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South Carolina Ports projects 7% container growth

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18 June 2015

The plan projects pier container volume of 1.15 million boxes during FY2016, a 7.2 percent increase over projected totals for the current fiscal year. Strong growth at the Inland Port is also planned, with rail moves expected to increase 6.9 percent over FY2015 projected totals. Operating revenues in the new fiscal year are planned to increase 9.2 percent, or $17.7 million higher than FY2015 projected revenues.

“This plan builds upon year-over-year success of our port system,” said SCPA Board Chairman Bill Stern. “The 2016 fiscal year will be a significant time for our port and state, marked by the receipt of the Chief’s Report this September for our 52-foot harbor deepening project as well as the continued progress of Navy Base Terminal construction and other significant improvements to our existing terminals. We are well-positioned for the future.”

The Board approved capital expenditures of $165.6 million for the fiscal year. The SCPA will invest $73.3 million over the next 12 months in the ongoing construction of the new container terminal on the former Navy Base, which will open in late 2019. Other primary capital expenditures include existing terminal infrastructure improvements, new equipment as well as two new super post-Panamax cranes, and a wharf strengthening project and upgrades for refrigerated cargo at the Wando Welch Terminal.

“I expect SCPA will continue to see strong growth of revenues and handle volumes significantly above the US port market average over the next fiscal year, making this aggressive financial plan achievable,” said SCPA president and CEO Jim Newsome. “We currently receive 11 post-Panamax vessel calls weekly, and the improvements to our dockside infrastructure coupled with our harbor deepening project ensure our port offers first-class facilities designed to receive and deliver containers quickly and handle ships fully-loaded with export cargo headed to foreign ports.”

The SCPA handled 104,003 boxes in May alone, setting an all-time high for the number of containers handled during one month and pushing fiscal year to date box volume past FY2014 totals.

“Our May volumes are a testament to the quality of service offered by SC Ports – we handle record-setting volume while maintaining reliability for our customers,” Newsome said.

As measured in twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, SCPA has handled 1.7 million TEUs fiscal year to date for a 13.7 percent gain over the same period last year. The port handled 181,809 TEUs last month, an increase of 12.5 percent over May 2014 volumes.The Inland Port achieved record volumes in May, with 5,845 rail moves completed during the month. The facility has handled 51,671 rail moves fiscal year to date, already surpassing initial volume projections for five years of terminal operations.Breakbulk volumes in Charleston and Georgetown are 4.3 percent ahead of fiscal year plans, with 1.3 million pier tons handled to date. Charleston moved 82,277 tons last month, and Georgetown handled 40,345 tons in May.In Board action, a resolution to accept an offer from Palmetto Alliance Property Group, LLC for the Port of Port Royal for $15.42 million was approved. The transaction will be presented to the SC Department of Administration prior to closing in November.The Board also approved a contract for routine berth dredging at Columbus Street and Union Pier terminals.

World's largest container shipping line to offer weekly service to and from Jacksonville

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World's largest container shipping line to offer weekly service to and from Jacksonville

Maersk Line’s decision to add a weekly service through JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal starting in July 2015 means nine of the world’s top 10 global container carriers now offer their customers the efficiencies and cost-effectiveness of moving goods into and out of Northeast Florida.

Maersk Line’s TP10 is a new service between the U.S. East Coast and Northern China and South Korea. It offers direct service from Jacksonville to Xingang, Qingdao and Shanghai in China and Busan in South Korea. SSA Marine will provide stevedoring services at Blount Island.

“What better way to illustrate JAXPORT’s increasingly visible role in international trade than to welcome the world’s largest container line,” said JAXPORT Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Roy Schleicher. “When you add Maersk to our already outstanding ocean carrier offerings and then consider what’s attracted them—the transportation and intermodal network easily accessed from our terminals, the quality of our skilled workforce, the major investments in our infrastructure and our room to grow—it’s clear JAXPORT just makes good business sense.”

“We believe our role is to respond to the needs of global shippers who face a wide-range of market and economic challenges. Through our partnership with JAXPORT, we mark the beginning of a new TP10 direct service that provides greater convenience and enhanced transit times for shippers doing business between Northern Asia and South Korea and Northern Florida and the U.S. Southeast. We’ll work closely with JAXPORT to ensure we’re supporting our customers’ success and the promises they make to their customers,” said Michael White, president of Maersk Line North America.

ICTSI Australia donates AUD150,000 to Albert Park College

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ICTSI Australia donates AUD150,000 to Albert Park College

The grant will also fund the scholarships of 20 students, as well as the construction of a new sustainable commercial kitchen. Photo shows students of Albert Park College accepting the AUD150,000 check. They are joined by (back row, from left): Claire Jordan-Whillans, VICT Media & Community Relations Manager; Mark Sheppard, Albert Park College School Council President; Tony Desira, VICT Operations Manager; Steve Cook, Albert Park College Foundation Principal; Daniel Chen, VICT Commercial Experience Manager; Anders DØmmestrup, VICT Chief Executive Officer; and Olivia Jones, VICT Company Secretary.

The community investment fund is just one aspect of VICT’s strong commitment to working closely and positively with neighbouring communities around Webb Dock at the Port of Melbourne, particularly in the cities of Port Phillip and Hobsons Bay. Based at Port of Melbourne’s Webb Dock East, VICT will operate Melbourne’s third international container terminal as well as the empty container park which is connected to the terminal. VICT is a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI), an international operator of container terminals serving the global container shipping industry. ICTSI is the largest port operator in the Philippines and has a portfolio of 29 container terminal operations in 20 countries across six continents.

