EUROPE / SCANDINAVIA
Port Development DPC
The Money’s On Marseilles
Marseilles has secured European
Commission approval to set up the
Marseilles-Provence Cruise Terminal – the
first time that the French state, via Grand
Port Maritime de Marseille (GPMM), and
private companies have collaborated
to establish a major cruise hub in the
Mediterranean. And the agreement’s
valid for 25 years
Following the EC’s decision in
February, the new cruise terminal will
be jointly managed by a consortium
comprising Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises
and Louis Cruises. The group was first
awarded management control of the
Leon-Gourret pier, the cruise terminal Funding covers rail links to the 2XL box terminal, currently under construction
of Marseilles Port, in April last year and
it will be renamed Marseilles-Provence government’s ‘relaunch the economy’ towards upgrading and expanding rail
Cruise Terminal. Redevelopment is plan – announced in December in capacity at Fos in readiness for the Fos
expected to get under way soon. response to the world financial crisis 2XL, 3XL and 4XL container terminal
The three cruise operators will invest – which includes infrastructure projects developments. Between September and
€8M ($10M) and the port authorities among its targets for special aid. December this year, two new railway
an additional €4M to extend the port The port is contributing €4.5M lines will be constructed and a disused
to the north and widen the quay to towards renovating the 7km seawall, link will be reopened, with each scheme
increase capacity. Meanwhile, the which will cost a total of €20M, costing about €1.5M.
French government has awarded extending to 2013. Despite regular The work’s part of a longer-term
€7.5M to the Port of Marseilles-Fos to maintenance to the 35m-high wall, modernisation plan adopted since
start essential work on its seawall and several sections of its boulder and operational responsibility for the 110km
internal railway network this year. masonry block structure need replacing. railway network within Marseilles and
The finance package follows the The rest of the special finance will go Fos was transferred to the port last year.
Elsewhere in the region…
ABERDEEN build a 340m quay to accommodate involves the building of a 220m
Record traffic figures for 2008 cruise ships of 300m in length, the berth with an 18m draught to
formed the background to Aberdeen ministry said. The terminal’s due to be accommodate 100,000dwt ships.
Harbour’s decision to implement a finished in March 2011. Funding for the project is expected
£65M ($90M) strategic development A separate tender for a maritime to include contributions from
plan over the next five years. It will terminal building next to the cruise the European Union and Spain’s
ABERDEEN
provide increased deepwater berthing quay will be launched in September. Ministry of Public Works.
GALWAY
and additional operational areas for Operations are set to begin in
cargo handling. GALWAY February next year and tenders
TILBURY
A plan to redevelop and relocate the were being invited as this issue went
POTI Port of Galway has been finalised. The to press. Later in the year the port
The Port of Poti, in Georgia, is to get port works are estimated at €350M authority will invite tenders for
a new container terminal, courtesy of ($477M) out of a total programme its management.
its owner, the UAE’s Ras Al Khaimah cost of €2Bn, which also includes
LEIXÕES
MARSEILLES
Investment Agency. According to the regenerating the dock area in the TILBURY
port, container volumes have gone centre of the town. The first phase In a project seen as
up by 25% over the past five years, (of four), which runs 2010–2013, a precursor to a new
CARBONERAS
making new facilities essential. The will include reclaiming 60ha and riverside ro-ro berth on the
new terminal will cost €11M and take relocating existing cargo activities. Thames, London’s Port of Tilbury is
three years to build on a 100ha site The new facilities have been spending £4M ($6M) extending its
next to the existing port. In advance designed to handle vessels up to the shortsea ferry berth – an investment port-related development in the
of that, a free trade zone opened last size of the Queen Mary 2. being made under an agreement with regional development corporation’s
year and the port is upgrading its P&O Ferries. master plan.
existing Dock 14 to handle containers. CARBONERAS Tilbury – which is owned by Forth The port’s also had good news
Following approval from Spain’s Ports – already has one in-river in its quest to become the centre
LEIXÕES public works ministry, a general cargo ro-ro berth, mainly used for Hyundai for consolidated water-borne
Portugal’s Ministry of Public Works and dry bulks terminal is to be built at car shipments. transportation to the London Olympics
has launched a €19M ($24M) tender Carboneras in the country’s southeast A port-owned 28+ha parcel of site. The Olympic Delivery Authority
for the construction of a new cruise region, Almería Port Authority land to the north of the existing port has just agreed to carry out barge
terminal at the Port of Leixões, in announced recently. boundary, plus a further 20ha in trials with the port and Tilbury-based
northern Portugal. The tender is to The €25M ($32M) project other hands, has been earmarked for Green Barge Company.
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