-defined campaigns, post-bid evaluation, tender resets and awards through active delivery, signed concessions and a completed capital-deepening contract.

Finding 01

A procurement reset can coexist with active dredging at the same port

Progreso now has three delivery clocks: an initial state-financed dredging phase recorded complete, a separate SSA Marine Mexico berth stage announced active, and a federal 40 ha north-platform construction-dredging tender declared void. The void tender's channel, basin, rock, material-transport, platform and sediment-control scope defines a possible future package, not a current contractor or mobilisation. The federal package can advance only through a replacement route, revised estimate, bidder list, award and notice to proceed. The macro MXN 7.225 billion programme estimate and MXN 948 million private-stage investment are not substitute values for a future federal contract.

Finding 02

Kamarajar has a completion date, but not a public acceptance file

Kamarajar's procurement trail begins with a 13.23 million cubic metre, INR 5.492 billion feasibility estimate. The February 2024 tender carried an INR 3.8 billion value and 540-day period; the October award was INR 4.407 billion excluding GST; and the December foundation release described an INR 5.45 billion investment. These are different source-stage baselines, not a final cost series. The July 2026 government release records the work complete, with 23.0-metre and 22.0-metre channel depths and an 18.0-metre operating draft, but final quantity, material route, accepted survey, completion certificate, final account and first fully laden Capesize call remain unpublished.

Finding 03

Award and signature do not equal physical mobilisation

Six records remain at award, while Argentina's VNT and Brazil's Paranaguá have advanced through signed concessions without evidencing their scheduled August physical mobilisation or operating transfer. Paranaguá also shows why transfer is not deepening: the current PPCC portal publishes a 13.3-metre operating draft against a 15.5-metre target, and the separate pre-handover Vox Amalia campaign cannot be carried into concession performance. Georgetown makes the same timing boundary explicit for a works award. Procurement, signature, and transfer milestones are comparable, but fleet needs, tariff exposure, environmental controls, survey baselines, acceptance gates, and revenue structures are not.

Finding 04

Dredged-material reuse does not collapse the civil-to-terminal handover

Valencia adds a construction-stage terminal-basin case with about 25 million cubic metres of dredged material identified for reuse where feasible. The Port Authority's main-works contract covers quay, ancillary-quay, deepening, reclamation and demolition interfaces, while TIL's separate concession carries terminal systems and operations. The 2022 design estimate, 2023 procurement ceiling, 2024 award, Q4 physical start, 50-year concession, dredging output, accepted platform, automation and first commercial service are therefore separate records. The 137-hectare EIB reclamation definition and 126-hectare ACCIONA paved-area definition also measure different scope boundaries.

Finding 05

Tender scope must not be promoted into an offshore award

Vadhvan adds a distinct procurement-stage case. The nearshore reclamation EPC package is awarded, while the current owner tender page lists the offshore dredging, reclamation and protection-bund HAM package closing on 17 July 2026 and the Daman investigation closing on 15 July. The reviewed official record contains no AOC for either package or for the breakwater. Proposed depths, areas, deadlines and the 3-plus-2-plus-10-year commercial structure are tender requirements, not contractor, mobilisation or accepted-output evidence.

Finding 06

One three-year tender still creates three annual acceptance records

Mumbai's INR 281.70 crore E.47/2026 estimate covers three campaigns, each with a 24-week completion clock and 45-day TSHD mobilisation requirement. The INR 65 crore 2026-27 budget line is an annual accounting provision, while the INR 216.40 crore E.47/2023 award and earlier Van Oord packages are history. Assured-depth lump sums, measured in-situ work, supplementary near-wall plant, non-exclusive DS1 access, VTS controls, and post-dredge surveys must therefore be read cycle by cycle rather than collapsed into one value or completion claim.

Finding 07

A low bid still leaves the placement route open

Donjon's USD 51.424 million preliminary total leads Jay Cashman by USD 3.0072 million and Posillico by USD 17.074 million. MFP-364.003 still depends on engineer-issued work orders across four terminal systems, while the contractor must select the upland placement facility and satisfy receiving-state criteria. Bid rank, award, executed value, sediment route, measured quantity and accepted work therefore remain separate records.