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Canada’s Port Metro Vancouver is one of the fastest growing container ports in North America. Container cargo is expected to double in the next 10 years from the 2.9 million TEU they handled in 2014. DP World Vancouver is one of two container terminals located in the inner harbour of downtown Vancouver, and is a key gateway port for the Trans-Pacific Trades between Asia and the Pacific North West. In addition to serving the local market for British Columbia, DP World Vancouver provides direct daily intermodal rail connection to the important markets of Eastern Canada and the US Mid West, covered by both Canadian Pacific (CP) and Canada National (CN) railways (see our Canadian Port Survey in the April issue). Since 2006, DP World Vancouver has been growing and expanding its operations. Historically the terminal used high-pressure sodium (HPS) technology for its equipment lights. The HPS fixtures required frequent maintenance for lamp and ballast replacements. The HPS fixtures also require a warm-up time of up to 20 minutes before light output reaches full intensity. This led to operators leaving the fixtures on 24 hours per day to avoid this operational delay. In 2012, DP World Vancouver started exploring other options for its mobile equipment lighting. In the fall of 2012, DP World Vancouver deployed 14 of Phoenix’s 300W Modcom Hi-LED floodlights on its quay crane trolleys. The superior quality was instantly realised in the light output over the vessel and in the hold. The reduction in maintenance requirements and energy consumption were recognised soon after. After the initial success with LED floodlighting, several other fixture types were then deployed for trials (walkway lighting, area work lighting, and portable lighting). In a short time, the advantages of LED technology became more apparent. In the spring of 2014, an RTG was fully retrofitted with LED lighting (including 15 of Phoenix’s 150W EcoMod LED floodlights and 42 of Phoenix’s 17W PCWL LED walkway fixtures). This resulted in a 3% reduction in fuel consumption. Later that year, DP World Vancouver deployed a retrofit of its portal beam lighting on three quay cranes, using the same Phoenix LED fixtures. Operators continued to push for additional RTG retrofits. RTGs with LED lighting were strongly preferred due to better illumination which creates a safer more productive working environment. In response to this feedback, a second RTG was retrofitted with Phoenix LED floodlights.

LED light benefits

Since the switch to LED, DP World Vancouver has experienced increased and improved light output. Operators prefer the crisper white light that the LED fixtures provide because it creates a safer, more productive work environment. Instant-on functionality allows operators to turn the lights off when they are not required. The terminal has seen reduced energy consumption – both electrical on its quay cranes and diesel on its RTGs. It has also experienced no lighting-related outages on its cranes with LED fixtures. In addtion, maintenance costs have been substantially reduced. No light sources have required replacement since the original installation of LED fixtures in 2012. This has reduced costs, decreased unplanned downtime and increased safety.

The future

DP World Vancouver is in the process of ordering a new quay crane. It is scheduled for delivery in 2016 and will be fully equipped with Phoenix LED lighting. This decision was further supported by an incentive from the local power company. Over the next few years, DP World Vancouver will continue to retrofit their quay cranes and RTGs with LED fixtures. Operators and terminal management look forward to the benefits of a safer well lit working environment, reduced operating costs and higher equipment efficiency.

Indonesia

In Indonesia the new state-of-the-art offshore container terminal PT Terminal Teluk Lamong, just off the coast and next to neighbouring and much congested Surabaya port, East Java, was recently inaugurated by the President of Indonesia and a group of distinguished officials. It was an historic moment for Indonesia, an important milestone in the country’s transport development programme that is improving the movement of goods through its vast waterways. The newly Lamong Bay Terminal is the jewel in the crown of Indonesian state-owned terminal operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Persero), “Pelindo III.” Its automated container handling system, provided by Konecranes, consists of 20 Automated Stacking Cranes (ASCs), Remote Operating Stations (ROSs), and associated container yard infrastructure. Konecranes also provided 10 Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes and 5 straddle carriers. Lamong Bay Terminal’s automated container handling system incorporates a host of technological improvements including stronger redundancy throughout the design, and an improved Remote Operating Station (ROS) and Graphical User Interface (GUI). Konecranes’ unique Active Load Control technology was extended with an advanced machine vision system which detects containers and container profiles with great precision. As the container approaches the target, the container profile becomes more accurate. The effects of dust, fog etc. are minimised. The system senses neighbouring container stacks from the point of view of the load, and performs canyon driving. The automated container handling process becomes more precise and predictable. Lamong Bay Terminal’s automated container handling system is designed and built by Konecranes across all of its constituent parts: from the Active Load Control system of the ASCs that eliminates container sway, to the automation technology and software, and up to the GUI of the Remote Operating Stations.

Terminal lights

The first phase of this new container terminal was equipped with a new LED lighting solution developed by Italy-based ewo. The project comprised of a total of 72 LED floodlights and promises to significantly reduce the cost of electricity and maintenance. Total terminal area was around 110,000sqm with the lights mounted on poles each with a height of 35m. The pole configuration is simple: 11 x F32_LP32 each consuming 500W@450mA. According to ewo the energy savings compared to a more traditional 1000W – high-pressure sodium lights (HPS) is around 55% (aproximately 43,2kW). This reflects in around 108.864kg CO2/per year of CO2 savings. Back in 2013 Pelindo III approached ewo after they succesfully finished their terminal lighting project in Venice, Italy. According to the company the Indonesian port authority was quite keen to work with ewo on this new project due to their experience and reliable solutions. But their biggest challenge for this project to overcome was the hot and humid climate (up to 95% humidity). The technology’s modular nature and wide range of configuration options enabled ewo to create tailor-made solutions that are optimally suited to each individual project and in 2014 they were awarded the contract.