Transportation & Logistics

Project

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Nile River Ports Project

• Pilot river ports in Upper Egypt (Qena, Sohag, Assuit, Meet Ghamr)

Under Consideration

• Unsuccessful BOT tender of Qena Port Project in 2009-2010

• Increase transport of cargo through river and rail, reduce pressure on land transport and reduce government spending on fuel subsidies and road maintenance / safety

• Capacity within RTA: market analysis, choice of location, licensing / permits.

Nile River Bus Project

Under Consideration

• 15 existing river stations

• 16 commercial stations from Helwan to Al Kanater (Cairo)

• Technical assistance by EBRD

Ain Shams/10th of Ramadan Railway

EGP 4.5 billion

Under Consideration

• Passenger and Freight Link from Ain Shams (Cairo Suburb) to 10th of Ramadan Industrial City, passing by Belbes City.

• Total length of 72 km, with 17 stations.

Heliopolis / New Cairo Metro

Under Consideration

Redevelopment of Heliopolis / New Cairo Metro from Heliopolis to 10th District (Nasr City), and establishment of new Metro line to connect Nasr City and American University (New Cairo)

Shubra/Banha Highway

EGP 2 billion

Under Consideration

• Pre-feasibility studies 02/2013

• Tendering Q4/2013

• Contract signature Q1/2015

• National Bank of Egypt

Safaga Industrial Port Development Project

Under Consideration

• Pre-feasibility: Sept 2013

• Tendering expected Q1/2014

• Major link between Nile Valley and Red Sea

• Allow export of liquid phosphoric acid (8 platforms), import/export of grains, livestock, maintenance dock

• 50 MW Safaga CSP plant and solar-powered desalination plant (40,000 m3/day water)

• Arab Financing Facility for Infrastructure (AFFI)

Suez Canal Corridor Development Plan

• East Port Said / Ain Sukhna

• Second Canal Waterway

14 projects worth USD 8 billion in total.

Under Consideration

• Megaproject aiming to transform the 160 km - long Suez Corridor into an integrated investment zone and lift its economic contribution to GDP to 10% in 10 years

• Revitalise East Port Said and Ain Sukhna industrial ports, designed as hubs for container transhipment

• Build second vehicle tunnel under Canal to connect Sinai Peninsula, expand roll-on / roll-off, multiple-use and bulk liquid terminals

Queen Alia Airport Expansion

• Airport International Group (AIG)

USD 750 million

Operational

• Project agreement (May 2007)

• Stage 1 completed in June 2013 with new terminal opened for traffic

• Stage 2 (expansion) over period 2014-2016 to increase capacity

• Rehabilitate and operate existing passenger terminals and related airside facilities

• Construct and operate new passenger terminal with a capacity of 12 million per year

• First successful airport PPP project and largest private sector investment to date in Jordan

• Duration: 25 years

• Government to accrue concession fees and benefit from fiscal savings by no longer having to subsidise airport operations

IFC loan (USD 120m)

IDB loan (USD100m)

• Commercial banks (USD 160m): Natixis, Calyon, Europe Arab Bank

Aqaba Port Expansion

Aqaba Ports Corporation (APC)

USD 710 million

Operational

• Transfer of port ownership to ADC (200 Law on Privatization)

• Tender (March 2004)

• July 2006: joint venture agreement (July 2006)

• 2003 crisis stoppage of the Port of Aqaba due to congestion, delays and waiting time

• Aqaba Special Economic Zone (2004): Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC)

• 2-year management contract

• 25-year agreement to manage, operate, and expand the Port

Amman Zarqa Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

Jordanian-Kuwaiti Company

USD 333 million

On Hold

• Gov't approval on subsidy (2010)

• Construction expected: 2011-2013

• Feasibility studies (2012)

• Initial project : Light Rail System (LRS), using 26 km of existing Hejaz Railway tracks

• Tendered 3 times without success

• 2006 tender: Kuwaiti-led consortium unable to secure financing by 2009

• September 2009 IFC appointed to review

• Project put on hold and redesigned as Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): 25-year concession

Jordan National Railway Project (JNRP)

• Cargo-based rail network of 950 km, integrated into regional network (incl. Iraq, Syria, and GCC)

• Jordan's key cities (Amman, industrial cities of Mafraq and Zarqa), Port of Aqaba and Shidiya phosphate mine

• Assistance from EIB

Jordan Road Master Plan

EUR 450 million

FEMIP Trust Fund- sponsored Highway Master Plan Study (EUR 2.1 m)

EIB and World Bank to co-finance priority component (USD 150M)

Aménagement de la Vallée du Bouregreg (Rabat - Salé)

• Al Maabar International Investment (UAE)

