Klaipeda port plans a technical and ecological assessment of a LNG terminal project
Klaipeda state port (Lithuania) announced bids for a feasibility study of a deepwater terminal project and its ecological risk assessment, Lithuanian Courier reports quoting Eugenijus Gentvilas, the Head of the Port Authority. Last year’s fall the tender failed as the bid price was too high, about 3 million litas, the Port Authority said.
The Lithuania govt. has ordered the port to build Baltmax type berths, for shipment of liquefied gas and petroleum products. In December 2009 the EU Commission set aside €0.5 million for the deep-water terminal study.
The winner in the tender will have to prepare the terminal construction feasibility study, to make project proposals for its infrastructure, equipment, engineering networks and communications, as well as a financial and economic analysis and environmental risk assessment. The terminal project study is scheduled to be completed by the end of November 2011.
In late 2009, according to preliminary estimates, the cost of a new deepwater port on an artificial island could reach some 2.3 billion litas.
State-run Port of Klaipeda, the northernmost ice-free port on the East coast of the Baltic Sea, is the largest Lithuanian transport hub, connecting sea and inland traffic lanes. Currently, there are 17 stevedoring operators, shipyards, other companies at the port providing ranged forwarding and logistics services. Trade flows via Klaipeda port in 2009 fell by 6.3%, to 27,866 million tons.
The Lithuania govt. has ordered the port to build Baltmax type berths, for shipment of liquefied gas and petroleum products. In December 2009 the EU Commission set aside €0.5 million for the deep-water terminal study.
The winner in the tender will have to prepare the terminal construction feasibility study, to make project proposals for its infrastructure, equipment, engineering networks and communications, as well as a financial and economic analysis and environmental risk assessment. The terminal project study is scheduled to be completed by the end of November 2011.
In late 2009, according to preliminary estimates, the cost of a new deepwater port on an artificial island could reach some 2.3 billion litas.
State-run Port of Klaipeda, the northernmost ice-free port on the East coast of the Baltic Sea, is the largest Lithuanian transport hub, connecting sea and inland traffic lanes. Currently, there are 17 stevedoring operators, shipyards, other companies at the port providing ranged forwarding and logistics services. Trade flows via Klaipeda port in 2009 fell by 6.3%, to 27,866 million tons.