Sector Ports & Harbors

Project Type Container Port

Project Title Technical Due Diligence

Location Laem Chabang Port in Thailand

Client Japanese Private Company

Project Period July 2010 – December 2010

Damaged Condition of Bollard Damaged Condition of Rubber Fender

Problems addressed by the Project

The purpose for the project was to conduct Technical Due Diligence (DD) for the container terminal to evaluate property which the private company would intend to purchase. Study items were as follows:

1. Deterioration for port facilities composed of concrete/steel structures is observed in the form of cracking or corrosion, and countermeasures like repair and reinforcement are proposed if necessary

2. Inspections and diagnoses for equipment used in port facilities are conducted through review on design, passed maintenance records and their repair contents

3. Evaluate terminal capacity based on future cargo volumes and cargo handling capacity/efficiency 4. Collected and reviewed rules and regulations on environment

Service Provided

The following services were provided:

1. Lead the Technical and Environmental Due Diligence 2. Identify all the required permits and authorization are in place and renewed 3. Review/audit the damage status of civil engineering facilities and architectural facilities 4. Review/audit the damage status of key equipment, such as quay gantry cranes, RTGs (Rubber Tired Gantry

Crane) , mover/trailers and so on 5. Advise or recommended countermeasures for the damages if required 6. Conduct cost assumption of the countermeasures and advise if there are any foreseeable concerns in

terms of technical perspective 7. Assess actual handling capacity/efficiency of the terminal 8. Provide DD (Due Diligence) report

Actual Project Recommendations

Civil and Architecture: Land subsidence in the inland container depot seems approximately minus 60 cm and consolidation settlement which may continue for a couple of hundred years. Countermeasures are recommended.

Demand Forecast: The container terminal seems to be operated enough effectively and more RTG is needed if containers more than certain levels are operated.

Cargo Handling Equipment: (a) There seems to be no big issue at the current stage without any mechanical and electrical tests on the equipment, (b) “200 million times” is one of the standards for checking fatigue life of handling equipment and information of quantity of handling containers after beginning of operation is needed, and (c) Existing cranes use DC motors which are not a current mainstream and short of its spare parts. Therefore, DC motors should be replaced by AC motors.