Upgrade of Kaliningrad Sea Port Project
Russia
Cancelled
Transport Infrastructure
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The Kaliningrad Sea Port (“Port”) which is located in the Russian city of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea has not seen an increase in cargo turnover that other Baltic ports have experienced. Between 2017 and 2018, the Port has only shown a 1.5% increase in turnover, compared to the average 7% growth rate amongst Baltic ports. In addition, port calls have decreased by 7.1%. As the result, the Port ranks the third lowest in turnover out of 12 Baltic ports. The key bottleneck holding back the Port’s competitiveness is the depth of the Kaliningrad maritime canal (“Canal”) which is only 10.5 m deep and does not allow large tonnage vessels to enter the Port. The Upgrade of Kaliningrad Sea Port Project is proposed to remove the key bottleneck and increase the Port’s cargo turnover.
The TA will provide consulting services to evaluate the feasibility of the Project and carry out activities required to prepare the Project up to the stage when it can be considered by external financiers. The Project envisages improvement of the main infrastructure of the Port, including: (i) modernization of the Canal by increasing its current depth and width; and (ii) construction of other sea-side and land-side infrastructure necessary to accommodate the increase in cargo handling.
The TA is to support the preparation of the Upgrade of Kaliningrad Sea Port Project, which aims at increase of Kaliningrad Sea Port’s cargo turnover by 50%, through improvement of the main infrastructure of the Port.