Finding 08

Delivery models diverge as much as geography

Tunisia moved from a second single-lot open tender to a signed main-works contract and a separate supervision procurement, but execution still divides into three different material systems. Argentina uses a lifecycle concession. Luleå reached a signed seasonal capital-works package only after preparatory dredging, an over-budget tender and redesign, while Gothenburg divides fairway and port-side responsibilities. Port Hedland and Ramayapatnam use more discrete capital-dredging packages, with Ramayapatnam's package arriving inside a greenfield port that had already been under construction for almost four years. Package history and structure are therefore primary analytical variables.

Finding 09

Whole-port progress is not dredging-package progress

Ramayapatnam demonstrates the denominator problem. The 4 April 2025 government record placed the INR 4,929.39 crore whole port at 52.95% and the 13 February 2026 record still classified it under construction. DEME's basin, turning-circle, berth-pocket and reclamation package was awarded on 16 June 2026. The earlier percentage cannot measure a later contract, and the award cannot prove breakwater completion, cutter-suction mobilisation, dredged quantity, accepted reclamation, hydrographic clearance, navigation aids, VTMS, rail access, berth handover or first vessel service.

Finding 10

Two maintenance windows still require two execution records

Cleveland's USD 11.7 million award sets approximately 250,000 cubic yards and two 2026 windows, but the first calendar window is not itself completion evidence. The delivery record must show plant mobilisation, measured upper-river production, the actual split among upland processing and confined disposal, post-dredge hydrography, and the October return. That campaign also sits inside a constrained sediment system: the Port awarded an SPMF bridge through 2029, USACE is assessing short-term placement alternatives, and CHEERS remains in design, permitting and funding rather than current operating capacity.

Finding 11

Dredged-material routing is part of project definition

New Haven, Richmond, Tunisia, Mumbai, Cleveland, St. Joseph, and Georgetown show that containment, beneficial use, research placement, environmental review, and disposal pathways can shape programme sequence and stakeholder exposure as directly as dredging volume or design depth. New Haven separates fine material between two borrow pits and open water, sends sand to shellfish habitat and rock to a reef site, but its bid close does not prove that any route is ready or receiving material. Richmond's RFP links 14 reaches to suitable material placed at Montezuma Wetlands, but DMMO suitability and a tender route do not prove accepted receipts. Georgetown shows how an 18-year maintenance gap can convert recurring operations into navigation recovery: the selected action limits the current method to cutterhead dredging and existing upland placement areas, excludes ocean disposal, and keeps the 390,000-cubic-yard base plus 170,000-cubic-yard option separate from future maintenance quantities. Tunisia shows in parallel why a procurement portal marked complete cannot prove containment, dredging, placement, or acceptance. Mumbai adds a different control stack: DS1 is designated but non-exclusive, vessel movements require VTS coordination, the general SOP expects digital tracking and 15-day reporting, and project-specific permission still has to be evidenced.

Finding 12

One port can carry several delivery clocks

Bujumbura shows why portfolio status, field targets, package handover, and resilience planning cannot be collapsed into one date or percentage. The active AfDB/EU package still requires dated post-March-2025 evidence for the protective dike, dredging, quays, marine dock, roads, and equipment. The October 2024 JICA ceremony closes only its separate grant package. The March 2026 UNDP study establishes a resilience investment track rather than built assets. The end-2026 infrastructure target and MapAfrica's 31 December 2027 programme date remain different schedule boundaries.

Finding 13

The approval-to-delivery gap remains visible

Madagascar now has a signed IDA agreement and a first package map, but not one marine contract. The final appraisal allocates US$30 million to Majunga, US$32 million to Tulear and US$29.94 million to Pangalanes within a US$102.24 million component. The 26 May plan records Majunga works as pending, canal maintenance and dredging equipment as under review, a canal landing-stage package as cancelled, and canal supervision as pending; it does not list active main Tulear or canal-dredging works packages. Port rehabilitation contains no port dredging, while canal dredging remains subject to site-specific safeguards and a Dredging Management Plan.

