PORTS III

closed

The proposed project's objectives are the rehabilitation and modernization of Turkey's ten main public ports, the initiation of institutional and financial improvements in DB's and TCDD's ports operations, and assistance in rationalizing future port investment decisions through master planning and feasibility studies. The project includes: (i) provision of cargo-handling equipment and floating craft, including spare parts; (ii) expansion and improvement of open and covered storage areas, as well as dredging and slipway construction; (iii) training for ports operational and managerial staff, including stevedores and equipment operators; (iv) expert studies designed to improve the efficiency of port organizations in Turkey; and (v) assistance to complete an ongoing national port planning study (Phase I) and thereafter to prepare a national master plan of port investments including a special study of a major new regional port in the Istanbul/Marmara region (Phase II); and undertaking of preliminary engineering design and detailed feasibility studies of the new Marmara port or any other higher priority port selected in Phase II (Phase III).