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The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has finalised the consultant for the much-anticipated Bay Terminal project, but has not revealed the name.
“We have finalised the consultant, and the name will be sent to the shipping ministry soon for approval,” Rafiul Alam, executive engineer of CPA and Bay Terminal project director, told The Business Post.
He said 20 local and international companies had participated in the tender for the consultant, with the consultancy cost being around Tk 100 crore. “Of them, six were shortlisted, and one was finalised.”
But he did not disclose the name, saying it would be revealed after getting the ministry approval.
The Bay Terminal will have three terminals to handle dozens of vessels of 5,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) each, with their drafts measuring 14 metres.
Of the terminals, the CPA will build one, while international port contractors will build the two others. The CPA will build the 1,500-metre multipurpose terminal, while the two others are container terminals of 1,225 metres and 830 metres.
The consultant would be appointed to oversee the activities of the multipurpose terminal only, said CPA Secretary Mohammad Omar Faruque. “The Public Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) of Bangladesh will initiate the two other terminals.”
He said the consultant would be appointed for three years and a half. “The project design will be finalised within six months and construction will be supervised for three years.”
The facility will serve as a gateway to better connect the country to regional and global markets, and improve international trade.
In August 2016, the CPA appointed two German firms and a Bangladeshi company to conduct the project’s feasibility study.
Describing the project as economically and technically viable, the joint venture of the three companies submitted its report and a master plan in 2017.
