SEYCHELLES: A CASE STUDY

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SEYCHELLES A CASE STUDY
2nd Indian Ocean Ports, Logistics and Shipping
Conference
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ABOUT SEYCHELLES

• Unmatched diversity of 115 granitic and coralline
  islands
• A vibrant creole culture
• Political stability and social harmony
• Population of 82,000 with GDP of USD
• Tourism and Fisheries sectors-Pillars of the
  economy

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ABOUT SEYCHELLES PORT

• Striving to manage economic and social
  development with concern for environment- A
  sustainable development path
• Govt keen on attracting FDI and local private
  sector participation by providing a conducive
  environment
• People centered development program envisaged
• Proven track record

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MARITIME TRANSPORT

• GENERAL NOTES

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• Ports are vital links in Global transportation
• Rapid globalization has resulted in Ports being
  exceptionally competitive
• Ports are required to minimize total network cost
  (a sum of sea, port and inland costs)
• Geographic location along with other factors are
  key to success of port

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PORT VICTORIA

• HISTORY

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• A beautiful and sheltered natural harbour
• Strategic location between South pacific,
  Europe, Gulf, Asia and Africa
• Port development efforts started in 1970
• It has remained in the heart of Seychelles
  economy handling almost all Foreign Trade and
  extraction of revenue from island cruise ships
• Classified as an efficient port and enjoys
  reputation as fastest handler of cargo in this
  part of world
• A clean port with relatively far less pollution

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PORT VICTORIA

• Seychelles became a member of IALA(International
  Association of Lighthouse authorities) to ensure
  safety of navigation in Seychelles waters
  including harbour
• Seychelles port since beginning has been working
  towards protection of environment, assistance in
  SAR missions, safety of cargo and providing well
  oiled customs, immigration facilities

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• 1994- Re look in operations of port to make it
  more attractive and competitive. East Coast land
  reclamation project started- the biggest
  developmental project undertaken in Seychelles

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EAST COAST LAND RECLAIMATION PROJECT

• Started in 1994 in order to diversify the economy
  and broaden the base
• Project incorporated further development of port
  facilities as follows-
• Separation of functions like fuelling, oil/LPG
  discharge
• Resurfacing of ports land
• Improvement of maintenance facilities
• Extension and deepening of turning areas of ships
  to allow safe maneuvering of big tankers/cargo
  vessels

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EAST COAST LAND RECLAIMATION PROJECT

• Commercial port built in an area of approx 5
  hectare with 265 meters long quay and water depth
  of 10.6 meters- A combined passenger, general
  cargo, oil discharging and fuel supply harbour
• Additional 16.5 hectares of new land allocated to
  new port area for future development resulting in
  extension of quay by 120 meters with an increase
  in depth to allow larger boats and tankers to
  berth alongside

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• The extension by 120 meters in addition to
  existing 265 meters with 13 meter depth provides
  excellent facilities for container transshipment
  making Port Victoria the most important in this
  area.
• The third part of the extension was the extension
  of 90 meters to the tuna quay providing more
  facilities for fishing industries.

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PRIVATIZATION OF PORT CARGO HANDLING

• 1995- Privatisation of port cargo handling
• Land Marine Ltd, a consortium of local maritime
  related intrests with minor govt stake took over
  the state controlled port operations with the aim
  to make the port more efficient, Increase
  productivity and improve turnaround times
• The benefits of this move are evident with
  turnaround time down from two/three days to just
  few hours

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COMMERCIAL TUNA PURSE SEINERS

• Starting of Commercial Tuna Purse Seiners
  activities- year 1984
• Harvesting rate in beginning years- approx 100
  tons per annum
• Facilities at Industrial Fishing port were
  sufficient for level of operations at that time

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PRESENT SITUATION OF FISHING INDUSTRY

• Rapid increase in activities in the past ten
  years
• Tuna Fishing industry has proved itself to be
  second most economical activity in the country
• 80 of the ports activities and also revenue
  related to Tuna Fishing industry

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CHALLENGES POSED BY RAPIDLY PROGRESSING TUNA
FISHING INDUSTRY

• Limited berthing capacity for such large number
  of vessels leading to congestion
• Insufficient space for logistics/ land based
  support
• Increase in the size of vessels
• Inadequate repair facilities

