Terminals

Nhava Sheva Terminal sets productivity record

Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT), a subsidiary of PSA International, set a new vessel productivity high, of 175 moves per hour, when working on Hapag Lloyd’s 9954 teu containership Athenian, in the first week of December. The terminal completed 3,532 moves in just over 20 hours of operations.

Besides setting a new productivity milestone, BMCT has recently received nine more RTG cranes. With three more quayside gantry cranes due to arrive in the second quarter of next year, the...

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/nhava-sheva-terminal-sets-productivity-record/

Hutchison Ports buys cranes for Pakistan terminal

Hutchison Ports Pakistan has signed a contract with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) for an extensive package of container handling equipment for its newest Karachi terminal. This includes the purchase of eight new cabinless remote-controlled quayside gantry cranes and 24 remote-controlled rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes. On delivery of this new equipment, the Hutchison Ports Pakistan terminal will be equipped with a total of 16 remote-controlled quayside cranes and 53 RTGs.

Captain...

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/hutchison-ports-buys-cranes-pakistan-terminal/

Middle East management changes for APM Terminals

APM Terminals Bahrain, the operator of Khalifa Bin Salman Port, has announced that Susan Hunter will take the position of managing director from 1st February 2019, replacing Mark Hardiman, who is taking up a new position within APM Terminals as chief executive of the Port of Salalah in Oman.

Ms Hunter is currently senior global director, operational excellence, for APM Terminals, based in the UAE, and has held a number of senior management positions within Maersk Line, APM terminals parent...

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/middle-east-management-changes-apm-terminals/

New terminal to be built in Kitimat, Canada

BAM International along with JJM Construction and Manson Construction have received the full order to build the new Rio Tinto BC Works Terminal A on behalf of LNG Canada.

The construction works have already started and BAM expects to complete the project in 2020. The project is worth €95 million, while BAM announced this contract in October 2017, ahead of final confirmation by LNG Canada.

LNG Canada has agreed to extend the current BC Works Terminal A in exchange for their Terminal B, which...

https://safety4sea.com/new-terminal-to-be-built-in-kitimat-canada/

Ocean Alliance, Yang Ming collaborate for blockchain platform

Ocean Alliance with Yang Ming and major terminal operators initiated a blockchain consortium in order to establish a digital platform that connects all stakeholders of the supply chain and will transform the shipping industry.

On November 6, at the first China International Import Expo, nine leading ocean carriers and terminal operators signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a consortium to develop the Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), an open digital platform based on...

https://safety4sea.com/ocean-alliance-yang-ming-collaborate-for-blockchain-platform/

APM Terminals Bahrain invests to facilitate truck flows

As part of its ongoing efforts to improve facilities at Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP), APM Terminals Bahrain has invested in three new weighbridges to enhance its VGM (Verified Gross Mass) service. Two of the new fully automatic installations will be located at the entry gate and one, for outbound traffic, inside the container terminal.This is in addition to the two manually-operated weighbridges that are currently operational at the terminal.
The new weighbridges are expected to ensure...

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/apm-terminals-bahrain-invests-facilitate-truck-flows/

UAE traffic dips for DP World

While DP World handled 53.6 million teu across its global portfolio of container terminals in the first nine months of 2018, with container volumes growing 3.7% on a like-for-like basis, throughput at its flagship Jebel Ali port in Dubai have dipped, recent figures show. UAE traffic was 11.3 million teu over the first 9 months of this year, a decline of just over 2% compared with the same period in 2017. The third quarter drop in volume was particularly sharp, at 6.7%, with performance at Jebel...

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/uae-traffic-dips-dp-world/

Port of Valencia announces new terminal by 2050

The Port of Valencia has released specifications for the construction and operation of a new container terminal in the Northern Extension of the Port of Valencia, through an administrative concession. The terminal is expected to have been built at the port of Valencia by 2050.

The new container terminal aims to improve the Port of Valencia as an import/export and transit port, by adding to the existing terminals’ capacity to accommodate the expected container traffic at the port of Valencia by...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-valencia-announces-new-terminal-by-2050/

VLCC terminal to be built at Port of Corpus Christi

The Port of Corpus Christi entered into an agreement with Carlyle to develop a crude oil export terminal on Harbor Island, to connect the increasing crude oil production in the US with global markets. The terminal will be the first onshore location in the US able of providing export service to fully-laden VLCCs.

VLCC access at the Port of Corpus Christi will open the global markets for US oil producers, pipelines, their supply chains and customers, leading to a $50 billion annual reduction to...

https://safety4sea.com/vlcc-terminal-to-be-built-at-port-of-corpus-christi/

First Cosco Shipping terminal cranes arrive in Abu Dhabi

An important milestone in the development of the new Cosco Shipping Abu Dhabi Terminal was reached recently with the delivery of the first batch of automated rail mounted gantry (ARMG) and ship-to-shore (STS) quayside cranes to Khalifa Port.

The consignment included ten ARMG cranes and four STS units, which were transported on a heavy lift ship from Shanghai. The handling equipment features advanced technology designed to enhance productivity and safety, and will be fully integrated with Khalifa...

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/first-cosco-shipping-terminal-cranes-arrive-abu-dhabi/

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