TYPSA-RINA JV Poised to Secure Vadhvan Port Consultancy Contract.

A joint venture between Spain's Tecnica Y Proyectos SA (TYPSA) and Italy's RINA Consulting SPA is set to be awarded the prestigious general consultant and project management consultant contract for the development of the greenfield Vadhvan Port in Maharashtra. The consortium emerged as the lowest bidder with a quoted price of ₹95.26 crore.

The TYPSA-RINA JV outbid three other prominent contenders: Haskoning India Consulting Pvt Ltd (₹125.37 crore), AECOM India Pvt Ltd (₹128.03 crore), and Engineers India Ltd (₹167.56 crore). The price bids were unsealed on Monday, as confirmed by multiple industry sources.

TYPSA is an independent group renowned for its engineering, architectural, and consulting services across infrastructure, energy, environmental, and urban solutions. RINA Consulting, on the other hand, is a unit of RINA SPA, one of the world's leading ship classification societies.

Scope of the Contract

The extensive contract encompasses general consultancy and project management consultancy for the landlord component of works, which will be executed through the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) mode. This includes:

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  General Consultancy: Involving key (438-man months) and non-key (1065-man months) professional deputation at Palghar/Dahanu.

  
  


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  Project Management Consultancy (PMC) for three core components:

  
  
  
  
  
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    Breakwater (747-man months)

    
    
  
  
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    Near shore reclamation and approach trestle (432-man months)

    
    
  
  
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    Residual works (168-man months)

    
    
  
  
  
  


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  Additionally, 12 support staff will be deployed for 60 months, accounting for 720-man months.

  
  

This consultancy assignment is noted as one of the largest in terms of man-months deputation for Vadhvan Port Project Ltd (VPPL). VPPL, a joint venture between the state-owned Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (74% stake) and the Maharashtra Maritime Board (26% stake), is the entity spearheading the ambitious ₹76,220 crore port project at Vadhvan.

India's Future Mega-Port

Upon its completion, Vadhvan is projected to become India's largest public port, boasting an immense capacity to handle 298 million tonnes (mt) of cargo annually, including an impressive 23.2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).

The port's design includes 9 container terminals with a total quay length of 9,000 meters, which will be equipped with over 100 quay-side gantry cranes capable of accommodating container ships with a length overall of 350 meters or more. Beyond container operations, Vadhvan Port will feature liquid cargo berths, a Ro-Ro facility, general/coastal/breakbulk cargo berths, a common rail yard, tank farms, and extensive storage areas.

In a significant development on May 31, the Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) gave its approval for the development and maintenance of dredging, offshore reclamation, and shore protection works under the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM). This component of the new port is estimated to cost ₹18,998 crore.

The tender for these substantial works is anticipated to be floated in August, marking the next critical phase in bringing the Vadhvan Port project to fruition.