Malagasy Republic - Port of Tamatave Project

RETURN TO RESTRICTED JEPORTS DESK Report No. PTR-48a WITHIN FLE COPY ONE WEEK This report was prepored for us within the Bonk and its offlliated organizations. They do hot occept responsibility for its accuracy or completeness. The report may not be published nor may it be quoted os representing their views. INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION APPRAISAL OF THE PORT OF TAMATAVE PROJECT MALAGASY REPUBLIC May 25, 1970 Transportation Projecte Department  Ourrency Equivalents US$1.0 a FHG 277 (Malagaay franc) FMG 1 a US$0.0036 Fiscal Year January 1 to December 31 Weights and Measuress Hetric 1 metric ton - 2,205 pounds (Ibo) 1 kilometer - 0.62 miles (mi) 1 meter - 3.28 feet (ft) i oubic meter - 1.31 cubie yards All depths of vater are in moters below low vater level Abbreviations BCEOM - Bureau Central d'Etudes Pour Les Equipements d'Outre Mer BECEKA - Compagnie du Chemin de Fer du Bas - Congo au Katanga NCHP - Compagnie Navale et Commerciale Havraise Peninaulairo SOREAH - Societe Grenobloise d'Etudes et d'Applications Hydrauliques SORCA - Societe de Recherche Operationnelle et d'Economie Appliquee TPA - Tamatave Port Authority  MALAGASY REPUBLIC APPRAISAL OF THE PORT OF TAMATAVE PROJECT TABLE OF CONTENTS PaRze SUMMARY .......... .........* **................ ....... 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................... ...... ...... 1 2. BACKGROUND ........... 1 A. General .... ............................ .* .. .. . 1 B. Transport Sector .. ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2 C. Transport Coordination ............................. 3 3. PORT OF TAMATAVE EXISTING ORGANIZATION, FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS ......... 4 A. Organization ........................................ 4 B. Facilities ......... e * * * * * * * ...... *.............. ............... 5 C. Operations .......................................... 6 4. PROPOSED TAMATAVE PORT AUTHORITY (TPA) ................... 8 . TH PRJECT .................. .... . 10 6. ECONOMIC EVALUATION ............ ........... .... 13 A. Traffic .................... * ... 13 B. Costs and Benefits .............. ..14 C. Conclusions ....15 7. FINANCES ..................o.... 15 A. Rates and Charges .. ...... ...... 15 B. Present Finances . ....o ...1........*..... .16 C. Future Finances ........ .O..*. .... et ........ ... 17 8. RECOMMENDATIONS ........ ............. 21 This report has been prepared by Messrs. Haker (Economist), Higginbottom (Engineer) and Jones (Financial Analyst), members of the appraisal mission which visited Malagasy