Dredging for Payra seaport

MoU signed with Belgian firm

The Payra Port Authority (PPA) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Belgium-based dredging company Jan De Nul to facilitate capital and maintenance dredging of the seaport.
Acting chairman of the PPA, Capt. M. Saidur Rahman, and Danny De Hert of Jan De Nul signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organisations. The signing ceremony was held at the shipping ministry office in the Secretariat in presence of shipping minister Shahjahan Khan.
According to the MoU, Jan De Nul will dredge a 35 nautical-mile long channel from the Rabnabad channel to the outer anchorage of the seaport. The foreign organisation will also carry out maintenance dredging in the channel to implement the design of a channel navigable by 16-m draught vessels by 2018.
Sources in the Payra seaport said five more MoUs and agreements on building container terminals and port infrastructure are likely to be signed with some other foreign companies within this year. As many as 42 companies from 12 different countries have expressed their interest in this regard by submitting to the PPA 123 proposals worth USD 18 billion as investment, the sources added.
According to the short-term plan, the PPA wants to start transporting cargo vessels from the port within this year.
As per the mid-term plan, the port authorities want to carry out 10–12 m channel dredging as well as building of port infrastructures, including one multipurpose and one bulk terminal of the port, by 2018.
Payra seaport, the country's third largest port of its kind, located at the Rabnabad channel in Kalapara upazila under Patuakhali district, will soon be transformed into a main seaport. The revamped seaport is going to be operational at its outer anchorage from December this year.
Infrastructure work has already started at the site to ease pressure from Chittagong and Mongla seaports, two leading seaports of the country, and also to facilitate transition, in order to ensure economic and social development in southern and central regions.
On November 20, 2013, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had inaugurated the Payra Seaport, which is only 31 km from the sea coast, 316 km from Chittagong, 130 km from the Mongla seaport, and 340 km from Dhaka.
A techno-economic feasibility study, including environmental impact assessment for development of the Payra seaport, has been completed by the Institute of Water Modelling (IWM). At present, a UK firm is conducting a feasibility study with regard to developing the Payra into a deep seaport.

Dredging for Payra seaport

MoU signed with Belgian firm

The Payra Port Authority (PPA) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Belgium-based dredging company Jan De Nul to facilitate capital and maintenance dredging of the seaport. Acting chairman of the PPA, Capt. M. Saidur Rahman, and Danny De Hert of Jan De Nul signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organisations. The signing ceremony was held at the shipping ministry office in the Secretariat in presence of shipping minister Shahjahan Khan. According to the MoU, Jan De Nul will dredge a 35 nautical-mile long channel from the Rabnabad channel to the outer anchorage of the seaport. The foreign organisation will also carry out maintenance dredging in the channel to implement the design of a channel navigable by 16-m draught vessels by 2018. Sources in the Payra seaport said five more MoUs and agreements on building container terminals and port infrastructure are likely to be signed with some other foreign companies within this year. As many as 42 companies from 12 different countries have expressed their interest in this regard by submitting to the PPA 123 proposals worth USD 18 billion as investment, the sources added. According to the short-term plan, the PPA wants to start transporting cargo vessels from the port within this year. As per the mid-term plan, the port authorities want to carry out 1012 m channel dredging as well as building of port infrastructures, including one multipurpose and one bulk terminal of the port, by 2018. Payra seaport, the countrys third largest port of its kind, located at the Rabnabad channel in Kalapara upazila under Patuakhali district, will soon be transformed into a main seaport. The revamped seaport is going to be operational at its outer anchorage from December this year. Infrastructure work has already started at the site to ease pressure from Chittagong and Mongla seaports, two leading seaports of the country, and also to facilitate transition, in order to ensure economic and social development in southern and central regions. On November 20, 2013, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had inaugurated the Payra Seaport, which is only 31 km from the sea coast, 316 km from Chittagong, 130 km from the Mongla seaport, and 340 km from Dhaka. A techno-economic feasibility study, including environmental impact assessment for development of the Payra seaport, has been completed by the Institute of Water Modelling (IWM). At present, a UK firm is conducting a feasibility study with regard to developing the Payra into a deep seaport.