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PORT VICTORIA

• PRESENT SITUATION

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• OCT 2004- Creation of (Seychelles Port
  Authority) SPA, an autonomous institution
  governed by Board of Directors and managed by
  Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

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SPA VISION

• To transform Port Victoria into a dynamic
  economic and maritime regional centre in
  collaboration with all partners and stake holders

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MISSION

• SPA endeavors to create enabling environment
  for the achievement of more comprehensive port
  services in terms of quality, efficiency,
  competitiveness and reliability in area of-
• Cargo handling and bunkering
• Ship building
• Ship repair
• Marine Facilities- Pilotage, Towage, Heavy Lift
  services, offshore support, Fresh water supply,
  crew change, ship supplies, disposal facilities
  etc

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Strength of SPA

• Strategic Location
• Vibrant fishing industry and currently has
  largest canning factory in Indian Ocean
• Principle fishing port in region
• Operates on 24 hours 7 days basis
• Compliance with all international maritime
  standards
• Proven track record in safety, security and
  hygiene

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• Proven ability to respond and handle safety and
  security cases such as recent cases involving
  vessels Marlow, SeaBorne spirit and recently Al
  Manara
• SPA management follows an open door policy of
  involving all stakeholders in decision making
  process
• Possesses 18 meters depth for development of deep
  water port

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Challenges of SPA

• Lack of strong export base infrastructure making
  it difficult to attract Foreign investors in area
  of container transshipment
• High cost of fuel
• Takeover of companies
• Congestion in certain ports thus delaying
  shipping movements
• Piracy in Somalia coastline

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PORT VICTORIA

• FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

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• Audit by expert from Port De Marseille in Dec
  2004 clearly spells out main revenue for SPA and
  second asset of Seychelles economy is Commercial
  Tuna Purse Seiners activity
• To sustain the development and overcome future
  challenges Seychelles need to have efficient and
  reliable land based support
• Keen interest has been shown by investors to
  develop this area

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• SPA/MLUH has identified the reclaimed land at
  Zone 14 as an ideal location to cater for all
  necessary logistic land based support for Purse
  Seiners activities

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PROPOSED VITAL LOGISTIC SUPPORT AT ZONE 14
DEVELOPMENTAL PLAN

• Net Repair Facility
• Salt Storage Facility
• Electro mechanical workshop
• Warehousing including cold storage etc
• Freezer container park
• Tuna canning factory

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Zone 14
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MISCELLANEOUS LOGISTIC ISSUES DEVELOPMENTAL PLAN

• Construction of 300 meter quay to facilitate
  access to services at Zone 14 by sea
• Provision of essential amenities (water,
  electricity, telephone etc) by other
  governmental agencies
• Improvement of safety and security in port
• Consent of government and investors for creation
  of new ship repair facility (Floating/ Dry dock
  project)

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• Construction of 325 meters quay in Mahe is
  envisaged. The project has been estimated at SR
  97.5 million
• Re organisation of industrial fishing port back
  up support infrastructure into common building
• Existing inter island quay to be extended by an
  additional 50 meters
• Construction of new two storey passenger terminal
  at inter island quay with all facilities

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• Praslin- To reduce congestion, infrastructure
  building on Eve island
• Existing jetty at Baie Ste Anne to be converted
  into a liesure jetty for pleasure crafts
• La Digue- New infrastructure to alleviate
  present congestion including building of
  passenger terminal

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CONCLUSIONS

• Port Victoria strategic location in Indian Ocean
  makes it the Port of choice of shipping community
• Pro active steps are being taken by Government to
  ensure world class services in port
• SPA since its creation has taken number of
  positive steps to improve facilities and services
  and results are evident

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• Tremendous growth has been seen in Tuna Fishing
  industry over the past years making it one of the
  main source of revenue
• Rapid growth has demanded improvement in existing
  infrastructure and services
• Developmental plan has been prepared by SPA to
  meet challenges of the future.

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• Tremendous growth has been seen in Tuna Fishing
  industry over the past years making it one of the
  main source of revenue
• Rapid growth has demanded improvement in existing
  infrastructure and services
• Developmental plan has been prepared by SPA to
  meet challenges of the future.

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• Port Victoria has been providing excellent
  services to customer. Seychelles government and
  SPA are keen to develop this port into most
  advanced and customer friendly port in Indian
  Ocean Region

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