Regional monitor

MENA Marine Works Monitor: July 2026

Thirty-four Middle East records span fishing ports, commercial terminals, naval fleet-support infrastructure, energy-terminal access and export systems, desalination marine works and a five-plant seawater pipeline at developer qualification. Hassyan's first 60 MIGD block is operating, while acceptance of the full six-pipe marine corridor and receiving-water performance remains to be demonstrated as Blocks B and C enter service.

Public web report / version 3.20 / published 13 July 2026 / data cutoff 13 August 2026.

Aerial view of reclaimed terminal land, quay construction, and offshore breakwater works at Al Faw Grand Port in Iraq

Al Faw Grand Port / General Company for Ports of Iraq

Evidence scope

Thirty-four projects across ports, energy terminals and seawater utility interfaces

Thirty-four public IMWO project records in Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates span port and naval-base infrastructure, energy-terminal access and export systems and marine utilities at planning, prequalification, tender, financing, award, equipment delivery, early works, construction, commissioning and completed stages.

34 tracked projects267 source citations33 Confirmed records8 delivery phases

Portfolio composition

Project distribution in this edition

Calculated from 34 public project records in this edition. Counts describe the current portfolio, not market size, expenditure, or completion progress.

Delivery phase

  1. Construction 1235%
  2. Award 618%
  3. Commissioning 412%
  4. Completed 412%
  5. Tender 412%
  6. Early Works 13%
  7. Financing 13%
  8. Planning 13%
  9. Prequalification 13%

Project segment

  1. Marine Utilities 1029%
  2. Port Infrastructure 1029%
  3. Deep Water Ports And Energy Terminals 412%
  4. Deep Water Ports And Container Terminals 13%
  5. Fishing Port Breakwaters, Dredging, Quay And Marine Infrastructure 13%
  6. Fishing Port Concession, Commercial Waterfront And Operating PPP 13%
  7. Fishing Port Dredging, Breakwater, Groyne, Quay And Reclamation 13%
  8. Fishing Port Maintenance, Rehabilitation And Dredging 13%
  9. Liquid Cargo Terminal Berth Enhancement 13%
  10. Liquid Cargo Terminal Maintenance 13%
  11. Naval Base Wharf And Fleet Support Facilities 13%
  12. Operating Fishing Port Maintenance Dredging 13%
  13. Small Port Commercial Activation, Maintenance, Dredging And Berth Readiness 13%

Format

Regional monitor

Audience

Owners, contractors, consultants, lenders, suppliers, and institutions screening current Middle East marine construction interfaces and the evidence maturity behind each record.

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Publication record

Edition, citation and revisions

International Marine Work Organization (2026). MENA Marine Works Monitor: July 2026 (Version 3.20, IMWO-REP-2026-07-MENA; data cutoff 13 August 2026). https://imwo.org/reports/report-mena-monitor

Edition identifier
IMWO-REP-2026-07-MENA
Current revision
Version 3.20 / updated 13 August 2026. Hassyan now separates Block A's commissioned 60 MIGD from the remaining Blocks B and C, and documents the first phase's eight intake risers, six 3 m marine pipelines, 530,000 m3 trench-dredging estimate, diffuser design and Ramsar-area monitoring commitments. Those disclosed baselines do not establish as-built acceptance or measured operating performance. The web, PDF and CSV editions align on 34 projects and 266 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

Dataset profile

Every count uses the same thirty-four-record denominator at the stated data cutoff. Bars show the share of the included evidence set, not a forecast or market-size estimate.

Tracked projects 34

All thirty-four public Middle East records included at the cutoff.

34 of 34 included records
Confirmed records 33

Thirty-three records meet the Confirmed evidence threshold; Taweelah C exposes cooling-water review and existing-plant tie-ins but remains Reported for physical marine scope.

33 of 34 included records
Marine utilities 10

Aqaba-Amman, Fujairah I, Ghubrah III, Hassyan, Hawar, Rabigh 4, Ras Mohaisen, Taweelah C, Taweelah RO and the five-IWP qualification programme form the marine-utility subset.

10 of 33 included records

Executive findings

Thirty-four MENA records sit at different points between confirmed delivery and marine interfaces that still lack package-level definition.

