Benefit analysis for port dredging

Client Objectives

• Identify and quantify all the benefits of the planned dredging for various users.

• Compare the benefits of channel dredging for all types and sizes of vessels that transit the port channel in terms user fee costs.

• Determine whether the user fee cost would make the port a more expensive gateway than the key competitors in terms of total transport cost.

Methodology and Process

• Reviewed existing operations, benefits from dredging and quantification of value.
• Reviewed current port channel performance, capacity, and total system effects/savings.
• Analysed future port channel performance and capacity as well as total system effects
• Quantification of total benefits
• Review with client

Scope and Deliverables

• Overview of ship channel, transit process, rules and issues

• Rationale for the dredging, benefits sought

• Benefits of the dredge: Categories and quantifications

• Analysis of port call lifecycle (current and future) to assess the incremental benefits by vessel type

• Total system effects/savings

Result Achieved

• Comprehensive quantitative analysis is done for direct benefit of the port dredging
• Drewry also identified the indirect benefit of the port dredging, and analysed the total system benefit