Finding 14

Active plant still needs an acceptance record

Port Mansfield and Ruwais LNG both have named plant or field-operation evidence without a published acceptance file. Port Mansfield's dredges and pipeline routes do not supply measured quantity, accepted depth, post-dredge survey, material receipt or final completion. Ruwais LNG's 15 million cubic metre award and 24-hour marine notice establish channel execution and disposal controls, but not final hydrography, quantity reconciliation, disposal close-out, permanent navigation aids, jetty handover or marine operating approval.

Finding 15

A whole-project percentage does not measure marine acceptance

Cotonou publishes 69% physical progress and 72% overall progress on a Terminal 5 page that still lists 2021-2024. Concrete Layer Innovations separately identifies CHEC's 350-metre breakwater extension, 891-metre revetment and about 22,000 cubic metres of ACCROPODE II units. Together the sources establish active construction, not a current programme or a dredging percentage. Basin and access-channel quantities, material routing, accepted hydrography, reclamation handover, berth readiness and opening remain unpublished.

Included project evidence

Twenty-four Confirmed public records form the denominator for this edition. Open each record to inspect its phase, scope, current status, image, and complete project source trail.

India / Confirmed

Vadhvan Greenfield Deep-draft Port

Deep-water ports, dredging and reclamation / Tender

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

11 structured project sources
Australia / Confirmed

Port Hedland Zone 5 Bypass Channel

Port infrastructure / Award

A$50 million dredging contract awarded; federal sea-dumping application remains an open evidence gate before September mobilisation

10 structured project sources
Sweden / Confirmed

Skandia Gateway fairway and quay deepening

Port infrastructure / Construction

Quay construction active; port-side dredging awarded; optimized national fairway package in procurement for 2027-2028 delivery

10 structured project sources
United States / Confirmed

Georgetown Harbor maintenance dredging

Port infrastructure / Award

USD 3.587 million award; July 2026 start expected but mobilisation remains unconfirmed

7 structured project sources
India / Confirmed

Ramayapatnam Port capital deepening works

Port infrastructure / Award

Greenfield port under construction; capital-deepening package awarded, mobilisation unconfirmed

12 structured project sources
Brazil / Confirmed

Paranaguá access channel dredging concession

Dredging / Mobilisation

Concession signed; 1 August operating transition remains scheduled, with the 13.3-metre baseline still controlling

8 structured project sources
Mexico / Confirmed

Port of Progreso expansion dredging and north-platform procurement

Dredging / Tender

Initial state dredging phase completed and a separate private berth stage is active; the federal 40 ha north-platform construction-dredging tender was declared void on 8 July 2026, with no rebid confirmed

8 structured project sources
India / Confirmed

Kamarajar Port Capital Dredging Phase VI

Dredging / Completed

The Government of India reports Phase VI complete and Kamarajar operating at 18.0 metres draft; the post-dredge survey sheet and a first fully laden Capesize call are not published

6 structured project sources
Australia / Confirmed

Port Douglas Boat Harbour 2026 maintenance dredging

Port infrastructure / Approval

Owner-defined cutter-suction campaign scheduled from July to October 2026; contractor and mobilisation remain unconfirmed

5 structured project sources
United States / Confirmed

Richmond Inner Harbor FY26 maintenance dredging

Port infrastructure / Tender

Updated full-and-open RFP issued 15 July 2026; proposals due 14 August 2026; no award or mobilisation recorded

5 structured project sources
United States / Confirmed

New Haven Harbor improvement dredging

Dredging and waterways / Tender

IFB amendment 0007 posted 16 July 2026; bids closed 17 July; no award or notice to proceed posted

