Construction of the breakwaters for the new port is underway with funding mainly by the Asian Development Bank.
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company is doing the breakwater and dredging under the supervision of Britain's Scott Wilson.
The new harbour will be served by a two-way channel with a depth of 20 metres and width of 570 metres.
In the first phase of construction the breakwaters will enclose a basin area of 285 hectares which will support three new terminals each with a quay length of 1.2 kilometres and a land area of 58 hectares
The basin will be dredged to -18 metres with provision to deepen it to -21 metres should a new generation of deep-draft vessels come into operation
Proposals have been called from international or local firms or consortia to design, build, finance, manage, operate and transfer the new container termin