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MARCH 2009
Chinese-made
Mafi bags major
RTG gensets
S Africa order
Mafi Transport-Systeme GmbH of with Cummins QSB 6.7 engines
Germany has won an order from (Euromot 3a) and model 3WG
Shenzhen-based Powertec Gen- venture between Marathon of the Transnet South Africa, an affiliate 171 gear boxes from ZF. Nomi-
erator System Co Ltd will fit Chi- US and Shanghai Electric Group. of Transnet Port and Terminals nal load on the fifth wheel is 32t.
nese manufactured Yuchai engines Powertec’s director Chueng (formerly SAPO) for 59 model All the tractors going to Cape
to 15 new RTGs being built by Hoknam said HIT has been test- MT 25 YT terminal tractors. Town will be equipped with a
ZPMC for Hutchison Port Hold- ing three Powertec gensets with This major sourcing is mainly 3.5in king pin aperture normally
ings (HPH)’s Hong Kong Inter- Yuchai engines, the longest run- a reflection of the build-up of associated with heavy duty ro-ro
national Terminals (HIT). ning of which has clocked up RTG terminal operations by and industrial tractors, while the
This is a breakthrough for 5000 hours without problems, and Transnet, as distinct from the units for Durban will have the
Powertec and Yuchai. Though HIT will now accept Yuchai as an former reliance on straddle car- conventional 2in.
Yuchai does not (yet) have a Stage engine supplier. rier direct operations. Deliveries are scheduled to
III/Tier 3 engine available, accept- The new ZPMC RTGs will
Powertec genset with the YC6T engine from Yuchai Group
53 units will go to the con- commence in the middle of Au-
ance from a player like HPH opens be fitted with Yuchai YC6T en- tainer and multi-purpose termi- gust this year. The order is a fol-
up the Asian market. gines, a 16-litre 400 kw design via an AC-DC-AC converter. uled to be delivered to HIT this nal in Cape Town and six to the low-up to the yard tractors sup-
Powertec was founded in 1997 fitted with a Bosch fuel system. The switching process be- month. Powertec has also supplied Durban multi-purpose terminal. plied by Mafi to Durban and Port
and began importing Cummins The gensets will use Powertec’s tween full and idling speed takes RTG gensets with Yuchai engines All the tractors will be equipped Elizabeth in 2007 and 2008.
gensets in 2003. In 2005 it started own Smartgen GM6310 control- 2-5 seconds and Cheung said the to Asia Container Terminals, Yantian
producing its own gensets using ler and dual speed energy saving system is much simpler than other International Container Terminals
Transnet’s tractors from Mafi are fitted with Stage IIIa/Tier 3 engines
Chinese or imported engines and system, which reduces engine variable speed and energy saving and a customer in Pakistan, some
generators from Shanghai Mara- speed when the RTG is idling technology on the market. of which are used with a Sumitomo
thon-Gexin Electric Co, a joint while delivering a stable voltage The first six RTGs are sched- hybrid drive system .
Oakland awards terminal concession
In what is billed as the first agree- Benjamin, executive director of
ment of its kind in the US, the the Port of Oakland.
Port of Oakland has granted a 50 Traditionally, the Port of
year concession to Ports America Oakland has granted the right to
Outer Harbor Terminal LLC operate its marine terminals un-
(PAOH) to upgrade and operate der 10-15 year lease agreements
five container berths in the port’s in return for a combination of
Outer Harbor. fixed and variable fees payable over
POAH, a partnership between the term of the use agreement.
Ports America and Mediterranean The deal agreed with PAOH
Shipping Company (MSC) affili- requires the concessionaire to be
ate Terminal Investments Ltd, will responsible for operations, invest-
Enter Barge Truck
take over Outer Harbor Berths ment in capital improvements and
20-24 in January 2010. Berth 24 development of the property. The Dutch Logistic Development Kloosterboer/Jan Ebus company
is currently vacant and the cur- estimated value of the 50-year (DLD), a spin-off of MARIN in in Rotterdam.
rent lease on Berths 20-23, held
PAOH will take over Oakland’s Outer Harbor berths 20-24 in January 2010
agreement is about US$700M. Wageningen, and the Mercurius It is backed by a 3-year budget
by APM Terminals Pacific, expires The concession agreement Scheepvaart Group in Zwijndrecht totalling €3.3M, with national,
at the end of this year. environmental plan will also be private sectors and cements the also provides the opportunity for are working on a project called provincial and municipal funding
PAOH plans to invest put in place to supplement the public/private partnership. It al- PAOH to acquire the adjacent Barge Truck aimed at bringing for €2.5M and €0.8M coming
US$2.5B over the life of the con- Port of Oakland’s ongoing pro- lows the investment risk to be Berths 25 and 26 once the cur- intermodal barge transport to from the private sector.
cession for capital improvements. gramme to improve air quality in spread over a long period of time rent use agreement with ITS ex- smaller (class 1, 2 and 3) canals. The
In the first phase 160 acres of the the San Francisco Bay area. and sets the foundation for gen- pires in June 2013. The combined project is sponsored to the tune of
175 acre site, including 4,400ft of “This agreement with the erating business revenue, jobs and area - Berths 20-26 - would bring €0.375M by SenterNovem, a divi-
IN THIS ISSUE
berth, will be upgraded at a cost Ports America group creates an environmental benefits consistent the total berth length to more sion of the Dutch Ministry for Eco-
of US$150M. A comprehensive alignment between the public and with port policies,” said Omar than 5,500ft. nomic affairs.
The basic premise of Barge
NEWS
Truck is that it can navigate using Big six for Liebherr 2
its own thrusters, enabling it to
Nine eye Chennai project 6
pass a lock using its own power
APMT in Bristol talks 8
or sail past a ship over a limited
distance. When the fairway wid-
Split in Zeebrugge 10
ens, the barges can be connected New EMO terminal 13
to bigger units, starting with two
TNT takes the RAlpin 15
behind each other and so on, with
Conforce/Bayer team up 18
a pushing boat.
The most capital intensive part
CIMC ups box security 20
of the unit, that is the pusher unit,
can be used intensively without
SHIPPING
idle waiting times and the steve-
The green way to Chicago 21
dores can (un)load the barges
when it suits them best. The barges
can also be used as floating ware-
PORT DEVELOPMENT
houses, as required. Brazil still on the up 23
DLD states that as only a few
One for the courts 24
pusher boats are required, it is cost-
effective to optimise the hull and
CARGO HANDLING
propulsion system to reduce car-
bon dioxide emissions.
New cable for fast cranes 27
In an unrelated development, Enter Versa-Dol 28
Gerda Verburg, the Dutch Min-
Simulator review 29
ister of Agriculture, recently gave
Eurogate adopts ViTO 30
the green light to a project called
“Fresh Corridor,” which is aimed
Heavy lift buoyancy 31
at transferring inland transport of
reefer containers moved over CONTAINER INDUSTRY
Dutch seaports from road to wa-
Depots under pressure 33
terways.
Downturn hits the mark 35
The project, organised by
Frugi Venta (the Dutch Fruit and
Vegetable Trade Board), involves
TANK CONTAINERS
growers in south Holland, logis- Proving green credentials 37
tics companies and Seabrex, the
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