5 structured project sources
United States / Confirmed

Port Mansfield Channel 2026 maintenance dredging

Dredging and waterways / Construction

Callan Marine dredging has reached the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway junction; the Navigation District says the next work front is the harbor and turning basin

7 structured project sources
UAE / Confirmed

Ruwais LNG marine access and export terminal

Deep-water ports and energy terminals / Construction

Ruwais LNG remains under development for 2028 commercial operations; a February 2025 port notice placed the access-channel dredging in phased 24-hour execution, but no final marine acceptance record has been published

7 structured project sources
Benin / Confirmed

Port of Cotonou Terminal 5 bulk terminal

Port infrastructure / Construction

The port authority reports 69% physical progress and 72% overall progress, while its published 2021-2024 delivery period is no longer current

6 structured project sources

Inside this report

  1. Evidence set, inclusion rules, regional spread, phase treatment, and confidence boundary
  2. Tender-stage package formation at New Haven, Richmond, Mumbai and Vadhvan, post-bid evaluation at New York and New Jersey marine terminals, procurement reset at Progreso, six award-stage records, signed-concession transfers in Argentina and Brazil, and completed capital deepening at Kamarajar
  3. Annual maintenance clocks, plant requirements, material routing, and hydrographic acceptance
  4. Active quay, basin, material-reuse, delivery, sediment-placement, and research interfaces in Spain, Sweden, Burundi, and the United States
  5. Approval-stage resilience and multimodal waterway delivery in Madagascar
  6. Cross-market execution watchpoints for mobilisation, interfaces, environmental controls, and acceptance

Method

How the snapshot was calculated

Twenty-four public records met four tests at the 20 July 2026 cutoff: a named asset or programme, a defined marine scope, Confirmed evidence from an accountable party and a structured project page. Each project is counted once at its latest evidenced phase. New York and New Jersey marine terminals are at evaluation because three preliminary totals are public but award and the first work order are not. New Haven, Richmond, Mumbai and Vadhvan remain at tender; Progreso is a tender-stage reset after the federal package was declared void. Port Douglas remains at approval because the scope and delivery window are defined without a contractor or mobilisation record. Six projects are at award. Paranaguá is at mobilisation because its concession is signed but operating transfer and accepted deepening remain open. Valencia, Bujumbura, Gothenburg, St. Joseph, Port Mansfield, Ruwais LNG and Cotonou Terminal 5 have current field or construction evidence. Kamarajar Phase VI is complete on the government record, with close-out evidence still to follow. The denominator is this fixed 24-project set, not the global dredging market.

Data cutoff
20 July 2026
Denominator
24 public dredging and waterway delivery project records across five regions.
Confidence rule
Only Confirmed project records are included; Reported and Watching signals are excluded from every calculation.
Limitations
This evidence set cannot measure global expenditure, fleet demand, tender volume or contractor backlog. A tender is not an award; an award or calendar window is not mobilisation; a budget is not contract value; and named plant is not accepted production. The three MFP-364.003 totals rank preliminary bids only. They do not establish evaluated responsiveness, award, executed value, work-order quantity, selected upland facility or accepted delivery. New Haven and Richmond publish programme or tender quantities, not final contract quantities or material receipts. Port Mansfield's field update and mariner notice do not provide measured output, accepted depth or contractual completion. Ruwais LNG's award and marine notice establish scope and field execution but not final channel depth, accepted hydrography, reconciled quantity, disposal close-out, commissioned navigation aids or berth readiness. Cotonou's 69% physical and 72% overall figures are undated page snapshots; they do not measure dredging progress or prove revised completion, accepted nautical access or terminal opening. Progreso's completed state phase, active private berth works, void federal package and any replacement tender remain separate. Valencia's civil works and terminal concession have separate handover clocks. Paranaguá's signed concession, planned transfer, current 13.3-metre draft and 15.5-metre target cannot be collapsed into one delivery claim. Kamarajar's completion record does not publish its final survey, quantity or account. Project pages retain the full source-specific limitations behind these boundaries.

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Related records 45

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