Finding 01

Utility interfaces require phase-specific reading

Aqaba-Amman is waiting on financial close, while Hassyan has entered phased commissioning. Fujairah I has a signed EPC and defined intake-outfall arrangement but no published notice to proceed or marine mobilisation. Ghubrah III is under construction against a Q1 2027 operating target, with its four-line marine geometry published but installed quantities still absent. Rabigh 4 has passed its EPC performance test without a located owner commercial-operation notice or final marine handover. Ras Mohaisen is in developer-classified construction, and Hawar has opened bids without an award. Taweelah RO is already operating, but its final as-built marine route is unpublished. The five-IWP programme is still screening developers, and Taweelah C lacks a defined physical marine package. Treating all ten as equivalent tender opportunities would misstate both timing and scope.

Finding 02

Port activity is centred on delivery and readiness

Aqaba's existing-asset concession has moved from a 2025 BOT expression of interest to formal Tender 27/A/2026, with clarifications due 20 July and proposals due 17 August. The closed document-request gate and scheduled site-visit window do not identify bidders, prove attendance, disclose condition, or establish an award. Mubarak Al-Kabeer has a signed RMB 28.43 billion Phase I EPC with CCCC, but the executing subsidiary, issued marine scope, mobilisation and certified quantities remain unpublished. At Grand Faw, five berths are handed over, the owner reports the 23 km channel complete to 19.8 m, all immersed-tunnel elements are seated, and the 62 km road has final certification, while terminal handover, tunnel commissioning, marine services, operating responsibility, and sustained throughput remain separate gates. Tartous has crossed four evidenced states from memorandum to signed BOT, formal operating handover with harbour-tug service, and first-crane arrival; none yet proves planned dredging, achieved design depths, quay acceptance, all-crane commissioning, or realised capacity gains. At Khalifa Port, 2019 Capesize access is an operating baseline for a separate AED 84 million Newcastlemax berth programme, not evidence that the new scope is complete. Hamad Port's 2022 equipment-vessel call likewise remains distinct from the terminal's owner-reported 98% whole-project position in June 2026 and its still-open system handover. Duqm IP2 is a completed operating benchmark: Serka-MSF fitted out an existing 2.2-kilometre commercial quay with roads, yards, utilities, buildings and crane tracks, while the financed scope explicitly excluded new marine works. AIIB records operational handover and traffic growth but below-forecast throughput and revenue, making private-operator transition and current equipment acceptance the live watchpoints. At ACME Duqm, Oman identifies GHC SPC as ACME-owned and Scatec records its former development partnership as discontinued, so Scatec is not carried into the current Phase 1 chain. Gulf Testing Lab and Darkocean Geostar expose separate investigation scopes, while Bluewater and Straatman establish the delivered and pre-commissioned four-buoy CBM equipment package. None of those records names the offshore installer or proves installation. At Marsa LNG, Boskalis has completed approximately 3.8 million cubic metres of access dredging, while BESIX remains in active piling and prefabricated-beam work on the LNG jetty; the port-built structure, Technip Energies topsides, berth acceptance and first transfer remain distinct gates.

Finding 03

King Abdulaziz separates contract movement from facility readiness

The MMSC IOC facilities contract began at USD 319.535 million and now carries USD 400.128 million obligated and exercised against a USD 503.180 million all-options ceiling. Twenty-seven USAspending transactions expose fuel-system options, an added training facility, descopes, value engineering, utility reroutes, a marine utility trench connection and pump-house HVAC changes, while the current period ends in March 2027. SAMIF reports 1,900 tonnes of structural-steel fabrication and supply and Western Star reports scaffolding and formwork design and supply. Those package records establish execution depth but not overall percentage complete, wharf acceptance, fuel-system commissioning or fleet-support readiness. USAspending's zero linked subawards is therefore a reporting boundary, not proof that no lower tiers exist.

Finding 04

Dhalkut separates an operator framework from an operating port

MTCIT and Abu Sultan signed a three-year framework in December 2025 and expected handover within six months for maintenance and simple operations. The same announcement leaves investment size to feasibility and commercial modelling. Handover, operator mobilisation, capital commitment, berth readiness and vessel activity have not been disclosed. The older tender 251/2022/MAFWR/HQ-30 exposes a dredging and groyne need but only as a cancelled base record and a recall at financial opening. Electrical and guard-room furnishing listings are enabling-work signals, not substitutes for handover, marine acceptance or port-opening evidence.

