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Terminal expansion at Tilbury
The Port of Tilbury in
London has completed a
new major storage ex-
pansion at its Grain Ter-
minal. The new flat
store increases capacity
by an additional 16,000
metric tonnes of import
and export wheat.
The grain terminal is
one of the UK’s largest,
and has been in opera-
tion for nearly 50 years.
The terminal handles
over 1.4million tonnes
annually of combinable
crops for both for the
export and UK mar-
kets. With this new flat
store in operation, the
terminal has a current
storage capacity of
136,000 tonnes to sup-
port customers includ-
ing Frontier and Mill-
ford Grain, who has
signed a long term
commitment to store
grains at the terminal.
This flat storage facility
is 36m x 66m, and is
6m in height. It was
built adjacent to the
existing grain terminal
and utilises the mill
gallery conveyor sys-
tem with overhead
conveyors feeding the
new storage unit auto-
matically. It has an au-
to-inload capacity of
500 tonnes per hour.
Peter Ward, Commer-
cial Director at The
Port of Tilbury said: “As
we celebrate the grain
terminal’s 50th year,
this new flat store pro-
vides us with more ca-
pacity to support our
customers’ growing
volumes. We are one
of the UK’s largest
grain stores with
over 35 million
tonnes of product
handled over the
past 50 years and we
hope to continue to
play a significant
part in the sector in
the next half century.
Our flexibility, capac-
ity and quality ac-
creditations, includ-
ing AIB, TASCC and
Organic Certified,
allows us to deal
with any changing
trade patterns.”
The grain terminal has
over 200 silo’s ranging
in size from 60mt to
over 2000 metric
tonnes, supporting the
flour and ingredient
market for the south-
east, London and up to
the Midlands. The ter-
minal also operates a
monthly coastal ship-
ping service from Til-
bury to its sister port in
Kirkcaldy, Scotland, for
Carr’s Milling.
ABP appoints new head for Hum-
ber terminal: ABP’s Martin Bardle
has taken the helm at Imming-
ham’s Humber International
Terminal (HIT). According to ABP,
the site handles 10% of the UK’s
energy cargoes, with capacity to
host Panamax size vessels and
part-laden capesize vessels, the
largest dry bulk cargo ships.
EnBW picks port agents: Emden
based container handling compa-
ny Ems Ports Agency & Stevedor-
ing Beteilgungs GmbH & Co. KG
(epas) has been commissioned to
support the Hohe See and Alba-
tros offshore wind farms. EPAS
will be responsible for port logis-
tics for both projects during the
operations for the first five years.
Remediation works for Northum-
berland: The Port of Blyth’s part-
ner in Energy Central, Advance
Northumberland, has reached a
milestone in redevelopment of
the former Blyth Power Station
Enterprise Zone in Blyth, which is
to become the Northumberland
Energy Park (Phase 1). The main
purpose of this activity is to
attract investments, in order to
bring the site back into use, with
a particular focus on the offshore
energy sector.
New alliance forged for decom-
missioning: A new alliance of
businesses has formed to target
the North Sea oil and gas decom-
missioning sector. Named Forth
and Tay Decommissioning, the
alliance aims to position Dundee
as the UK Hub for North Sea oil
and gas decommissioning.
Rhenus acquires logistic compa-
ny: The Rhenus Group acquired
the Canadian-based customised
logistics solutions specialist
Rodair, which has its headquar-
ters in Toronto, in March 2019.
The core business activities at
Rodair involve international
freight forwarding, project logis-
tics, courier, warehousing and
distribution, 3PL services, and e-
commerce solutions.
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News in brief
Port of Tyne refinances
The Port of Tyne has
secured a £60m refi-
nancing package from
Lloyds Bank Commercial
Banking. The five-year
agreement, which com-
prises a £30m revolving
credit facility and a
£30m term loan, pro-
vides the port with capi-
tal to develop a number
of major infrastructure
projects.
The Port of Tyne occu-
pies a 250-hectare site
on the River Tyne and
is one of the largest
car exporting ports in
the UK. The port also
handles a range of
cargoes, including con-
tainers, commodities,
manufactured and
retail goods, renewables
and offshore services.
Mark Stoner, chief finan-
cial officer at the Port of
Tyne, said: “thanks to its
multimodal connectivity
by sea, road and rail,
[The Port of Tyne] gives
customers easy access to
markets across the UK
and around the world.
