Assignment Name:

Study on Urgent Development of Port of Galle as a Regional Port in Sri Lanka

Country:

Sri Lanka

Location within Country:

Galle

Professional Staff Provided by Your Firm:

Port Engineers, Economist, Environmental Expert

Name of Employer:

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

No. of Staff:

  6

Address:

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

No. of Staff-Months:

19.8 M/M

Start Date (Month/Year):

February 17, 2000

Completion Date (Month/Year):

November 27, 2000

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

Total : USD 1,839,453

JPC Share : USD 642,086

Duration of the Services:

  8.0 Months

Name of Associated Consultants, if any:

JV Leader : The Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute, Japan (OCDI)

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

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

  29.5 M/M

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

Y. Otsuki : Team Leader (OCDI)      T. Ichizono : JPC Team Leader / Sr. Port Engineer (1)

Approximate Total Value of the Project:

USD 155 Million

Narrative Description of Project:

Objective of the Study is to :

1)    Review and revise the existing port master plan (Short-term Development Plan of Galle Port proposed in the Study on Development of Port of Galle conducted by JICA in 1991), considering the results of the Master Plan Study for Southern Area Development in Sri Lanka conducted by JICA in 1997.  The target year of the new Short-term Development Plan is 2005; and

2)     Investigate the viability of developing Galle Port as a multipurpose port for regional needs.

Project components include 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.

Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

Consulting services for review of master plan provided by our staff cover :

1)       Oceanographic and environmental (natural and social) surveys;

2)       Soil survey and analysis of data of various field surveys;

3)       Assessment of sedimentation in the channel;

4)       Structural / basic design of the port facilities;

5)       Setting up of construction method, schedule and cost estimates;

6)       EIA including EMP; and

7)       Preparation of reports.