Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 8 / Trend , E.Ismayilov /
On Jan. 9, the Azerbaijani Transport Ministry will carry out appraising of tender proposals of the project of construction a new Baku International Sea Commercial Port in the Alat settlement, the Transport Ministry reported. Three companies participate in the tender.
"Proposals for participation in tender were sent out to five
companies, but only three of them produced all documents for participation",
the Ministry said.
Polish company did not represent documents for participation in tender, and French - did not have time to prepare the necessary documentation, the source said. British and Dutch companies will participate in the tender. The source did not announce the third company's name.
In mid-2009 the Transport Ministry intends to declare tender for determination of contractor for building of a new Baku International Sea Commercial Port, Deputy Transport Minister Musa Panahov said earlier. After this, the construction work is planned to begin.
Previously Korean GS Engineering & Construction company
completed and presented feasibility study of the project and results of primary
project works. Building of the port is planned to commence in 2009. The
construction work is expected to be completed in 2015.
A new multimodal seaport will be built in Azerbaijan, since creation of a free economic zone is planned in this territory besides the
logistic centre subsequently
The building of the new International Seaport in Alat will be realized into three stages and will be completed by 2015. The first stage of the project, which had to cover 2008-2010, provides building of two ferry-boats, three cargo bridges for the method of containers, vessels of 'ro- ro' type and usual (universal) dry loads. The second stage of project (2011-2013) provides building of three additional cargo bridges, and the third stage (2014-2015) - two additional cargo bridges.
The project's cost is over than $400 million.
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