The region’s economy is
reliant on the success of
the port, which is why
we reinvest all profits
back into the busi-
ness. As a self-financing
organisation, this ap-
proach is essential to
future growth – for us
and for the businesses
we work with in the
North East.”
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DHSS base to support German wind farm
MSC is to introduce a
new call at the Port of
Liverpool, as part of a
rotation including Cana-
da, Turkey and various
southern European
ports. The news comes
after the 2M shipping
alliance confirmed at
the end of 2018 that
Liverpool will be a per-
manent call on its TA4
transatlantic service.
In February, Peel Ports
also announced that it
was aiming to create
250 jobs, mostly in
Liverpool, to deal with
expected extra de-
mand. The company
stated that the new
service is particularly
expected to drive busi-
ness growth in its rail
and short-sea feeder
services to and from
Scotland. The rotation
for the new service is:
Turkey – Italy – France
– Spain – Portugal – UK
Liverpool – Canada.
The route will be
served by eight 5500
TEU vessels with two
calls per week.
In 2018 Peel Ports in-
troduced a rail freight
service directly from
the Port of Liverpool in
partnership with DB
Cargo. It is now the
only major UK contain-
er terminal to offer tri-
modal connectivity,
with road, rail and wa-
ter, the Manchester
Ship Canal, plus short-
sea shipping.
Mark Whitworth, Chief
Executive of Peel Ports
said: “The tide contin-
ues to turn in Liver-
pool’s favour as shipping
lines and their custom-
ers see the evidence for
how our location can
benefit the whole supply
chain. This is another
vote of confidence in the
North West and our
location for bringing the
heart of the UK econo-
my closer to their inter-
national markets.”
Liverpool adds new service
DHSS has announced
that its new support
base in Eemshaven will
be used by offshore
wind turbine manufac-
ture MHI Vestas as a
base for its turbine
service operations. The
base was constructed
at the end of 2018 and
features a temperature
controlled warehouse,
fluid tight yard and
office facilities.
MHI Vestas will use the
offshore service hub in
Eemshaven as the base
for its turbine installa-
tion commissioning
and subsequent 15-
year O&M works on
the 269 MW
252MW Deutsche
Bucht wind farm. The
German project will
test a mono Bucket
foundation structure
under commercial op-
erating conditions, with
plans to feature two
MHI Vestas V164-
8.0MW in such condi-
tions.
In all, the offshore wind
array will feature 33
MHI Vestas V164 wind
turbines which are ex-
pected to generate
enough sustainable
energy to meet the
needs of over 178,000
households. It will re-
duce C02 emissions by
over 360, tonnes per
year, supporting the
German government’s
CO2 reduction targets.
“We wanted a long-
term, sustainable solu-
tion situated at the
most efficient distance
from Deutsche Bucht.
With DHSS, we have
found a partner with a
demonstrated history
of working in Offshore
Renewables as a pro-
vider for vessel and
port agency, warehous-
ing and helicopter lo-
gistics. This new facility
and its location is a
very good fit for
us”, said Henrik
Lehmkuhl, MHI Vestas
Service Manager,
Deutsche Bucht, & Tro-
els Hovgesen, Commis-
sioning Project Manag-
er. The Deutsche Bucht
offshore wind project is
progressing according
to schedule. Project
completion is expected
by the end of 2019.
Moín hub connects Costa Rica with Europe and Asia
APM Terminals inaugu-
rated its APM Termi-
nals Moín which has
been established to
enable the shipping of
products on transatlan-
tic routes to European
and Asian markets
without transship-
ment.
The project represents
a total investment of
USD 1 billion and is
built on a 40-hectare
artificial island.
The terminal has a 650-
meter long pier and a
container yard with the
capacity to hold 26,000
TEUs (Twenty-foot
Equivalent Units), in-
cluding power connec-
tion capacity for 3,800
refrigerated containers.
Refrigeration is essen-
tial as Costa Rica is cur-
rently the world’s larg-
est exporter of pineap-
ples and third largest
exporter of bananas.
Moín starts operations
with 650 employees,
mostly trained under
an agreement with the
National Institute of
Learning (INA in Span-
ish). A socioeconomic
impact study, validated
by the Central Ameri-
can Academy, claims
that Moín has the po-
tential to generate 147
thousand indirect jobs
in the following decade
nationwide.
APM Terminals stated
it will also make a con-
tribution, with 7.5% of
their net income being
paid to the Board of
Port Administration
and Economic Develop-
ment of the Caribbean
(Japdeva, in Spanish).
