Assignment Name:

Study for Implementation of the Port of Galle Development Project

Country:

Sri Lanka

Location within Country:

Galle

Professional Staff Provided by Your Firm:

Team Leader., Financial Analysis Expert, Social Considerations Expert and Environmental Expert

Name of Employer:

Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

No. of Staff:

4

Address:

No. 4-1, Ohtemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

No. of Staff-Months:

4.6 M/M

Start Date (Month/Year):

September 8, 2005

Completion Date (Month/Year):

November 30, 2005

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

USD 199,280

Duration of the Services:

  2.7 Months

Name of Associated Consultants, if any:

N/A

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

N/A

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

I. Yamashita : Team Leader / Port Expert

Approximate Total Value of the Project:

USD 155 Million

Narrative Description of Project:

Port of Galle Development Project was worked out to construct a new multipurpose terminal, to provide high quality services to meet the future demand for cargo traffic in the southern region of Sri Lanka, and accelerate the Southern Region Development.  The project which will be implemented in two (2) separate phases, comprises the navigation channel, channel and port basin dredging (340,000 m3), outer breakwater (800 m long), inner breakwater (350 m long), multipurpose berths (each 240 m long x -12 m deep), small craft berth (170 m long x -4.5 m deep), revetments (2,370 m long), reclamation (3,200,000 m3) for container and open yards, port access road (1,200 m long), administration building, transit shed, maintenance shop, utilities, navigation aids (light buoys, beacons and sector light), and multipurpose crane (35-ton capacity, 1 unit), top lifter (35-ton capacity, 2 units), and computer system.

After coastal zone of Sri Lanka was attached and damaged by the Indian Ocean Great Tsunami of December 26, 2004, JBIC decided to employ the Consultant to conduct the supplementary study, before implementation of the project, for establishment of the optimum countermeasures against the future tsunami and high tide, review of policy for compensations to the fishermen suffered from the casualty, and review of the existing EIA.

Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

Consulting services provided by our staff covers the following :

1)       Study on optimum countermeasures against tsunami and high tides;

2)       Review of the project scope;

3)       Evaluation of financial capability of Sri Lanka Ports Authority as Executing Agency;

4)       Investigations on compensations for fishing activities damaged by tsunami;

5)       Review of existing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and preparation of Environmental Management Plan (EMP); and

6)       Recommendations and preparation of Project Implementation Plan.