Aktau Port Development, Masterplanning & Feasibility Study

1.7 Additional berths needed in Existing Port and North Port: 2008 to 2020

To handle the projected volumes additional facilities and berths will be needed in both the
existing and North port.

Existing Port: To a certain extent some of the projected volumes can be handled by increasing
the capacity of the existing port by relatively minor modifications to the existing berths. These
modifications would result in the following revised port capacity:

TABLE 5: Existing Port Throughput Capacity following Upgrade

Cargo Proposed Upgrade New Approximate
capacity cost of
(million upgrade
tonnes) (US$)
Oil
Increase pumping rates and number of 14.4 8.25
loading arms at all berths;

Upgrade berth 9 to take 12000dwt tankers;

Complete works on berth 11 and
commission.
Metals & dry
Upgrade berth 12 to create 220m of new dry 1.85 10.0
cargo cargo berth with back-up land and yard;
Grains
Upgrade berth 6 with additional silo and 0.5-0.75 Covered by
loading shute. grain
company
Total 18.25

North Port: As can be seen in Figures 1, 2 and 3 below the upgrades to the existing port will
not be sufficient to meet all traffic requirements over the forecasting period. In addition to the
upgrading work in the existing port, additional berths will be required in the North Port. In the
case of oil however, the peak demand for new berths will be relatively short-lived under all three
Scenarios, A, B and C.

The peak will occur around 2012-2013, after which traffic will settle down to lower levels. It
should also be noted that, as mentioned above, the current total pipeline/rail throughput
capacity of oil is 14.1 to 14.3 mt/y. which is similar to the capacity of the existing port after
upgrading works. Therefore any further investment in berths, as in the North Port, will need to
be matched by investment in new pipelines or rail if the potential of the new berths is to be
realised.

In the case of dry cargo the situation is more straightforward and but may in the longer term,
after 2020, reach the situation where the three possible dry cargo berths are insufficient and a
reconfiguration of the North Port will then be required to provide space for additional berths.

As in the case of oil the capacity of the mainline rail will need to be increased in parallel with the
development of the North Port dry cargo berths.

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FIGURE 1: Forecast Oil traffic and Existing Port Capacity

30

25 Forecast Scenario A

Forecast Scenario B
20
(000 tonnes)

Forecast Scenario C

15 PORT CAPACITY with

existing berths
PORT CAPACITY with
2 new berths
10
PORT CAPACITY with
4 new berths

0
2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

FIGURE 2: Forecast Dry Cargo traffic and Existing Port Capacity

3000

2500
Dry Cargo
2000
(000 tonnes)

BERTH CAPACITY with

existing berths
1500
BERTH CAPACITY with one
new berth
1000
BERTH CAPACITY with three
new berths
500

0
2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

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