This will equate to ap-
proximate USD 20 mil-
lion on an annual ba-
sis.
The region aims to
attract a high percent-
age of the ships that
transit through the
Panama Canal. The
number of shipping
routes that reach the
Moín Container Termi-
nal is projected to in-
crease by as much as
285 percent.
The six gantry cranes
and the 29-yard cranes
represent a USD 110
million investment and
will allow the terminal
to continuously per-
form an average of 180
movements per hour
for loading and unload-
ing, according to
APM.
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-effective manner – a
core service strength of
PD Ports.”
The vessel calling at
Teesport is MV FRIGG
W, a container and
heavy lifting/project
cargo vessel represent-
ed by Messrs Cock-
fieldKnight.
Stefan Stefansson, CEO
of Cargow said: “We
have chosen Teesport
because of its location,
accessibility and connec-
tivity for onward
transport, as well as its
high service level.”
ABP’s Port of Silloth has
handled the first deliv-
ery of wood pulp for its
new customer, Futamu-
ra Group, a Japanese
manufacturer of cellu-
lose and polymeric films
for the packaging indus-
try who have a major
production site in Cum-
bria.
The 2,500 tonne wood
Packaging manufacturer lands in Siloth
pulp delivery has been
imported from South
America and will be
transported to the
company’s production
site in Wigton, Cum-
bria, which employs
around 270 people.
The wood pulp will be
used to make Cello-
phane and NatureFlex,
which are used primar-
ily as packaging films
for foodstuffs such as
sweets, tea, coffee and
snack products.
Tom Ismay, Procure-
ment Manager at Fur-
tamura, said: “It has
been a very smooth
transition working with
ABP and we are glad
that our local infra-
structure means we
can easily bring goods
in via such a conven-
ient port. One bulk
ship has taken approxi-
mately 200 lorry loads
off the road. Sustaina-
bility is important to
Futamura and we are
working hard to make
changes where we
can.”
Carl Bevan, ABP Divi-
PD Ports and Cargow forge ties
North East-based PD
Ports has signed a deal
with Dutch shipping
line, Cargow. The agree-
ment will see a direct bi
-weekly connection
with west coast of Nor-
way, east coast of Ice-
land, Faroe, Shetland,
and Rotterdam provid-
ing additional connec-
tions for key sectors in
the Tees Valley includ-
ing project, offshore,
wind, oil and gas.
The Cargow deal is a
new market to PD
Ports and the company
will transport the
ship’s cargo to / from
the Midlands via its
road haulage fleet.
Kim Catterick, general
manager – key ac-
counts at PD Ports
said: “Developing this
relationship with Car-
gow demonstrates our
size, scale and capabil-
ity to support growing
requirements of inter-
national trade, putting
us at the forefront in
the UK for facilitating
trade movements as
an asset of national
importance.
The relationship
strengthens our posi-
tion here at Teesport
as a port of choice,
with Cargow joining
many other shipping
lines choosing this as a
route for transporting
goods to their closest
end destination in a
more efficient and cost
sional Port Manager –
North West, said:
“We’re delighted to
welcome Futamura
Group as a new custom-
er at our Port of Silloth
and look forward to
working together to
support a prosperous
future for the Cumbrian
economy.”
Montreal announce terminal upgrade
The Montreal Port Au-
thority (MPA) and
LOGISTEC Corporation
have announced that
Viau Terminal, which
handles about 350,000
containers annually, will
undergo a new con-
struction phase to in-
crease its handling ca-
pacity. This is its second
phase, which continues
and completes the most
recent container termi-
nal at the Port of Mon-
treal. Its first phase
was completed in
2016.
This new phase is de-
signed to add 250 000
TEUs to Viau Terminals
current capacity, bring-
ing it to 600,000 TEUs.
The project will is ex-
pected to enable the
Port of Montreal to
accommodate the an-
ticipated growth in the
works, laying founda-
tion, and paving.
Throughout the works,
in accordance with the
commitment made by
the MPA and Termont
Montreal Inc. during
public consultations on
the project held in
2015, mitigation
measures will be im-
plemented to minimize
inconvenience to
neighbouring commu-
container sector and
reach its maximum
capacity on the Island
of Montreal,
2.1 million TEUs.