EUR 530 million

Under Tendering

• Agence pour l'Aménagement de la Vallée du Bouregreg

• Phase 1 (2006-2012)

• Séquence 1 Bab Al Bahr: programme immobilier mixte (résidences, marina, cité des arts, Rotana Palace) ; Séquence 2 Amwaj / Al Saha Al Kabira sur 120 ha dont 57% résidentiel et un complexe culturel

• Phase 2 (2013-2017) :

• Séquence 3 Qasbat Abi Raqraq et Séquence 4 Sahrij El Oued : rocade reliant l'aéroport de Salé et Rabat, axe routier 9km entre Oujla et autoroute, viabilisation du foncier, pont Moulay Youssef

• Séquence 5 : Al Manzah Al Kabir, Masharif Hssein

Tanger-Marrakech Railway Project

• Systra (France): civil engineering work

• Consortium to design track between Kenitra and Tangiers (Systra Maroc and local consulting firms).

• Alstom (France) to supply trains (March 2010)

EUR 438.2 million

• High-speed line: USD 2.5 billion

Under Tendering

• Tender (January 2013)

• Operational in 2016.

• Increase capacity of the Tangier-Marrakech railway line: high-speed rail network that will link all of the country's major cities by 2030

AfDB loan of EUR 300m (2010)

• Other donors : AfD, Saudi Fund for Development, KFAD, Hassan II Fund, Arab Fund for Development

Casablanca Port Expansion Project (Terminal 4 Est)

USD 179 million

Under Consideration

• Marsa Maroc (ex-Office d'Exploitation des Ports)

Road Modernisation Programme

DH 31,66 billion (USD 2 billion)

Under Consideration

• Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM)

Enfidha-Monastir Airport

TAV Airports Holding (Turkey)

EUR 560 million

Operational

• Developed as two concession (1998)

• Feasibility (2001)

• New tender (2007)

• Construction achieved after record 823 days

• New airport under BOT concession, with capacity of 5 million passengers / year

• First tender failed in 2004: dispute over contract terms and conditions

• Project redefined in 2005

• Commercial banks unable to fund due to financial crisis

• Concessional funding from IFC (EUR 199m), AfDB (EUR 70m), EIB (EUR 70m), OFID (EUR 20m) and AFD/Proparco (EUR 30m)

• Duration: 40 years

• Expansion (2020-22): second terminal

Enfidha Deep Sea Water Port

• SNC Lavalin (Canada)

• Al Mal Investment Company KSC (Koweit), Hutchison Port Holding

EUR 1386 million

• Phase I : EUR 624m

• Phase II : EUR 262m

• Phase III : EUR 512m

On Hold

• Feasibility (2004-07)

• Tender (2008)

• Contract scheme: BOT

• 2008 tender: no offer deemed admissible

• Project put on hold

Road Modernisation Programme (incl. Greater Tunis Ring Road)

TD 3500 million

• Projet routier: TD 954m

• Routes régionales: TD 330m

• Rocarde Extérieure du Grand Tunis : TD 400 m

Under Consideration

• September 2010 : AfDB loan (EUR 236m)

• Tenders for contracting of civil works (2011)

• Feasibility (2012)

• Renforcement réseau des routes classées (560 km)

• Aménagement de 606 km de routes classées

• Construction de 22 ouvrages d'art (12 ponts, y compris liaison fixe entre l'île de Djerba et la terre ferme)

• « Voiries structurantes »

• Feasibility funded by FEMIP grant (EUR 2.2m)

• Public consultations (October 2012)

Radès Logistics Zone

• Composante 1 : EUR 104m (aménageme nt et équipement)

• Composante 2 : EUR 35m

Under Consideration

• Feasiblity (2007, World Bank)

• Expected construction 2012-15

• Failed first tender (BOT)

• 3 premières sous- composantes à la charge de l'Etat (coût estimatif de TD 50m)

• 4ème sous-composante à la charge d'un investisseur privé

Logistics Zones

• Enfidha (500 ha to 2000 ha)

• Djebel Oust (50 ha, 214 ha)

• Sfax (128 ha)

• Zarzis (202 ha)

• Tozeur (100 ha)

• Gafsa (89 ha)

• Jendouba (54 ha)

• Zone de libre- échange de Ben Gerdan

• Enfidha : TD 100 m

• Zarzis: TD 17 m

• Djebel Ouest: USD 500 m

• Ben Gerdan : USD 40 m

Under Consideration

• Secteur d'opérations: sièges sociaux, offices

• Zone de traitement en parallèle et de laminage

• Zone de conservation

• Zone de transit, assemblement et ventilation

• Magasins et entrepôts, bâtiments et ateliers technique

Source: OECD (2014)