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JANUARY 2009
OPERATIONAL EQUIPMENT LEASING
HPH’s European manoeuvres
Algeciras, Hamburg
It has been a busy few weeks in length of 615m and a depth along-
construction deals
Europe for Hutchison Port Hold- side of 15m. CAMT is a ro-ro ter-
ings (HPH), the world’s largest minal that performs stevedoring
container terminal operator. Hard activities for automobile carriers
on the heels of forming a 50:50 and has a number of warehouses
joint venture with Evergreen to for the storage of cocoa.
operate the Tàranto Container Meanwhile in Greece, HPH
Terminal (TCT) in Italy (see and its local joint venture part-
WorldCargo News December 2008, ner, pharmaceuticals giant Alapis,
p1), the company has secured a have withdrawn from a container
new terminal development/oper- terminal concession at the port
ating concession in Sweden, taken of Thessaloniki for which they
a majority stake in an existing had successfully tendered in Au-
operation in the Netherlands but gust last year.
withdrawn from a deal it had ear- Although the Thessaloniki
lier agreed in Greece. Above: Model of the planned new container terminal at Nynäshamn, south of Port Authority gave no reason for Major berth construction con- CTB’s new berths will be able to
In Sweden, HPH has signed a
Stockholm. Below: HPH now controls the Ceres Paragon Terminal in Amsterdam
the withdrawal in a statement to tracts have been let at leading ports
handle NPX (ca. 13,000 TEU) ships
concession agreement with Ports the Athens stock exchange, mar- at opposite ends of Europe.
of Stockholm for the right to op- ket sources said a dispute had In Germany, HHLA’s Con- that it is set to run under the Port
erate the container terminal at the erupted between HPH and Alapis. tainer Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) of Algeciras Bay (APBA)’s expan-
Stockholm Free Port with effect Others said the decision had more in Hamburg is to get two more sion plan on Isla Verde Exterior.
from 1 March this year, securing to do with the downturn in the berths aimed at NPX (New TTIA’s investment in the work
its second location in the Baltic shipping market and difficulty in Panamax after 2015) container ves- to be undertaken by Acciona will
after Gdynia Container Terminal raising finance for the deal. sels. Following a public European reach €34.8M, with a work dead-
(GCT) in Poland. The joint venture had been tender, Hamburg Port Authority line set for 11 months time. The
The 25 year agreement also offered a 30-year concession and has awarded the construction con- work is focused on surfacing the
paves the way for HPH to develop had pledged to invest €489M to tracts, worth €41.5M, to ARGE terminal and the construction of
new container handling facilities upgrade the outdated container Burchardkai Liegeplatz 3+4, part of the office and workshop buildings.
at the Port of Nynäshamn, 60 km handling facilities at Greece’s sec- Hochtief Construction AG, and As previously reported, TTIA is
south of Stockholm. The new ter- ond-largest container port. The F+2 Baugesellschaft mbH. the affiliate of Hanjin Shipping, set
minal, to be developed in three port authority said the two sides The new berths Nos 3 and 4 up to to build and run Phase A of
phases, will cover an area of 25 agreement whereby HPH will CTE is the holding company were at the stage of drafting a are expected to be completed dur- the Isla Verde Exterior container
hectares and have a quay length become the majority shareholder of two wholly owned subsidiar- contract when HPH/Alapis de- ing the second half of 2012. CTB terminal at the Port of Algeciras Bay.
of 800m with a depth alongside of Amsterdam-based Ceres Con- ies, Ceres Paragon Terminals cided to withdraw. will then have four berths with a The terminal occupies a 292,910
of 15m. The facility is expected tainer Terminals Europe BV (CPT) and Ceres Amsterdam Local sources say that Cosco length of 1470m on the north side m
2
surface area, a 57,990 m
2
ma-
to be operational in 2012. (CTE) in the Netherlands. In ex- Marine Terminals (CAMT). CPT Pacific, which outbid HPH in the of Waltershofer Hafen. noeuvring zone and has two quay
Just a few days after signing the change for the majority stake in operates three container berths in tender to run the Port of Piraeus In Spain, TTIA (Total Termi- lines - one to the east (650m) and
Stockholm deal, HPH and Nip- CTE, NYK will receive a minor- Amsterdam - one 400m x 57m and was the second highest bid- nal International Algeciras) has another to the north (550m).
