Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors BV and a consortium of companies coordinated by Concivia have submitted bids for the award of the design and execution works for Fast Danube 2 - Blue Motorway. The project, with an estimated value of 170.67 million euro (excluding VAT), aims to improve navigation on the Danube over a distance of 470 km, writes AgendaConstructions.
The investment is being carried out in partnership with Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River in Bulgaria and promises to extend the annual period of navigability from 280 days to around 340 days a year.
The two bids have entered the evaluation phase, which has a deadline of March 18, 2026 at 18:00.
10 companies are interested in participating in the project
The two bids for the Fast Danube 2 project were submitted by:
1. Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors BV;
2. Asocierea Concivia (leader) - Ferrari Ing. Ferruccio - Vepex Com - Impresa di Costruzioni Ing. E. Mantovani - Aquaproiect, with Green Forest Proiect, Ridsilv Prod, Topo Miniera and Terra Gage as subcontractors.
Complex hydro-technical works for 12 critical points on the Danube
The project focuses on 12 identified hotspots along the joint Romanian-Bulgarian segment of the Danube and involves extensive dredging works on the river.
The works will include dredging 110 km of navigable channel, construction of 9 groynes and 4 chevrons, stabilization of 5.45 km of banks, and the construction of an artificial island.
The design phase is intensive, requiring extensive geologic and hydrographic documentation at all 12 critical points.