The project works will
run from September
2019 to December
2020 and will mainly
include the following:
installing piles, railway
works, dynamic soil
compaction, under-
ground infrastructure
nities. When fully opera-
tional, Viau Terminal is
anticipated to generate
2,500 direct and indirect
jobs, as well as
$340 million in econom-
ic benefits.
Viau Terminals final
phase comes as the re-
sult of investments from
three partners: the
MPA, LOGISTEC and the
federal government.
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The Port of Taichung, a subsidiary of the Taiwan International Ports Cor-poration (TIPC), is pro-gressing with port de-velopment to support the construction of wind farms. TIPCs renovation plans include support facilities at Wharf Nos. 2, 5A, 5B, 36, and 106. They will be used for component production, storage, assembly, and transport. The port completed work at the beginning of this year on the first of several dedicated wind
turbine wharves. With Wharf No. 2 complete, it will support efforts to install new wind turbines at the Formo-sa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm. Formosa I is located off the coast of Miaoli, Taiwan. Phase 1in-cludes two Siemens 4MW demonstration turbines which were installed in 2016. Phase 2 will add a fur-ther 20 6MW turbines with a total output of 120MW. This was followed by
news that the British Office in Taipei and Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) signed a Memo-randum of Under-standing (MoU) on joint co-operation in respect of the develop-ment of Taiwan’s off-shore wind industry. The signing was wit-nessed by Wen-Sheng, Tseng, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs and representatives from leading companies in the UK offshore wind supply chain.
Port progress in Taiwan
Under this MoU, fur-ther exchange in the areas of policy, strate-gy, technology, opera-tions & maintenance to promote offshore wind port & marine sector will be acceler-ated adding on the already close co-operation between the UK and Taiwan off-shore wind sector, as the two parties agreed to increase infor-mation sharing and co-operation. Taiwan is currently relying on coal, gas and
nuclear energy to gener-ate its power. After de-ciding to phase out nu-clear power by 2025 - with nuclear energy accounting for some 40% of power genera-tion in the past - the Taiwanese Government aims to make up for the resulting shortfall by expanding renewable energies and most of all offshore wind power. The Government aims to install 5.5GW of off-shore wind power by 2025.
Vattenfall has selected
the Port of IJmuiden as
its home base for opera-
tional and maintenance
activities related to
the Hollandse Kust Zuid
1&2 offshore wind
farm. Once the wind
farm is completed and
commissioned (by
2023), all maintenance
and management tasks
required to keep the
wind farm operational
will be performed from
this maintenance hub.
Vattenfall and the Port
of IJmuiden are devel-
oping the necessary
facilities in the IJmond
harbour area. The ser-
vice centre will house
an office for the staff, a
storage room for spare
parts and a workshop.
There will also be
room to create boat-
landings for the
maintenance boats
crew transfer ves-
sels, that will be used
to carry the mainte-
nance staff to and
from the wind farm.
Construction is ex-
pected to start in early
2022, and around 40
people will work at the
site after comple-
tion. Vattenfall stated
that the service centre
will be an energy-
efficient building that
is as self-sufficient as
possible. Solar panels
will be installed with
other energy neutral
technologies currently
being examined, in-
cluding heat pumps.
A contract has also
been signed with
Windcat Workboats
which is headquar-
tered in IJmuiden. The
company will provide
crew and equipment
transfer services to sup-
port maintenance activi-
ties. Windcat is current-
ly working with CMB
Technologies on the
development of a hy-
drogen-powered boat.
This option is expected
to be ready by 2020,
and Vattenfall will be
one of the first compa-
nies to make use of
these boats.
Offshore energy terminal opens in Vlissingen
Green Blue Offshore
Terminal (Green Blue), a
joint venture of Sagro
and Prior Group, has
opened a new terminal
in the port of Vlissingen
with the aim of tar-
geting the offshore en-
ergy industry.
Green Blue hopes to
attract clients engaged
in the realisation of off-
shore wind farms sup-
porting construction,
modification, repair and
maintenance activities.
It could support the
storage of equipment,
materials and offshore
modules.
The terminal offers
22,000m2 of workspace
and a manufacturing
hall measuring 125 x35
x15m. The two compa-
nies stated that the ter-
minal offer access to the
North Sea and inland
waterways as well as
roadways to Antwerp
and Rotterdam.
Several Sagro and Prior
Group owned compa-
nies will operate out of
the Green Blue Offshore
Terminal. Sagro Group
consist of companies
active in demobilisation,
environmental and de-
commissioning projects
of offshore oil and gas
installations.
Vattenfall to build Dutch base
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