Gazprom Export plans to join a pool of investors for the project of a new deepwater port complex in Taman based in Krasnodarsky Territory. The company has submitted its proposal to the Ministry of Transport of Russia, a Ministry official said.
"All the companies that are set to participate in this project, are only the candidates," Deputy Transport Minister Viktor Olersky said in interview with journalists in St. Petersburg.
As of now, the applications for the construction of marine terminals in the port of Taman have been submitted by LLC MC Metalloinvest Bazel Group, Global Ports Investments PLC, JSC EuroChem, UCL Port BV, JSC United Grain Company, JSC SUEK, NCC and Gazprom Export, the official said.
The Ministry plans to hold a tender to pick the investors for Taman port project in spring of 2012.
The construction of the new port in Taman of Krasnodar southern region is scheduled to begin in September 2012. The construction site will reportedly be located on the Black Sea coast from Cape Panageya to Tuzla Spit on the Taman Peninsula. St. Petersburg-based JSC Lenmorniiproekt was awarded the port design contract.
The new port will feature bulk terminals for handling coal, grain, metal, container, and possibly fertilizer.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had said the new port of Taman’s cargo throughput should reach in the next four years 35 million tons and 65 million by 2020. The port will be able to handle large tonnage vessels.
The Taman deep-water port project is valued at RUB 82,664,900,000.