Assignment Name:

Special Assistance for Project Formation (SAPROF) for Mombasa Port Container Terminal Modernization Project in Kenya

Country:

Kenya

Location within Country:

Mombasa

Professional Staff Provided by Your Firm:

Team Leader, Port Experts, Economic & Financial Expert and Environmental Expert

Name of Employer:

Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

No. of Staff:

5

Address:

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

No. of Staff-Months:

14.3 M/M

Start Date (Month/Year):

March 7, 2006

Completion Date (Month/Year):

November 30, 2006

Approx. Value of Services

(in Current US$):

USD 890,379

Duration of the Services:

  8.8 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:

K. Nagai : Team Leader / Port (Civil) Expert 1

Approximate Total Value of the Project:

USD 267 Million

Narrative Description of Project:

Mombasa Port, only an international commercial port in Kenya, is required to be urgently developed to cope with the rapid growth of container cargo handling demands. The project is aimed at channel dredging, construction of container berths (each 300 to 350 m long, 14 to 16 m deep), container marshalling yard (10 to 20 ha / berth with related buildings, and access road of 2,500 m, and procurement of quayside container cranes (height : 29 to 36 m high, reach : 37 to 50 m).  The container berths will accommodate 4th generation container ships and / or post-panamax ships.

Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

The consulting services provided by our staff cover the following :

1)       Confirmation of present conditions of Mombasa Port;

2)       Review of existing port master plan;

3)       Discussions on development plans and confirmation of appropriateness of the project, including demand forecast analysis, proposal for the optimum container terminal expansion plan, proposed project implementation schedule, and review of estimated project cost;

4)       Review of operation and maintenance system of Mombasa Port;

5)       Financial analysis of Kenya Port Authority (Executing Agency);

6)       Review of EIA conducted by Kenya Port Authority;

7)       Analysis on financial soundness of the Executing Agency, considering the project; and

8)       Defining consulting services, operational indices, and IRR.