Assignment Name:

Detailed Design Study of Cai Mep – Thi Vai International Terminals in Vietnam (1st Year) (Contract Package Nos. 1 to 4)

Country:

Vietnam

Location within Country:

Cai Mep and Thi Vai areas, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province

Professional Staff Provided by Your Firm:

Team Leader, Port Eng., Dredging Eng., Architect, etc.

Name of Employer:

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

No. of Staff:

  17

Address:

1-1, Yoyogi 2-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

No. of Staff-Months:

45.5 M/M

Start Date (Month/Year):

August 9, 2004

Completion Date (Month/Year):

March 29, 2005

Approx. Value of Services (in Current US$):

Total : USD 5,202,309

JPC Share : USD 3,771,086

Duration of the Services:

  7.2 Months

Name of Associated Consultants, if any:

JV Leader : Japan Port Consultants, Ltd. (JPC)

JV Partner : Pacific Consultants International (PCI)

JV Partner : International Development System Inc. (IDS)

No. of Months of Professional Staff Provided by Associated Consultants:

  46.4 M/M

Name of Senior Staff (Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader) involved and functions performed:

K. Nagai : Team Leader

Approximate Total Value of the Project:

USD 500 Million

Narrative Description of Project:

The project is aimed at construction of International Container Terminal (ICT) at Cai Mep area and International Multipurpose Terminal (IMT) at Thi Vai area as shown below.

ICT: Port basin dredging of 90,515 m3, reclamation of about 40 ha and foundation improvement works, container terminal with yards of 39.6 ha, CFS of 6,442 m2, maintenance shop, office buildings and utilities, container wharf of 600 m long and 14 m deep with approach trestles, tugboat berths each of 55 m long and 7 m to 14 m deep, mooring and turning basins of 600 m dia. and 14 m deep, port access road of 8,150 m long including bridge, post-panamax quayside container cranes (48-ton capacity, 4 units), and rubber tired transfer cranes (15 units).

IMT: Port basin dredging of 95,000 m3, reclamation of about 25 ha and foundation improvement works, terminal yard of 24.6 ha with operation and office buildings, warehouse, maintenance shop and utilities, multipurpose wharf (container, general and bulk cargo wharf) of 600 m long and 14 m deep, tugboat berths each of 40 m long and 5 m to 14 m deep, mooring and turning basins of 450 m dia. and 12 m or 14 m deep, access road of 163 m long, multipurpose quayside cranes (40-ton capacity, 2 units), and quayside jib crane (20-ton capacity, 2 units).

In addition, navigation channel dredging of 9,090,000 m3 leading to ICT and IMT, and supply and installation of light buoys (43 units) along the navigation channel, Vessel Traffic System (VTS) and computer system are included in the project scope.

Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

Consulting services provided by our staff cover the following :

1)       Data collection and analysis and review of previous reports;

2)       Natural conditions surveys in Thi Vai River and Ganh Rai Bay;

3)       Computer simulation of channel sedimentation / siltation;

4)       Computer simulation of ship navigation in the channel;

5)       Supplementary environmental surveys and EIA;

6)       Inception and progress reports;

7)       Basic and detailed designs, and

8)       Draft design report.