Turkmenistan - Turkmenbashi Port Improvement Project

Page 1 INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET CONCEPT STAGE Report No.: AC5788 Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 01/06/2011 I. BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Project Data Country: Turkmenistan Project ID: P123676 Project Name: Turkmenbashi Port Improvement Project Task Team Leader: Cordula Rastogi Estimated Appraisal Date: April 18, 2011 Estimated Board Date: July 28, 2011 Managing Unit: ECSSD Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Sector: Ports, waterways and shipping (100%) Theme: Export development and competitiveness (50%);Pollution management and environmental health (30%);Trade facilitation and market access (20%) IBRD Amount (US$m.): 62.00 IDA Amount (US$m.): 0.00 GEF Amount (US$m.): 0.00 PCF Amount (US$m.): 0.00 Other financing amounts by source: Borrower 0.00 0.00 B. Project Objectives [from section 2 of PCN] The proposed Project Development Objective (PDO) is to increase capacity of the rail ferry terminal to handle non-oil products, and improve environmental and safety practices at the Port of Turkmenbashi. This will be achieved through an investment project that aims at improving safety and security of port operations, increasing the level of preparedness to manage oil spills, and enhancing the competitiveness of the port of Turkmenbashi to meet current and future demand. In addition, the investment will help to bring the Port's environmental and safety practices in line with international and regional standards. The achievement of the PDO will be monitored with the following results indicators: - Average turnaround time for rail ferries increased; - Capacity of the rail ferry terminal increased; - Environmental and safety practices of operations improved. C. Project Description [from section 3 of PCN] The proposed project components include the following: Page 2 A: Environmental and Safety Compliance. This component aims at bringing the port safety, security and environmental practices in line with international and regional standards. The component includes the acquisition of oil spill response equipment, response vessel and waste water collection vessel as well as consultants' services to achieve International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) certification. B: Port Modernization. This component aims at improving port infrastructure, expediting the loading and discharging of rail wagons, and supporting improvements in port planning and management. The component includes the reconstruction of the ferry terminal (left ramp and major access), consultants' service for the design and supervision of the reconstruction, acquisition of shunting locomotives and consultants' services to advice on port planning and port management model. C: Port implementation support. This component includes project implementation support, such as audits, consultants, training, etc. D. Project location (if known) The Project will be implemented in Turkmenistan at the Port of Turkmenbashi on the Caspian Sea. The port is located 270 kilometers east of and across the Caspian Sea from Baku, Azerbaijan and is the largest port in Turkmenistan being also an important gateway along the international transport corridor Europe-Caucasus-Central Asia. Turkmenbashi port is an import and export center for a variety of products, including non-oil products, handling about 8.7 million tons of cargo in 2009 (including crude oil and petroleum products). One of the main working areas of the port of Turkmenbashi is the rail ferry terminal which handles 70 percent of the country's non-oil trade. Rail ferry traffic rose sharply after the rehabilitation of the right rail ferry ramp by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2005) and accounts to about 2.2 million tons per annum (p.a.) in 2009. The port is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Krasnovodsk. The south area of the Gulf, outside the port boundaries is part of the Hazar Nature Reserve. 90 percent of this reserve includes water area and about 10 percent covers land. One of the main goals of the Reserve is the protection of migratory birds which spend the winter there. E. Borrower