pon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha ity stake in Europe Container Ter- indented berth and two conven- der for Thessaloniki, may now re- awarded Spanish construction gi- APBA is continuing to invest
(NYK) signed a share-swapping minals (ECT) in Rotterdam. tional berths with a combined new its interest in the port. ant Acciona Infraestructuras the in Phase B of the Isla Verde project,
contract for civil engineering with TTIA having first right of
works for the container terminal refusal on its future levelled area.
group, the banks managing the sale
Dragados-SPL sale stalled?
recommended disposing of assets
individually, although this idea did
not find favour with ACS.
New green box floor
Mediobanca and Deutsche Bank, Initially, sources close to the ing debts, has valued its port as- The Spanish government is
which are handling the sale of process suggested that both sets at €1.5B, but this valuation is taking a keen interest in the sale, A new, environmentally-friendly vealed but it is reported to be
Dragados-SPL, the port services Hutchison Port Holdings and DP 15 times the 2007 EBITDA fig- which could be halted if the even- container floor will be launched competitive with that of apitong
arm of Spanish construction gi- World would be interested in ure of €100M. If bids received are tual buyer is thought to have as- onto the market later this year by plywood.
ant ACS (see WorldCargo News making a bid, although the latter’s not within this area, ACS is likely sumed a dominant position in the UK/Indonesian joint venture,
December 2008, p4), have decided interest is said “not to be as strong to withdraw the proposed sale. domestic market. HPH and DP Ecogreen Flooring Ltd.
to extend the deadline for non- as it once was.” However, given the degree of World, for example, control ter- Manufactured from the hard-
binding offers for the division (for ACS, which needs to dispose interest in the acquisition of the minals in Barcelona and Tarragona ened pulp of the inner third of
IN THIS ISSUE
one week at the time of writing). of Dragados-SPL to offset mount- various terminals controlled by the respectively. senile coconut palm trees, the
laminated, finger-jointed Eco-
NEWS
green floor is available in stand-
New terminal tractor 2
ard plywood panel sizes or in
shiplapped plank form, with a
Kaohsiung automation 3
thickness in both cases of 28mm. ZPMC’s budget crane 4
The new floor is currently un-
Chinese box traffic dips 6
dergoing full ISO testing under
Sears island go-ahead 11
Bureau Veritas supervision and
early indications are that it will
Iron Rhine needs €700M 16
meet all industry requirements, Flexitank code endorsed 18
including the crucial ISO plus
33% (7,260kg) forklift test. It can
PORT DEVELOPMENT
also be treated to meet Austral-
ian Quarantine & Inspection
Thinking outside the box 20
Service (AQIS) requirements. Montevideo row 22
It is understood that APL has
NPX and USEC range 23
already carried out its own tests
and is currently trialling the floor
CARGO HANDLING
in deepsea service, while a
number of other shipping lines
Mobile crane review 25
and leasing companies are re- Straddle choices widen 28
ported to have expressed interest
Playing the power game 30
in the product.
According to Ecogreen Floor-
REEFER INDUSTRY
ing managing director Jonathan
Ross, the trees used to produce
Lessors face tough times 32
the new floor are over 50 years 45ft reefer ATP approved 34
old and are due for uprooting.
Purfresh protection 35
The company has secured suffi-
Energy saving reefers 36
cient raw materials in Indonesia
and the Philippines to supply
Study sees reefer growth 36
around 1,500 20ft floor sets per Scrolling into China 37
month with effect from the mid-
dle of this year.www.steelbro.com
CONTAINER INDUSTRY
The likely cost of the
Enter Timberbox 38
Ecogreen floor has not been re-
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