Port Terminal Operator - Project Finance Model (Excel XLSX)

A port operator is a port authority or company that contracts with the port authority to move cargo through a port at a contracted minimum level of productivity. They may be state-owned (particularly for port authorities) or privately run.
The work involves managing the movement of cargo containers between cargo ships, trucks and freight trains and optimizing the flow of goods through customs to minimize the amount of time a ship spends in port.
Maintaining efficiency involves managing and upgrading gantry cranes, berths, waterways, roads, storage facilities, communication equipment, computer systems and dockworkers' union contracts. The port operator also manages paperwork, leases, safety and port security.

This Financial Model presents a business scenario of a privately run Port Terminal Operator with an existing terminal for Bulk Cargo and a development of a new terminal for containers, enabling users to get a solid understanding of the financial feasibility of a Port Terminal Development & Operations project and to evaluate the return to Private Partners.

Model Structure:

Setup Assumptions:

•  Contract Timing: Existing Terminal & New Terminal Contract length (up to 30 years), Development & Operations Periods assumptions
•  Initial Investment: Development & Construction Costs, Debt & OpEx Reserves, Financing Costs
•  Uses & Sources of Cash and Capital Structure Assumptions
•  Existing Terminal Assumptions: Trans-shipment and Domestic Tonnage and Tariffs for Liquid, Dry and Break Bulk Cargo
•  New Terminal Assumptions: Trans-shipment and Domestic Containers Throughput (TEU) and Revenue from Handling, Landside and Storage Services
•  Annual Operating Expenses per Terminal and Capital Expenditures Assumptions
•  Private Partnership Equity Contribution Assumptions (GP & LP)
•  Business Valuation Assumptions: Option to include Terminal Value, EV/EBITDA Multiple, WACC
•  Other Reporting Assumptions: Income Tax Rate, Working Capital, Annual Growth Rates, etc.

Output Reports:

•  Dynamic Financial Forecast for Each Terminal (3-Statement Model) incl. supporting schedules for Working Capital, PP&E, Debt & Debt Service, Reserve Accounts, Tax Schedule
•  Breakeven Analysis per Year for each Terminal
•  Consolidated Financial Statements presenting Operating results for both Terminals
•  Dynamic KPIs and Financial Ratios Dashboard, including Terminals Metrics, Key Financials, and Various Financial Ratios per Year
•  Dynamic Performance Dashboard presenting key project's figures using highly-sophisticated Charts & Graphs
•  Business Valuation (incl. Enterprise & Equity Value, DCF, Terminal Value, Unlevered & Levered Cash Flow, Project Return Metrics & Sensitivity Analysis)
•  Partnership Returns (4-tier IRR hurdle waterfall model to distribute proceeds between private-partners)
•  Project's Executive Summary

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