Port Said prepares plan

09 March 2007

The Port Said Port Authority (PSPA) will relaunch the contract to prepare the revised master-plan for its 35-square-kilometre smart port in late March.

The brief now includes the 87-square-kilometre industrial park behind the port. As well as hoping to attract new bidders, sources at PSPA say the new tender will be sent to the 12 firms that bid in the original tender. They included Denmark's Niras International, US-based Harris, Japan's Pacific Consultants International, Rotterdam Maritime Group, Kuwait's National Kharafi and Germany's Inros Lackner. PSPA is also in the final stages of negotiations with Denmark's AP Moller Group/Maersk for the contract to build a 1,200-metre-long quay wall, which will expand capacity from 1.6 million containers a year to 5 million.

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