PORT NEWS
Mozambique looks to Japan for Nacala aid
The government of Mozambique hopes that the government of Japan will help to fund the redevelopment of the port of Nacala in Nampula Province, which was damaged in a cyclone in 2001, but Maputo believes can become a major container and dry bulk handling centre. With a natural deepwater harbour, Nacala is well suited to handling exports from Mozambique’s emerging coal indus- try in northwestern Tete Province. How- ever, the government also hopes to over- see the development of a 400,000 TEU a year container terminal on the site. The port already has annual handling capacity of 200,000 TEU. The director of Mozambique’s office
for special economic zones, Danilo Nala, said: “We are now going to start negotia- tions for investment with the Japanese government, and if we succeed, the reha- bilitation could start within one year.” Tokyo is already heavily involved with
the redevelopment of the Nacala Corri- dor. It has directly funded a study into the future of the port, while the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has financed a feasibility study into the upgrade of the railway from Malawi to Nacala through Tete. In addition, Japanese firms, such as Nippon Steel Corporation,
More ports for Gujarat
In a major port infrastructure push, In- dia’s Gujarat state has finalised plans to develop six or seven new ports in the western state. Large investments will flow into the port sector in the coming years, a senior government official said. The state government is planning new
ports at Dahej, Nargol, Vansi Borsi and Kutchhigarh and works related to the projects are at different stages. India’s Adani Group is already developing a port at Hazira. “The ports will be developed under the
public private partnership model. The gov- ernment is also planning other ports, but they are still at the preliminary stage,” said BK Sinha, additional chief secretary of Gujurat’s Ports and Transport Department. At an average investment of Rs8-10B (US$160-200M), officials expect the six- seven port projects alone will attract in- vestment of Rs55-70B (US$1.1-1.4B) over the next 2-3 years. Sinha said the ports would enable the
government to make maximum use of the state’s 1,600 km coastline, which is ideal to facilitate movement of goods.
Steel up at Liverpool
The Port of Liverpool is forecasting steel traffic volumes of 300,000t this year, an increase of 113,000t over 2010. As of the end of October, volume had increased 75% year on year, to 250,144t. Overall British port market growth in iron and steel traffic is currently around 5% a year. The boost is put down to a £1.5M
investment in equipment, including a new Liebherr LHM 180 mobile harbour crane, and the creation, in April, of a new senior management role dedicated to metals. The post is occupied by Roy Merryweather, who has more than 10 years experience in the steel sector. Earlier this year the port set a new
record for steel coils handled, discharg- ing around 33,000t from the BLACKBIRD, or 1764 coils. “The growth in steel volumes has not only been in bulk shipments,” says Merryweather,” but also in containers and as such we have invested in addi- tional handling equipment for destuffing steel products.
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are investing in Mozambican coal min- ing projects. It remains to be seen whether the new container terminal will be operated by state-owned Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM), a private sector operator, or a combination of the two. The government of Mozambique had awarded concessions to operate much of the country’s rail and port infrastructure, but has withdrawn such contracts in sev- eral instances.
Port of Hamburg mineral bulks handler Hansaport has
generation automatic shunting loco from Vollert Anlagenbau, to help form block trains. According to Vollert, the new DER 240 robot has a considerably lower investment cost than traditional shunt locos used in the general railway network, while operating costs are around 50% lower. The DER 240 uses fully-automated and GPS- controlled loading processes and is fitted with frequency controlled, diesel-electric drive with a var iable
consumption and pollution levels. Obstacles and “stop” signals are detected using radar and trackside sensors. The machine, which weighs 100t and is 12m long over buffers, is built according to BOA standards (for the Port of Hamburg’s rail network) and has a rated top speed of 10 kph. The maximum traction force is 240 kN and the maximum trailing load is around 6000t
speed generator to reduce fuel recently introduced a new
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