Finding 05

Raysut closes civil works before it closes the evidence chain

Oman reports Raysut Fishery Harbour at 100% after a 610 m breakwater, 250 m groyne, approximately 100,000 m3 of basin dredging, 70 m fixed quay, boat ramp, reclamation and internal infrastructure. Gulf Testing Solutions names Archimedes as its exact-project client and marks its testing package completed; Renardet's project-specific recruitment points to design review and supervision. The public record still omits the main and supervision award notices, dredger, rock and concrete suppliers, hydrographic survey, taking-over certificate, final account and first-season sediment performance. Completed construction therefore improves the asset baseline without closing supplier attribution or operating acceptance.

Finding 06

Liwa carries three procurement histories

The original harbour chain starts with Galfar's approximately OMR 9.86 million award and extends to SeaWorks dredging and reclamation, Masirah Marine quay-wall block installation for Galfar and a CORE-LOC breakwater reference. Tender 441/2023 later entered financial evaluation before a Recall-1 deadline in December 2023, without a disclosed maintenance award. The operating-harbour concession adds a third track: a 30-year term and 54,000 m2 commercial plot remained in the 2024 PPP pipeline after the forecast April 2024 award date passed. Historic contractors are therefore not assigned to the maintenance or concession packages.

Finding 07

One record still needs marine scope confirmation

Thirty-three of the thirty-four records have Confirmed support. Taweelah C stays at Reported because its power-project contract chain and owner-side cooling-water review are evidenced while the cooling basis, seawater route, physical marine scope and any dedicated procurement path remain unidentified.

Finding 08

NEOM exposes a late-stage ammonia-export contractor chain

NGHC reports more than 90% overall completion, while Air Products places the integrated complex in energization-led commissioning. Jacobs and Saudi Archirodon are named on the marine jetty, with Longitude, Velosi and EMJ Permadec in the disclosed design and supply chain. ICS Technologies and MarinTel have commissioned the VTS radar component. Marine civil handover, cryogenic loading-system acceptance, hydrographic and port release, and first ammonia transfer remain separate gates.

Finding 09

Ruwais LNG separates energy demand from marine acceptance

The Ruwais LNG access package brings a different Middle East interface into the set. NMDC Group's marine award defines approximately 15 million cubic metres over a 5-kilometre, 245-metre-wide channel plus navigation aids. The February 2025 port notice establishes phased 24-hour dredging, two offshore disposal sites and environmental controls. The USD 5.5 billion plant EPC and 90% offtake cover do not establish final channel depth, accepted hydrography, disposal close-out, permanent navigation aids, jetty handover or marine operating approval.

Finding 10

Sequence is the common commercial variable

Marine work depends on a wider system in every record. King Abdulaziz needs wharf, fuel, marine-utility, training and fleet-support acceptance to converge before the contract ledger becomes operational readiness. Dhalkut needs actual handover, an operating baseline and resolution of its recalled dredging tender. Aqaba's bulk terminal carries concession condition risk, while Aqaba-Amman depends on financing and conveyance. Mubarak Al-Kabeer needs issued scope, subsidiary allocation and mobilisation. Grand Faw depends on navigation access. Fujairah I requires approved marine geometry and consortium procurement, while Ghubrah III requires four offshore lines, screening and hydraulic commissioning. ACME Duqm needs offshore CBM installation and integration. Marsa LNG needs jetty completion, port-to-EPC handover and loading-system acceptance. Hassyan depends on staged commissioning, Hawar on three EPC interfaces and Rabigh 4 on commercial operation and marine handover. Ras Mohaisen still needs intake-outfall acceptance. Taweelah RO needs operating-condition evidence, and Ruwais LNG needs channel, navigation-aid and jetty acceptance. The five-IWP programme still needs individual RFPs. Tartous, Taweelah C, Khalifa Port and Hamad Port each carry separate access, utility, berth or handover dependencies.

Included project evidence

Thirty-four public records form the complete denominator for this edition. Open any project for its detailed scope and full source list.

