QUAYS & BREAKWATERS
Port safety in Poti and Batumi - Georgia

Client:                          European Commission – TACIS Programme

Services:                   Final design of rehabilitation works, procurement and installation of navigation equipment, wrecks

                                     salvaging, staff training

Period:                       1999-2000

Construction cost:  € 20,000,000 (breakwater refurbishment)

The Project: 

TECHNITAL has been awarded a contract by the European Union under the TACIS Programme for the rehabilitation of the two Black Sea ports of Poti and Batumi which have been reduced to a state disrepair and neglect as a result of wars and the political upheaval in the former Soviet Union. The ports are obstructed by shipwrecks and the marine works badly damaged. The navigation equipment is obsolete and largely inadequate.

The aim of the project is to contribute to the rehabilitation of the marine infrastructures of these two major Georgian ports and improve safety standards in order to increase their physical and operational capacity to cope with the increasing traffic demand on the Traceca route. In particular, the consultant is required to:

• provide qualified engineering expertise to investigate the current status of the Poti Port main breakwater, propose rehabilitation works and prepare detailed Tender Documents.

• investigate the current status of some of the major marine structures in the ports of Poti and Batumi and to prepare a general rehabilitation plan.

• investigate the presence of shipwrecks in the port basins and prepare a detailed Salvage Plan for their removal and disposal.

• improve and promote the work of the Maritime Administration of Georgia by providing task oriented practical training in the field of General Maritime Administration, organisation of maritime safety in ports, pollution prevention and combating.

• provide some urgently needed Hydrographic Survey Equipment and GMDSS Communication Equipment.

The services to be executed by TECHNITAL include:

• detailed design and tender documents for the rehabilitation and improvement of the Poti port breakwater

• detailed hydrographic surveys and underwater inspections of the marine works in both ports and a general plan for their rehabilitation

• location and assessment  of old shipwrecks within the two port basins and documentation for tendering for their removal and safe disposal.

• study of the sedimentation process along the coast near the port of Poti, and definition of mitigation measures or long-term actions to minimise port siltation.

• training programme for selected personnel of  the Port Authorities and Marine Administration selected personnel, particularly in the field of navigation and shipping safety and marine environmental protection

• procurement of some urgently needed equipment for hydrographic surveys and safety communications.

 TECHNITAL is executing the project in association with Arcadis Bouw/Infra BV of the Netherlands and PTC Bremen of Germany.

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