The geographical reach of our advisory services for lenders and
project promoters is continually expanding. Recent have included
port and marine terminal development and acquisition projects in
Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and South East Asia.
Our projects also take us into more challenging climatic zones with
a recent project in Eastern Europe requiring careful consideration
of an energy export terminal located within the Artic Circle.
Examples of recent ports and terminals sector projects
include:
Montego Bay Reconfiguration,
Jamaica – assessment of the ability of Montego Bay Port to
handle a combination of two large “Freedom of the Seas” cruise
ships, as well as maintaining its commercial freight operations.
Evaluation of alternative terminal layout arrangements based upon
trade and passenger projections, performance benchmarking, capital
costs, and environmental constraints.
Shipbuilding and Repair Facility,
Kazakhstan – technical and commercial feasibility
development of new shipbuilding and repair facility on the Caspian
Sea. Demand forecasts for new-building and repair operations,
combined with technical evaluation of alternative layout and
technology, and financial appraisal of preferred option utilising
syncrolift technology.
Scapa Flow Container
Terminal, United Kingdom – financial review of a
prospective container transhipment terminal, incorporating market
review and traffic forecasts for defined North European markets,
civil and equipment cost specification, terminal layouts, capital
and operational and cost determination, funding structure and
financial appraisal.
Ship Repair Yard Study,
Fujairah, United Arab Emirates – feasibility study to
define market focus and demand projections for new ship repair yard
based around floating docks and alongside quays. Technical
specification of facility and financial appraisal.