Bahrain / Confirmed

Sitra Wharf Berths 5 and 6 liquid-cargo enhancement

Liquid-cargo terminal berth enhancement / Award

Bahrain Tender Board's March 2026 monthly report records a BHD 10,987,831 award to NASS Contracting for Sitra Wharf tender T78534; no award date, contract signature, mobilisation or installed work is published

6 structured project sources
Bahrain / Confirmed

Bapco wharf and pipeline repair term services

Liquid-cargo terminal maintenance / Award

Bahrain Tender Board's May 2026 report records a BHD 340,000 extension under tender T17600(65), following the May 2021 BHD 2,489,690 five-year award to Bahrain Maintenance and Diving Services; the extension duration and work orders remain undisclosed

6 structured project sources
Saudi Arabia / Confirmed

King Abdulaziz Naval Base MMSC IOC facilities

Naval base wharf and fleet-support facilities / Construction

USAspending records W912ER-23-C-0002 at USD 400,127,768.96 obligated and exercised, with the current performance period ending 8 March 2027 and the latest modification dated 7 May 2026; no public physical-completion or owner-acceptance record is established

12 structured project sources
Oman / Confirmed

Dhalkut Port management, operation and development framework

Small-port commercial activation, maintenance, dredging and berth readiness / Planning

A three-year development, management and operation framework was signed with Abu Sultan Enterprises in December 2025; the planned handover for maintenance and simple operations, physical marine works, capital programme and current operating state are not publicly confirmed

9 structured project sources
Oman / Confirmed

Raysut Fishery Harbour rehabilitation and sedimentation works

Fishing-port dredging, breakwater, groyne, quay and reclamation / Completed

The Ministry reported 100% completion in May 2026 after an 81% owner update in January; final hydrography, formal acceptance, operating release and most downstream marine packages remain undisclosed

7 structured project sources
Oman / Confirmed

Bukha Fishery Harbour maintenance, rehabilitation and dredging

Fishing-port maintenance, rehabilitation and dredging / Construction

Masirah Island International identifies active harbour maintenance, rehabilitation and dredging; a 2025 Oman News Agency owner-side report says the port remained under maintenance, with no public completion or acceptance record

4 structured project sources
Kuwait / Confirmed

Kuwait Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port Phase I completion

Deep-water ports and container terminals / Award

Phase I EPC signed with CCCC; government follow-up continues, while mobilisation and marine construction remain unverified

7 structured project sources
Saudi Arabia / Confirmed

NEOM green-ammonia export jetty

Deep-water ports and energy terminals / Commissioning

Overall complex above 90% complete; energization and commissioning started, with jetty VTS radar commissioned but first ammonia transfer not confirmed

10 structured project sources
Oman / Confirmed

Daba fishing port development

Port infrastructure / Commissioning

75% complete in June 2024 with some facilities operating; full completion and formal opening remain unverified

4 structured project sources
Oman / Confirmed

Quriyat fishing port sea dock development

Port infrastructure / Construction

83% complete in August 2025; completion, contractor and acceptance remain unverified

5 structured project sources
Oman / Confirmed

Mahout fishing port construction

Port infrastructure / Award

OMR 36.995 million construction award approved in July 2026; contractor and detailed marine scope remain undisclosed

4 structured project sources
Oman / Confirmed

Masirah multipurpose fishing port

Port infrastructure / Construction

OMR 28.612 million design-and-build award confirmed; current construction progress and marine subcontract chain remain partly undisclosed

4 structured project sources
Oman / Confirmed

Marsa LNG Sohar jetty and marine access

Deep-water ports and energy terminals / Construction

Access-channel dredging completed; LNG jetty, shore protection and drainage under construction

10 structured project sources
Oman / Confirmed

ACME Duqm green-ammonia CBM export terminal

Deep-water ports and energy terminals / Construction

Phase 1 plant construction and CBM equipment delivery are active. Masirah Marine is the reported installation lead; its contract, vessel allocation and ASD-tug support remain undisclosed

39 structured project sources
Oman / Confirmed

Duqm Port Commercial Terminal and Operational Zone IP2

Port infrastructure / Completed

Serka-MSF completed the commercial-terminal fit-out in December 2020; the port is operational, while AIIB's 2025 review says throughput and revenue remain below original forecasts

6 structured project sources
Saudi Arabia / Confirmed

Ras Mohaisen Independent Water Project and Marine Intake/Outfall

Marine utilities / Construction

Project agreements, the L&T-Lantania EPC award and December 2025 financial close are evidenced, and ACWA's 3 March 2026 year-end report classifies the full 300,000 m3/day capacity as under construction; offshore mobilisation, installed intake or outfall geometry, first water and accepted production are not dated

