Location Within Country: Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong Duration of assignment (months): 5 Months Name of Client: International Development Center of Japan Inc. (IDCJ)

Contact Person: Atsushi Saito, Team Leader of JICA

Survey Team

Mail: saito.a@idcj.or.jp Start date (month/year): May 20, 2015

Completion date (month/year): September 15, 2015 Narrative description of Project:

The objective of this study is to collect basic information for a new deep sea port development in Cox’z bazaar area and also to conduct basic study related to the development of a new deep sea port. The study area covers the coastal area of Southern Chittagong region in Chittagong and Cox’z Bazar district, including Kutubdia, Matarbari, Moheshkhali and Sonadia. Description of technical specialization provided by the firm:

1. Base study on the port sector of Bangladesh

a) Information collection on the conditions of existing and under-development ports at Chittagong, Mongla, Payra, Pangaon and other river ports around Dhaka area

Below information shall be collected and summarized by the Consultant:

• Length, depth and width of navigational channel
• Berth length and depth
• Terminal yard area
• List of handling equipments and their conditions
• Types of cargo handled and cargo volume statistics in the past 10 years
• Volume and frequency of maintenance dredging works
• Organization structure of port management including number of staff
• Financial status of the port in the past 10 years

b) Information collection on the port development plans (Chittagong, Mongla)

c) Information collection necessary for the demand forecast for bulk and container cargoes including the review of Sonadia Port Feasibility Study

d) Analysis of transport capacity of existing road, rail and inland waterway between Chittagong and Dhaka or other major cities

e) Information collection on existing survey drawings (topographic and bathymetric maps) Information collection on existing natural and social environment around the survey area

g) Support in preparing the digital map/base drawings necessary for port planning

h) Study of possible vessel size for the new deep sea port based on the analysis of international shipping market

i) Review of Sonadia Port Development FS report with particular attention to the natural environment impact

2. Study of Natural/Environmental conditions for the proposed deep sea ports location

The target location will be maximum 3 locations within the survey area and it will be instructed by the international port planning expert of the Joint Venture. Basically the study shall be based on the existing reports/data/documents but if necessary and instructed, site reconnaissance survey shall be done. The following information shall be summarized:

• Climate and Oceanographic Condition (wind, wave, tide. tidal currents cyclone, surge, etc)
• Geological condition including earthquake
• Topographic and bathymetric condition
• Hydrological condition (river flow, sedimentation, calmness of the target port area etc)
• Natural environment (fauna and frora, ECA, important species etc)
• Social environment (land use type, location and number of habitats etc)

3.3. Support on the pre-feasibility study including preliminary design of target deep sea port (industrial port as well as container port)

• The target location will be maximum 3 locations within the survey area and it \\ ill be instructed by the international port planning expert of JICA Survey Team.
• Investigation of availability of construction material such as reclamation soil/sand, stone, aggregate etc around the study area. With reference to the reclamation soil/sand, possibility of using the material from the hill in Moheshkhaki island could be one of the options. The investigation should include available area and amount of soil, type of soil, necessary permission of cutting the hill for construction purpose, the price of the land etc. In case the material from the hill is already being used as construction material, the type and capacity of equipment as well as the production rate shall also be investigated.
• Produce the drawings as per the given instructions including port layout, navigational channel, typical structure drawings, access road and rail
• Preparation of Preliminary Cost Estimate
• Preparation of Preliminary Implementation Schedule

Location Within Country: Dhaka Duration of assignment (months):  2 Months Name of Client: Japan Offshore Design and Engineering Platform Technology & Engineering Research Association (J-DeEP) Contact Person: Mr. Masaaki Kusano, Senior Managing Executive Officer CTO

Mail: masaaki.kusano@n-kokudo.co.jp Start date (month/year): April 2019 

Completion date (month/year): March 2020 Narrative description of Project:

The OFCT project study is the first study that took place in Bangladesh. The main focus of the study was to use the inland river route for different types of transportation, especially cargo and other water vehicles. That’s why J-DeEP assigned NVSL to do that study. The focus of the study was to investigate the logistics network using the J-DeEP proposed Offshore Floating Container Terminal (OFCT) Structure from the Bay of Bengal to the final destination. Initially, the tasks were divided into four sections: i) market demand analysis and forecasts up to 2040, (ii) legitimate condition analysis, (iii) probable location selection of three different sites considering different kinds of meteorological, hydrological, and other ocean factors. The following tasks were completed under the whole study by NVSL staff.  

