TRANSPORTATION
Designing regulation
We help clients with…
Designing regulatory regimes for access to bottleneck infrastructure, such as ports and airport access rules. We assist regulated service providers and access seekers during regulatory processes.
National Ports Regulator Technical Assistance, Vanuatu
Castalia established the rationale for economic regulation of ports in Vanuatu, along with the framework of the regulating agency. The Government of Vanuatu did not have the institutional capacity to regulate the economic activity of its ports and manage the concession contracts for the assets it wanted to lease to the private sector. Read more
Christchurch Airport Price Review, New Zealand
Castalia developed a building blocks model to assess efficient costs of Christchurch Airport’s new terminal. We proposed prices that the airport should charge airlines to recover the cost of the new terminal facility. Christchurch Airport was investing in a new terminal because the number passengers exceeded the capacity of the existing terminal. Read more
Light Rail Transit PPP, Philippines
Castalia advised the Philippines Government on creating a contract management office that would supervise and manage a PPP contract for a US$1.5 billion light rail transit line upgrade and extension. The Philippines Government wanted to alleviate Manila’s serious traffic congestion by upgrading and extending the city’s light rail transit line 1 (LRT1) and increasing throughout from 500,000 passengers to 800,000 passengers each day. Read more
Regulatory Framework for Sangster Airport Privatization, Jamaica
Castalia advised on a regulatory structure and price control formula so that Jamaica’s Sangster International Airport could be concessioned to a private operator. Jamaica wanted to bring in private capital and management to improve the airport at Montego Bay, and needed a regulatory regime to control pricing after the concession was let. Read more
Services
Introducing competition to the provision of public services, by helping governments evaluate the benefits of competition in providing public services ... Read more
Setting tariffs for transport projects in both transaction and regulatory setting. For expressways and public transportation, we consider willingness to ... Read more
Government monitoring, managing and accounting for fiscal risks arising from PPP in the transport sector, by modeling contingent liabilities arising ... Read more
Identifying projects that could be developed with private finance- both for governments and investors. We also help them calculate how ... Read more
Appraising and diligencing projects and brownfield investments, using economic and financial models to forecast benefits, costs and cash flow; determining ... Read more
Appraising and diligencing projects and brownfield investments, using economic and financial models to forecast benefits, costs and cash flow; determining ... Read more
Blending private and public finance into viable deal structures. We combine government and multilateral grants, loans and guarantees with commercial ... Read more
Managing transactions, by supporting governments and investors in sales and acquisitions of major port, airport, expressway, and public transit projects ... Read more
Rethinking how they structure transport projects for private investment. We have developed guidance materials for multilateral development banks and governments, ... Read more
