Sector: Transportation
			Sub-Sector / Technically Autonomous Unit: Maritime Transport
			Component	Present Situation	Target Situation	Projects		Characteristics												Priority
								Technical Constraints			Cost							Impact	Uncertainty
Sector	Sub-sector	Geographic area		Sp	St	∆S		Description	Min. delay to start	Min. constr. period	Investment Million US$	Land value / expro (a')	Yearly maintenance cost (b)	Major rehab/replac. cost (c )	Span for rehab/replc (d)	Yearly operation cost (e)	Uncertainty		(High, Medium, Low)
									(Year)	(Year)			%	%		%
			Physical Stock	▪ Four commercial ports: Beirut, Tripoli, Saida, Tyr ▪ Beirut Port operations are around 5 million tons/year ▪ Tripoli Port operations are around 600,000 tons/year ▪ Saida and Tyr operations are lower than 200,000 tons/year ▪ Twenty-four other ports, mainly for fishing and leisure purposes	▪ Two main ports, in Beirut and Tripoli ▪ Master Plan completed for Beirut Port extension to Nahr Beirut for a second container terminal/ trans-shipment traffic ▪ Tripoli Port improvements complete (ongoing project)	Master Plan for Extension of Beirut Port to Nahr Beirut (Study)		Depends on regional schemes. The transshipment trends currently favour the successful operations of the container terminal. International development, both political or economical, may affect these trends.	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	±20%	Improvement of transshipment potentials	L	2
						Extension of Beirut Port to Nahr Beirut (Design/Construction)			2	3	150	0	0	0	0	0	±20%		H	3
			Institutional Setup	▪ « Commission Provisoire de Gestion et d’Exploitation du Port de Beyrouth » (GEPB) responsible for managing and operating Beirut Port. ▪ Other ports are public enterprises	▪ General Authority for Maritime Transport (MTA) operational ▪ A Ports Act in operation and Port agency operational in Beirut and Tripoli	Establishment of Maritime Transport Authority with proper staffing and equipment		Reallocation of responsibilities could be faced with resistance.	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	25	±20%	Enhances control over the regulations in the sub-sector	L	2
						Establishment of port agencies for Beirut and Tripoli		Reallocation of responsibilities could be faced with resistance.	2	0.5	2	0	0	0	0	25	±20%	Enhances control over the ports operations	L	2
			Economic values:
			Investment (a) million US$	600	670
			Land value / expropriation (a') million US$	800	950
			Yearly maintenance cost % (b)	3%	3%
			Major rehab/replac. cost % (c )	10%	10%
			Span for rehab/replc in years (d)	25	25
			Yearly operation cost % (e)	3%	3%
			Performance Indicators:
			Results	▪ Regular growth in Port traffic which is currently at 5000 tons per year
				▪ Container Terminal achieving capacity ( 700,000 TEU per year).
			Means	▪ MTA, port agencies for Beirut and Tripoli
				▪ Study for extension of Beirut Port to Nahr Beirut