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Commercial awardPayment unverified

Turkish contractor v. Ethiopian Railways Corporation

Railway construction contract

Headline amount
$300MEstimate
Respondent
EthiopiaState-owned entity
Awarded
2026
Status
Payment unverifiedPresumed unpaid, not confirmed

Latest development Oct 7, 2026

GAR reported that the contractor won more than $300M in its LCIA claim against the state railway company.

The award

Amount awarded
More than $300M (GAR, October 7, 2026)
Award holder
A Turkish railway contractor (reported as Yapı Merkezi, not verified)
Respondent
Ethiopian Railways Corporation (state railway company)
Forum
LCIA · railway construction contract delayed by the civil war

Challenges

None reported.

Enforcement

None reported.

Recovered to date

None reported

Notes

Award not public. Contractor named only in GAR’s topic tags. GAR reported the dispute at about $2.6B (December 2024). In May 2025 the contractor’s counsel disputed reports that an earlier ruling eliminated most of the claim. Award date not verified.