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India’s cargo volumes rise
New berths for Donghae
Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP), In-
The Donghae Regional Mari- they will increase annual handling Korea, Russia, and Japan.
dia’s biggest container port, han-
time Affairs and Port Office has capacity at Donghae from 28 mtpa The port currently has 15
dled 4.17M TEU last year, up 7.5%
submitted plans to the South to 33 mtpa. berths, but is experiencing a
over the 2007 figure.
Korean government to build a The largest trading port on shortage of capacity to handle
Gateway Terminals India
dedicated container berth and South Korea’s east coast, Donghae cargo such as timber and coal.
(GTI), operated by APM Termi-
two multi-purpose berths at serves the Ssangyong Cement With its connection to the
nals, handled 1.52M TEU, DP
Donghae port to cope with ris- Plant, the largest in the world, the Trans-Korean Railway (TKR),
World-managed Nhava Sheva In-
ing cargo volumes. Dongbu Hannong Chemical Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR)
ternational Container Terminal
The three berths will cost Ferro-Alloy plant, the largest of its and Trans-Continental Railway
(NSICT) shifted 1.46M TEU and
Won630B (US$453M), which kind in Korea, and the Bukpyeong (TCR), the greater Donghae
the state-owned JNP terminal
will be sourced from the gov- Industry Complex, which will area is expected to become a
moved 1.19M TEU.
ernment and private investors, become the driving force in pro- major logistics centre in the
Meanwhile, Chennai, India’s
the office said. When completed moting trade with China, North north east Asian region.
second largest container port,
handled 1.2M TEU last year, up
14% on the 1.05M TEU handled
in 2007.
Total throughput at India’s 12
Container throughput at Chennai last year jumped 14% to 1.2M TEU
major ports grew 3% to 436.7 mt Consolidated container traffic are due to be submitted by Feb-
in the April 2008-January 2009 increased 2% overall to 5.6M TEU ruary 18.
period amid indications that the in the same period. Of the total amount, Rs5.61B
slowdown in the country’s export Leading international termi- will be invested by the Chennai
trade is affecting traffic. Overall nal operators, including APM Ter- Port Trust (CPT) for dredging,
tonnage fell short of the Shipping minals, CMA-CGM, DP World, procuring navigational aids and
Ministry’s target of 476.3 mt for ETA and ICTSI have shown in- tugs, while Rs31.25B will be in-
the 10-month period. terest in the proposed Rs37B vested by the selected operator.
REPRINTS
Kandla remains India’s largest (US$755M) mega container ter- a71 GTI, the newest container ter-
port with cargo volumes of 61.5 minal at Chennai (see WorldCargo minal at JNP, has ramped up its
Multiple copies of your articles and advertisements published in
mt in the April-January period, News August 2008, p7). Of the 39 capacity by 500,000 TEU/year by
followed by Visakhapatnam with firms that bought the request for commissioning two new ZPMC
WorldCargo News make ideal promotional material for sales
53 mt, JNP with 48 mt, Chennai qualification documents, 24 par- ship-to-shore cranes, boosting the literature, direct mail, new product launches, exhibition handouts,
with 46 mt, Kolkata at 45 mt, and ticipated in the pre-application total number of cranes in opera-
distributor promotions or Public Relations etc.
Mumbai with 42.5 mt. conference on January 21. Bids tion to 10.
Produced to a high standard and competitively priced, reprints can
RAK goes Poti in Georgia
be tailor-made to your own specific requirements or reprinted in
their original form.
The Ras Al Khaimah Investment New box handling facilities are dock at Poti is being converted
Authority (RAK), which won a needed as container traffic at Poti into a container berth. RAK is in-
49 year concession last year to is increasing rapidly. Last year, vesting E11m in the conversion
upgrade and operate the Georgian throughput rose 12% to work and has already taken deliv-
port of Poti (see WorldCargo News 209,614TEU from 184,792 TEU ery of two Kalmar lift trucks to
April 2008, p20), has decided to a year earlier. The creation of a boost yard capacity.
build a new container terminal at new free economic zone at the The project is scheduled to be
the Black Sea port. port last year is also expected to completed in July 2009 and will
The new terminal will be built boost container growth. double the current annual con-
on a 100 hectares site adjacent to In order to cope with near tainer handling capacity at the
the existing port over three years. term growth, the existing 14th port.
Antwerp prepared
financed the lock, a level playing
field between Flemish ports must
be observed. This implies that
other Flemish ports would have
to co-finance lock
to co-finance similar infrastruc-
ture. So, for example, Ghent
would find that it has to contrib-
In a major break with tradition, The port has not revealed how ute towards the new Terneuzen
Antwerp port authority says that much it is to pay towards the lock and canal deepening, along
it is prepared to co-finance the E625M project. If all planning and with the Dutch and Flemish au-
second deepsea lock that it deems permission procedures were to thorities.
necessary for the port area on the run smoothly, the new lock could But if Antwerp wants its new
left bank of the Scheldt. The ges- be open by late 2013 or early lock so much, it might be more
For a price quotation please contact Gilly Tilbury on:
ture indicates the port’s fear that 2014, said port spokeswoman realistic for it to pick up the bill
in the current economic crisis the Anne Dirkx. and instead tilt the playing field
+44 1372 375511 or e-mail gtilbury@wcnpublishing.com
project would not otherwise be At the moment the complex to its disadvantage for once.
realised. around the Waasland basin has
At the moment port infra- only the Kalloo lock for access, so
structure is funded entirely by the if were out of action for some rea-
Flanders regional government. son, shipping would be entirely
The sideloader specialist
Co-financing by Antwerp would cut out. The complex hosts key
require an adjustment of the re- facilities such as Grimaldi’s ro-ro
lated Flemish decree. As previously terminal, the ICO car terminal
reported, the lock will be built at and terminals handling forest
the end of the Deurganckdok, products, steel, project cargoes, etc.
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Hammar Maskin AB, Sweden
ZPMC has shipped five superpost-Panamax cranes to Contship Italia’s
Tel: (+46) 33 29 00 00
MCT Gioia Tauro terminal in southern Italy, using Ocean Heavy Lift
Fax: (+46) 33 29 00 01
ASA’s HEAVYLIFT HAWK. This is believed to be the first time for many years
that ZPMC has used a third party carrier for its new crane output from
E-mail: hammar@hammarmaskin.se
Shanghai. The voyage to Gioia Tauro via the Cape of Good Hope took 56
days. For the record, the five cranes have an outreach of 62m (22-wide) and
Website: www.hammarmaskin.se
are rated at 65t under twin 20 spreader and 95t under hook. Lift height
under spreader and above rail is 43m
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