• Market demand analysis and forecasting of the OFCT; 
• Initial site selection for the structure based on analysis of the different physical and forcing factors of the coastal zone; 
• SPC formation; Econometric Model Development for the demand investigation; 
• Whole project coordination; and;
• Inland waterways logistics analysis and forecasting;

Project outcome: 

1. Project planning and survey design;

2. Data and information collection;

3. Data analysis and report writing;

4. A detailed site selection report; Description of technical specialization provided by the firm:

• Market Demand study

1. The demand for the container transaction at Chittagong or adjacent area for export/import towards 2030;
2. Current status of container yards capability and its problem;
3. Way of cargo transportation from Chittagong Port to Dhaka after the opening of the container;
4. The capability of the opening container near Chittagong Port (How many containers per day?);
5. Way of container transportation from Chittagong to Dhaka or other locations;
6. Current max and the average size of container ship/vessel serving at Chittagong;
7. Size of domestic container barge;
8. Critical issues for inland river cargo transportation;
9. Current status of Panagon Inland Container Terminal (ICT);

• Legitimate study

Legitimate　conditions to install and operate OFCT (relevant authorities, conditions precedent for approval, ownership of OFCT, and operator /service provider of OFCT, environmental assessment).

• Location selection study

1. Possible location to install OFCT (Channel, Island, water depth met ocean conditions) (Candidate is inside the river or behind the island to have more quiet water, wave height less than one meter);
2. Water depth of rivers in Delta area; (Remarks; These are made on –desk information and some data from MOS, CPA, etc. and covered in the scope of work);

4. Technical study

1. Technical study of flow water movement and movement of onboard heavy facilities (mainly tankage) by met ocean conditions (High tide, monsoon, tsunami);
2. Consider different kinds of coastal characteristics and coastal forcing factors and assess the vulnerability of the overall project site;

Run ArcGIS based hydrological model i.e., SWAN model for that area to assess the future sustainability of the project site; ]]> https://newvision-bd.com/feasibility-study-on-logistics-network-in-the-asian-region-using-offshore-floating-container-terminal-ofct-structure/feed/ 0 https://newvision-bd.com/basic-survey-on-current-conditions-of-ship-recycling-facilities-in-bangladesh-and-issues-to-conclude-the-convention/ https://newvision-bd.com/basic-survey-on-current-conditions-of-ship-recycling-facilities-in-bangladesh-and-issues-to-conclude-the-convention/#respond Mon, 07 Nov 2022 21:43:59 +0000 https://newvision-bd.com/?p=5806 Country: Bangladesh

Location Within Country: Coastal Area Duration of assignment (months): 1.5 Months Name of Client: Japan Marine Science Inc. (JMS) Contact Person: Yasuo Nakajo, General Manager

Mail:  Narrative description of Project:

To provide the local survey support for the project to analyze the current conditions of Ship Recycling Facilities in Bangladesh and check the issues for compliance. Description of technical specialization provided by the firm:

Method

1. Making appointments with concerned parties: Email, Phone call and through using network and reference; Attending meetings and preparing minutes of meetings; Meeting accompany and meeting notes 
2. Environment and safety management measures: Desk study; KIIs with ship recycling yard, KIIs with MOI on the following:

2.1 Waste generation

2.2 Waste treatment methods, facilities and equipment
2.3 Training facility

3. Historical profile, work record (number, volume, etc.) of the existing recyclers: to discuss with 5 ship recyclers among the members of BSBRA for preparing the profile.

Number of ICUs: Ship recycling yard = 10; KII with concern parties = 4; KII with MOI= 2 ]]> https://newvision-bd.com/basic-survey-on-current-conditions-of-ship-recycling-facilities-in-bangladesh-and-issues-to-conclude-the-convention/feed/ 0 https://newvision-bd.com/maritime-industry-in-bangladesh-response-to-economic-growth-and-change-of-infrastructure-of-maritime-industry-in-bangladesh/ https://newvision-bd.com/maritime-industry-in-bangladesh-response-to-economic-growth-and-change-of-infrastructure-of-maritime-industry-in-bangladesh/#respond Sun, 02 Oct 2022 18:33:41 +0000 https://newvision-bd.com/?p=5623 Country: Bangladesh Name of Client:  JETRO Singapore Start date (month/year): June 30, 2020

Completion date (month/year): January 31, 2021 Narrative description of Project:

The project was undertaken to identify economic growth and change of infrastructure of maritime industry in Bangladesh Description of technical specialization provided by the firm: 

Specific deliverable under the project was to providing 

• Economic situation, Industrial structure, Political system, Ministry structure, Trade, Domestic transportation (including truck and rail transportation and ship transportation) 
• Overview (Area, Population, Basic Information, Main Industries, GDP, Law, Outline of maritime Industry in Bangladesh etc.) 
• Outline of Maritime Industry in Bangladesh (Outline of shipping transportation (e.g., earning, volume and type of cargo, transportation route, number of shipping companies and ships operated in Coastal Area and River), Shipping companies etc.) 
• Issues faced by shipping companies and shipbuilding companies (Problem on funding to replace of ship, law and/or tax system for business, excessive competition etc.) 
• Possible cooperation between Bangladesh and Japan (Taking into account the issued faced by maritime industry in Bangladesh, possible cooperation method that contribute development of Bangladesh maritime industry and Japanese maritime sector are considered.) 
• Information on ships owned/operated by government (To list up ships owned/operated by government and to research accident case that caused by high age of ship and so on.)