Transportation Ministry to invite bids for Taman port contract in Dec, 2012
The Russian Ministry of Transport plans to invite bids for contract for construction of the new port of Taman by the end of 2012, the Ministry official said on Wednesday.
Deputy Minister of Transport Viktor Olersky told reporters during the visit of the IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu in St. Petersburg that the project is expected to be submitted to GlavGosExpertiza in October 2012.
The sea port of Taman will be built on the Taman Peninsula (Krasnodar Territory) on the basis of public-private partnership (PPP). The port will be integrated into the international transport corridor "North-South." The port construction is funded through the federal target program (FTP) "Development of the Transport System of the Russian Federation for the 2010-2015 period."
The project includes the creation of the following facilities:
• marine container terminals;
• terminals for handling coal, grain, iron ore concentrate, mineral fertilizer,
• shipping approach channel, offshore breakwater and dam structures, piers for cargo handling facilities and port fleet,
• railway, road and engineering infrastructure facilities.
The projected traffic volume at the port of Taman in 2020 may reach 93.8 million tons of cargo. The port design is scheduled for completion in 2012. The construction of the port project first phase is scheduled for 2013-2016.