Abstract:
This thesis is a study and an investment evaluation of a small port project, with a purpose of analysing financial feasibility of the project. Selected project of study is the lighter port at Phuket, be¬longing to The Habour Department, Ministry of Transport and Communica¬tion. The port is located around the mouth of Klong Tha chin, Phuket, and can accommodate 2 commercial or container vessels of lap to 250-300 tonnage simultaneously, together with complete facilities for loading and unloading. This financial, feasibility study is a study continued from that of the Harbour Department, which dealt with the economic and engineering side of the project, with a conclusion that the project is both appro¬priate and economically feasible and that government investment should be channelled. This study will evaluate various investment possibilities which are appropriate for this project. Furthermore, the financial feasibility analysis of each investment possibility is also presented by basing on the condition that the project must be able to pay itself. The decision as to acceptance or selection of any investment channel will be based on the principle of rate of return utilizing Discounted Cash Flow Method and Payback Period. For investment channel that cannot pay itself, DCF method will indicate subsidy rates which the state will have to support. States projects, generally, do not take this factor into account, but will con-sider whether to render full investment support or to entirely reject the project. The conclusion that can be drawn from this financial analysis is that, this lighter port project cannot pay itself. Nevertheless, if for the reason of economic necessity or appropriateness, state investment should be channelled, the state must support this project in the form of interest rate (subsidy rate) at 7.39% per annum, basing on the condition that project investment should be obtain from loan in the form of government bond. The process and detail of this analysis, is shown in the chapters to follow.