CNS’s Community System, “Compass”, will be a world-class system, saving customers time and reducing administration by linking port and terminal operators, regulatory bodies (such as HMRC, Port Health and DEFRA), shipping lines, freight forwarders, logistics operators and hauliers.

Customers will be given a single electronic point of access enabling the registration of manifests, declarations of imports and exports, tracking containers in temporary storage and arranging the pickup and delivery of cargo.

CNS Compass has been well received by its customers since it was rolled out in 2010 and was awarded the Customer Centric Award at the 2011 Supply Chain Distinction Awards.

Simon Moore, CEO, London Gateway, said:  “Compass, developed by CNS will allow our customers the most efficient means of coordinating their imports and exports through the port authority and will reduce waiting times, road traffic, environmental impact and logistics frustrations; helping to make London Gateway the preferred destination for the import and export of cargo.”

Andy Kinnell, CNS Managing Director, said: “CNS is delighted to develop the Compass community system for London Gateway. Our involvement at London Gateway through the Compass system is an investment into the UK supply chain which will allow for the efficient movement of cargo across UK borders”.

London Gateway, which will open in Q4 2013, is set to become the premier UK logistics centre. Once complete, the new port and park facility will save UK business millions of pounds every year in land transport costs. An estimated 65 million road freight miles every year will be saved as many goods will no longer need to be transported from deep sea ports to inland distribution centres. Instead, goods will be sent straight into the new London Gateway Logistics Park and then directly to shops and homes.

The deal follows the successful performance of six existing E-One² models at the Tan Cang Cat Lai Terminal in Ho Chi Minh City which SNP operates. They became the first Zero Emission(TM) RTGs in Asia when they were purchased earlier this year.

SNP is Vietnam’s largest container terminal operator, handling 80 per cent of the import and export volumes in the Ho Chi Minh City area and nearly 50 per cent nationwide. SNP has ordered these two further RTGs to handle the continual growth in throughput which the Port of Ho Chi Minh City has experienced over recent years. Container traffic rose sharply from 2 million TEU in 2008 to 2.8million TEU by 2010 and continues to increase at the rapidly expanding Port.

Purchased along with an extensive stock of spare parts, the high specification 41-tonne capacity cranes specified by SNP have a lift height of 1 over 5 and a span of 6 + 1 for excellent productivity. In addition to the existing six Kalmar RTG models, SNP also operates ten Kalmar Ottawa terminal tractors supplied in 2010.

Having pioneered the Zero Emission(TM) RTG concept in 2002, the latest Kalmar E-One² is also Cargotec’s most environmentally friendly RTG model ever produced. Not only do the machines receive mains power, but they regenerate energy when lowering loads, supplying the power back to the network so that the customer only pays for the actual energy it consumes. Also helping to reduce costs, the Zero Emission(TM) cranes feature the industry’s longest service intervals. As the power unit can be eliminated, this further enhances uptime and keeps the terminal environment clean with no risk of oil leakages.

The pontoon was built for the account of DEME NV and its Russian partner NDC (Northern DredgingCompany Ltd), part of the PST Group. The Dutch shipyard Ravestein BV was awarded with a contract for the design and construction of a backhoe dredger in November 2010. The ‘Peter the Great’ will have a length of 60 m, breadth of 17.20 m, depth of 4 m, deck load of 10 tonnes/m² and will be equipped with a Liebherr P 995 Litronic crane and three spud legs each 34m in length. 

The pontoon has two fixed spud legs, 1 hydraulically operated spud carrier with spud leg and an excavator. The excavator is a Liebherr P 995 Litronic type which is designed for a maritime environment and has a dredging depth of 18.20 m and a bucket of 11m³. The vessel can accommodate 10 persons. The ‘Peter the Great’ was named after the Russian Tsar and emperor known for the implementation of great reforms in Russia that helped to expand and modernize the country into a huge empire becoming a major European power. Peter the Great founded one of the world’s most beautiful cities, St. Petersburg, also called “North capital and Venice of North” of the Russian Federation. Peter the Great has spent some time along the banks of the river Sheldt close to DEME’s headquarters, showing interest in the local shipbuilding industry.

The choice of the name ‘Peter the Great’ underlines DEME’s growing presence in the Russian market.

The rehabilitation includes modifying the crane rails on the wharves to permit the use of larger cranes similar to those in use at Bayport Container Terminal. Larger container ships have already come into service and more are expected when the Panama Canal expansion is complete in 2014.

The port currently handles almost 70 percent of the containerized cargo in the U.S. Gulf, with 1.8M TEUs annually. Most of that activity takes place at both Bayport and Barbours Cut.