Title: Public Private Partnership Development for
the Ports of Shuwaikh, Shuaiba, Doha & Boubyan Island, Kuwait
Client: Kuwait Port Authority
Country: Kuwait
Year: September 2006 to date
Financing: The Government
of Kuwait
Description of project and services rendered
The Ministry of Communications has requested P.A. Services Conseils
Inc. to create a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for four Kuwaiti
ports. These ports are Shuwaikh, Shuaiba, Doha and Boubyan Island.
Newly established companies would operate each of the ports on their
own and would be responsible for the following port management tasks:
Container operations; Management of the marine; Leased bulk facilities;
Common user general cargo berths and Security of the port, it
facilities and visiting vessels. P.A. Services Conseils Inc.'s team
will put together a workable and realistic project plan that will lead
to a Public-Private Partnership for each of the four ports in question.
Detailed description of services provided:
- Prepare a detailed project charter, project plan, work breakdown
structure (WBS), risk management plan and change implementation process
for this project.
- Analyze different option available to the Kuwait Port Authority
(KPA) for privatizing its ports.
- An examination will be carried out of all laws and regulations
relevant for privatization and port operations.
- Develop an institutional model consistent with the new proposed
option (leasing, concessions or licensing) for operating and managing
each of the four ports.
- Technical regulations will be generated that are consistent with
governmental instructions.
- Establish principles for sharing revenue between the proposed
management companies, the KPA and other primary stakeholders.
- Create comprehensive, but flexible, managing and monitoring
procedures for the newly established partnerships.
- Propose procedures and compensation for managing staff
redundancies if needed.
- Advise the project sponsor if enabling legislation is required.
- A feasibility study for each of the four Public-Private
Partnerships will be prepared.
- Upon approval of proposed project plan, oversee the creation and
local ownership of the four proposed companies and the subsequent
public offerings that will complete this phase of the project.