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7 EXISTING PORT OPERATIONS ........................................................................... 77

7.1 LIQUID CARGO HANDLING .............................................................................................................. 77
7.2 DRY CARGO .................................................................................................................................. 79
7.3 UNITISED CARGO .......................................................................................................................... 82
7.4 DRY BULK ..................................................................................................................................... 84
7.5 STORAGE REGIME ......................................................................................................................... 85
7.6 MODAL SPLIT ON PORT TRAFFIC .................................................................................................... 85
7.7 OTHER PORT OPERATIONS ............................................................................................................ 86
8 CARGO HANDLING OPTIMISATION.................................................................... 87
8.1 OIL CARGO ................................................................................................................................... 88
8.2 DRY CARGO .................................................................................................................................. 89
8.3 UNITISED CARGO .......................................................................................................................... 89
8.4 DRY BULK ..................................................................................................................................... 90
8.5 STORAGE ...................................................................................................................................... 90
8.6 CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................. 90
9 PORT CAPACITY & IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL OPERATIONAL
CONSTRAINTS ............................................................................................................ 91
9.1 EXISTING PORT CAPACITY ............................................................................................................. 91
9.2 EXISTING PORT CAPACITY VERSUS TRAFFIC PROJECTIONS ............................................................. 94
10 PORT SAFETY ...................................................................................................... 96
10.1 SAFETY AND OVERALL EMERGENCY PLANNING ............................................................................... 96
10.2 OIL SPILL SAFETY PLANNING ......................................................................................................... 96
10.3 FIRE SAFETY PLANNING ................................................................................................................. 97
10.4 PORT SECURITY ............................................................................................................................ 97
10.5 DANGEROUS CARGO ..................................................................................................................... 97
11 CAPACITY OF RAIL, PIPELINES AND TANK FARMS ........................................ 98
11.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 98
11.2 RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE .................................................................................................................. 98
11.3 NEW PORT ACCESS..................................................................................................................... 103
11.4 MAIN LINE CAPACITY ................................................................................................................... 104
11.5 TERMINALS ................................................................................................................................. 105
11.6 AKTAU PORT ............................................................................................................................... 106
11.7 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT................................................................................................................ 106
11.8 CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................................. 108
12 SBM OPTIONS .................................................................................................... 110
13 DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS AND COST ESTIMATES ........................................ 111
13.1 OPTIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 111
14 ECONOMIC EVALUATION.................................................................................. 114
14.1 BASE CASE: SCENARIO A ........................................................................................................... 114
14.2 SCENARIOS B AND C............................................................................................................... 131
15 FINANCIAL EVALUATION .................................................................................. 140
15.1 FINANCIAL INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN.......................................................................................... 140
15.2 FORECAST OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURE FOR AISCP............................................................. 152
16 C0NCLUSIONS .................................................................................................... 157
OPTIONS FOR ACTION.............................................................................................................................. 157
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS TO CURRENT CARGO OPERATIONS................................................................ 158
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN OTHER PORT AGENCIES ......................... 159
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS .................................................................................................................... 159

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17 RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................ 160

APPENDIX 1 DRAWINGS ....................................................................................... 162
APPENDIX 2 ANNEXES TO CHAPTER 4 .............................................................. 163
APPENDIX 3 ANNEXES TO CHAPTER 15-FINANCIAL MODEL .......................... 173