This represents an increase of 1.7% compared to 2013 when transhipment stood at more than 95.8 million tonnes. Total transhipment in the port of Amsterdam amounted to 79.7 million tonnes in 2014. This is an increase of 1.4% compared to 2013 (78.5 million tonnes) and also sets a new record.

The provisional transhipment figures for the other North Sea Canal ports are as follows. Transhipment in IJmuiden rose by 3% to 17.3 million tonnes in 2014. Transhipment in Beverwijk decreased by 9% to approximately 0.2 million tonnes, while it rose in Zaanstad by 17% to approximately 0.2 million tonnes.

Developments in transhipment in Amsterdam
The transhipment of liquid bulk cargo rose by more than 2% to 42 million tonnes (2013: 41.1 million tonnes). The transhipment of dry bulk cargo increased by approximately 1% to 34.4 million tonnes (2013: 33.7 million). Within this segment, the transhipment of coal rose by 8% and the transhipment of agribulk decreased by 5%. Container and mixed cargo transhipment decreased by 11% to 3.3 million tonnes, with the transhipment of automobiles, Ro/Ro and other mixed cargo falling by 13% and the transhipment of container cargo decreasing by 4% (57,000 TEUs).
Imports rose by 1% to nearly 52.8 million tonnes in Amsterdam. Exports increased by 2% to 26.9 million tonnes.

“In 2014, we moved 169,000 more TEUs than we did in 2013, which until now was our most productive year on record,” said John F. Reinhart, CEO and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority. “The growth is significant, but it has created significant challenges as well, especially in service levels for our motor carriers.

“The focus is to continue to grow, within reason and within our capabilities, strive for consistency at our gates and operations, maintain profitability and do these things with a sense urgency and responsibility. The growth is a tribute to our team and our port partners, but our enthusiasm is tempered, as we are cognizant of the fact that we have much work to do on building infrastructure and developing processes to maintain the business and grow the port.”

The order was booked by PT New Priok Container Terminal One (‘NPCT1’), a project joint-venture company established by PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Persero), Mitsui & Co Ltd, PSA International Pte Ltd, and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, which is engaged in construction and operation of the new container terminal.

The STS cranes to be delivered in the project will be the largest Ship-to-Shore Cranes in Indonesia which can handle the world-largest container vessels. On the other hand, among Twenty (20) units of RTGs, Five (5) units will be Hybrid RTGs with Li-Ion battery and the balanced Fifteen (15) units of RTGs will be E-RTGs with conductor bus-bar system, with both of which it is expected to enable drastic energy saving as well as eco-friendly container handling activities in the newly developed container terminal in Northern part of the capital city of the country.

MES – headed by (MES president Takao Tanaka) is proud in its 50 years experience of total supply of over Three Hundred (300) units of STSs and One Thousand and One Hundred (1,100) units of RTGs all over the world and its proven quality/performance with high productivity is widely supported by its users in the world.

MES has just completed to delivery another Thirteen (13) units of RTGs to Port of Tanjung Priok, Indonesia and will extend the crane supply to the Indonesian market which is rapidly booming recently.