Deputy Transport Minister: Taman port to be built through concession schemes
The port of Taman will be constructed largely under concession schemes, Russian Deputy Minister of Transportation Victor Olersky said on Wednesday.
The official, who attended a keel-laying ceremony for 16MW icebreaker today at Vyborg Shipyard, told journalists that the new port project had been changed and its implementation requires now a lot more funds more funds.
"We’ve been slightly behind the project schedule, as we initially decided to build the port in one phase, and it was necessary to find a compromise between the different investors. It just took some extra time," said Olersky.
He also said that Glavgosekspertiza is expected to prepare expert report on the project before the end of 2012. Now it passes the environmental impact assessment.
The construction of the port will commence in 2013. The contractor will be selected after a tender.
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.