Representative of the Sellhorn, Manfred Voss, and CPA Chairman Rear Admiral M Shahjahan signed an agreement at the CPA board room in Chattogram on Wednesday. CHATTOGRAM, Oct 19: Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has signed an agreement with foreign and local companies to select an international consultancy firm for a detailed engineering design of breakwater for its Bay Terminal.
The deal was signed with Sellhorn Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Germany and AQUA Consultant & Associates Ltd. and KS Consultants Ltd., Bangladesh at the CPA board room on Wednesday.
The selected consultant would also have to assess the actual volume of capital dredging to be required for the terminal and conduct necessary studies following the latest international standards for the construction of the terminal of Chittagong seaport.
A representative of the Sellhorn, Mr Manfred Voss, and CPA Chairman Rear Admiral M Shahjahan signed the agreement, while Managing Director of KS Consultants Ltd Mohammed Hafijur Rahman, CPA member Md Jafar Alam, heads of different departments and secretary Omar Faruk were present.
"The selected consultant will complete the work within the next six months in accordance with the agreement," Mr Shahjahan said.
He also said that the construction work of the terminal is expected to start in January, 2023 with a target to complete it by 2025.
Two Korean consulting firms - Kunhwa Consulting & Engineering Company Limited and Deyen Yang (DY) Engineering Company Limited - have already submitted a master plan of the Bay Terminal to the CPA, he said.
"The terminal is a most important project of the CPA which will increase the total capacity of the port. Bigger ships with more length and draft will be able to berth at the jetties of the terminal for handling goods. The new Bay Terminal will immensely reduce transportation costs and bring dynamism to port activities."
Sources said the CPA has decided to develop the new terminal at Patenga coastline with all modern facilities to enhance port activities and reduce transportation costs.
The terminal, to be built on an area of 900 acres of land, is expected to increase the annual container handling capacity of the port by up to 5 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) from the existing 3.1 million TEUs.
It is also expected to contribute 2.0-3.0 per cent to the country's GDP (gross domestic product).
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