8 structured project sources
UAE / Reported

Taweelah C IPP coastal utility interface

Marine utilities / Award

PPA and EPC signed; cooling-water review and existing-plant tie-ins exposed, marine route unconfirmed

10 structured project sources
UAE / Confirmed

Taweelah RO desalination intake and outfall system

Marine utilities / Completed

EWEC lists Taweelah RO as an existing 909,000 m3/day facility and records 297.16 million m3 of 2024 production; final as-built intake and outfall geometry is not publicly disclosed

8 structured project sources
UAE / Confirmed

Khalifa Port EGA berth enhancement programme

Port infrastructure / Construction

CHEC EPC delivery and live-berth works reported by two current staff profiles; owner releases confirm the AED 84 million programme but do not name the contractor

9 structured project sources
Saudi Arabia / Confirmed

Saudi Arabia five-IWP developer qualification programme

Marine utilities / Prequalification

Sharakat is qualifying developers across five planned seawater reverse-osmosis projects; no individual RFP, award or project-specific marine package is public

8 structured project sources
Bahrain / Confirmed

Hawar SWRO offshore intake and outfall tender

Marine utilities / Tender

Two bids were opened for Hawar's separate offshore intake and outfall EPC package on 25 December 2025; EWA still lists the wider desalination scheme as a future project and no award is published

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
Saudi Arabia / Confirmed

Rabigh 4 IWP intake, outfall and storage system

Marine utilities / Commissioning

EPC performance test completed on 19 February 2026; SWPC commercial-operation confirmation remains unpublished

7 structured project sources
Oman / Confirmed

Liwa (Nabur) Fishery Harbour construction

Fishing-port breakwaters, dredging, quay and marine infrastructure / Completed

Liwa harbour was operating by 2023 after the original Galfar award and 2015-2017 downstream marine works; formal completion, acceptance and final-account records remain unrecovered

8 structured project sources
Oman / Confirmed

Liwa Fishery Harbour maintenance dredging procurement 2023

Operating fishing-port maintenance dredging / Tender

Oman eTender 441/2023/MAFWR/HQ-36 reached financial evaluation in Q3 2023, then a Recall-1 procedure closed on 19 December 2023; an awardee, value and mobilisation remain undisclosed

4 structured project sources
Oman / Confirmed

Liwa Fishery Harbour development, management and operation PPP

Fishing-port concession, commercial waterfront and operating PPP / Tender

Liwa remained in Oman's 2024 PPP and fisheries-investment pipeline after 2021 and 2023 market approaches; a selected developer and financial close remain undisclosed through 8 August 2026

5 structured project sources

Report contents

  1. Evidence base, inclusion rules, confidence treatment, and current project mix
  2. Port, naval-base and energy-terminal delivery movement at Sitra Wharf, Bapco's wharf-maintenance programme, King Abdulaziz Naval Base, Dhalkut, Liwa, Aqaba, Grand Faw, Tartous, Khalifa Port, Hamad Port, Duqm IP2, Ruwais LNG, ACME Duqm, NEOM and Marsa LNG at SOHAR
  3. Marine utility interfaces at Aqaba-Amman, Fujairah I, Ghubrah III, Hassyan, Hawar, Rabigh 4, Ras Mohaisen, Taweelah C, Taweelah RO, and the five-IWP qualification programme
  4. Decision watchpoints for finance, package definition, construction completion, and commissioning

Method

Dataset and calculation basis

For the July edition, the denominator is the thirty-four public IMWO records classified as Middle East on 13 August 2026. Projects must have an identifiable marine or coastal works interface backed by an owner, developer, lender, contractor, consultant, operator or public authority. Where several milestones are visible, only the latest recorded phase and its confidence level enter the figures. The result is a published evidence set rather than an estimate of the total addressable MENA market.

Data cutoff
13 August 2026
Denominator
34 public Middle East project records.
Confidence rule
Confirmed and Reported records are counted separately; Watching signals are excluded.
Limitations
Coverage reflects what project parties and public authorities have disclosed, so it is not a complete inventory of MENA marine works. Package values, scope, dates and procurement routes may change after the cutoff. An overall project award does not prove that a separate marine package has been procured, and signals supported only at watch level remain outside the calculations.

Sources used 119

Source collections 27 source collections

Related records 67

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