PORT-BANGKOK

closed

The proposed project forms part of PAT's development program for 1970-1975, and consists of the construction of four deep-water berths and two lighterage berths, two transit sheds and ancillary works; technical assistance of experts in dredging and in accounting; and consultants' services for engineering and supervision during construction and for a review of PAT's cargo handling methods. The total estimated cost of the project is about $21 million, of which the proposed loan of $12.5 million would cover the foreign exchange component, estimated at 60 percent of total costs. In addition to the proposed project, PAT plans expenditures totalling about $23 million on such items as the improvement of roads within the port, extension of sheds, the purchase of cargo handling equipment and harbor craft, offices and staff quarters.