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India blocks Middle East
NCC box traffic way down
firms from port projects
National Container Company
(NCC), Russia’s leading container
handler, has reported aggregate
throughput in January-February
India has cited national security 2009 of 178,665 TEU - well down
reasons for instructing its 12 ma- on the same period of 2008.
jor port authorities to exclude Traffic at First Container Ter-
companies from the Middle East minal in Saint Petersburg in the
when awarding port projects. period came to 124,608 TEU
Companies from China, Hong (24.7%). In February, FCT handled
Kong and Taiwan are already ex- 61,301 TEU (-27.3%). Throughput
cluded from bidding for port at NUTEP in Novorossiysk in
projects in the country. January-February 2009 was 20,909
The Shipping Ministry has also TEU (-12%). In February, the ter-
Throughput at NCC’s Ilyichevsk, Ukraine, terminal was off by 60% in the
first two months of this year
disqualified Indian companies that minal’s throughput was 9,503 TEU
had partnered with companies from (-22%). Ukrtranscontainer in “The decrease in throughput forced to suspend construction
the Middle East, including Emir- Ilyichevsk, Ukraine, handled 33,148 is a direct result of the unfolding work at Ust-Luga, where phase 1
ates Trading Agency, Saqr Port Au-
Will the government’s move cause problems for DP World’s Vallarpadam project?
TEU in January-February 2009 (- economic downturn, which is af- of the new container terminal (the
thority and Gulftainer, from par- 60%) . In February it handled fecting the Russian importers in 80:20 NCC/Eurogate joint ven-
ticipating in a tender for the build-operate-transfer concessions. the decision, given the vulnerabil- 16,275 TEU (-64%). every possible way,” said Egor ture) was due to open this August.
planned coal and iron ore berths at Given the inexperience of In- ity of India’s coast to such strikes. The Federal Russian Seaport Govorukhin, NCC’s vice presi- Already US$500M has been in-
Paradip port in Orissa state. dian companies in developing and Whatever the reason, the move Administration has reported a sig- dent of sales and marketing. vested in the project, including
The government move is operating ports, they generally seek may pose problems for Dubai’s DP nificant decrease in freight turno- “The up side of the declining federal costs for dredging the
likely to hinder the 1997 port pri- the help of global operators to boost World, which already operates ver and NCC suggests that other market for our clients is that these channel to the first two berths.
vatisation policy, which seeks to their chances of success and im- container terminals at Chennai, operators have fared worse. It says days the shipping lines have an op- It is also understood that a
develop port facilities through prove their financial capabilities. Kochi, JNP, Mundra and its share of the Russian marine portunity to pick a terminal that project of the Big Port of Saint
public-private partnerships or via It is not known whether the Visakhapatnam and is developing container handling market was truly suits their operational require- Petersburg to build new container
alliances between Indian and for- November 2008 Mumbai terror- a new deepsea transhipment ter- 40% in January 2009 compared to ments. Previously there was severe and ro-ro handling facilities at
eign companies on 30-year ist attacks had anything to do with minal at Vallarpadam, near Kochi. 28.8% in December 2008, which congestion and tremendous lack of Bronka (near Lomonosov) have
clearly means that rival terminals terminal capacity across the field.” been frozen, along with the joint
such as Petrolesport and NLE have This positive spin cannot dis- Novorossiysk Commercail Sea-
Mumbai offshore
cover the cost of dredging, filling fared much worse. guise the fact that NCC has been port/MSC project at Lomonosov.
in Princess and Victoria docks to
create container storage space and
laying three railway tracks to the
terminal underway
container depots.
Parting of ways in Zeebrugge
Rail and road connectivity will
come in the form of the Vadala- PSA HNN and Coblefret have Britanniadok along with the PSA HNN will concentrate
Indira Container Terminal Pvt Ltd will develop the new facility on a Kurla dedicated rail freight corri- decided to terminate their 50:50 Sweden Quay in the Outer Har- on the CHZ container terminal,
(ICT), a joint venture between In- build-operate-transfer basis under dor and Eastern Express Freeway. joint venture Sea-Ro Terminal in bour, the Canada Quay and the in which CMA CGM is also a
dia’s Gammon Infrastructure a 30-year concession, including The completion of the rail and the Port of Zeebrugge. The activi- Sea Tech and Sea Park facilities shareholder, and the Stora Enso
Projects and Dragados-SPL of the three-year construction pe- road projects is scheduled to co- ties of the company will be divided in the Inner Harbour, which han- terminal, both in the Outer Har-
Spain, started preparatory work this riod. With a handling capacity of incide with the completion of the between the two parties and, ac- dle new cars and other rolling bour, as well as the new container
month on the US$236M Mumbai 1M TEU/year across two 350m new terminal in December 2010. cording to port sources, will have loads for WWL, Suardíaz and terminal being built in the Albert
offshore container terminal. berths, it will be able to accom- The Gammon-Dragados con- no effect on handling operations or UECC. II Dock.
ICT, which took over the op- modate ships of up to 6,000 TEU sortium won the terminal contract the number of employees. The concession in the Albert The Stora Enso forest products
eration of Mumbai’s existing con- that are currently unable to call at in early 2007, outbidding India’s Cobelfret, which participated II Dock also stays with Cobelfret, terminal handled 1.2 mt last year
tainer terminal at Ballard Pier in Mumbai. Larsen and Toubro (L&T), which in Sea-Ro through its Portinvest which retains the Sea-Ro Termi- and, despite the downturn in for-
2007 as part of the deal (see Mumbai Port Trust (MPT) had teamed up with ICTSI of the arm, is taking over the terminal nal name for all its own and third est products trade, throughput this
WorldCargo News June 2007, p9), will contribute US$75.8M to Philippines. that is being developed in the party stevedoring in the port. year is forecast to be 1.6 mt.
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