The straddle carriers will be delivered to Eurogate at the start of 2015 and will join an extensive fleet of Terex straddle carriers there. All new machines can stack 9’6” high-
cube containers 1-over-2. In the terminal they will replace machines with outdated technology.
The 30 straddle carriers are fitted with Terex® N TS 62 F twin-lift spreaders and feature a lifting capacity of up to 60 t. These carriers will help Eurogate increase the performance, availability and efficiency of its fleet in the long term, and to reduce environmental impact considerably.
15 additional machines equipped with Terex® twin-lift spreaders to be delivered at the beginning of 2015 to Eurogate
November Pushes 2014 TEU volumes past 2 million
“Though we’re past peak-season, we’re not seeing a significant let-up in our volumes,” said John F. Reinhart, CEO and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority. “Thanks to the work of the Motor Carrier Task Force and candid input from stakeholders at the Port Productivity Summit, we are making some headway at the terminals to adapt to, and manage this kind of throughput. We still have a long way to go to reach the consistency in delivery of service that our customers and stakeholders seek.”
The port finished November with operating income of $904,000, bringing the port’s string of consecutive profitable months to eight. Last November, the port posted an operating loss of $2.95 million.
International trade rises 6.8% at Port Everglades for first nine months of 2014
According to WorldCity’s data, Port Everglades’ trade with the world totaled $20.17 billion through the first nine months of 2014, which includes containerized cargo, petroleum products and bulk cargoes such as cement. Imports rose 16.21 percent, and exports decreased 1.27 percent. The Port, located in Broward County including the cities of Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and Dania Beach, is Florida’s top seaport for import/export trade with 17.5 percent of the state’s total international trade.
Port Everglades is also Florida’s leading containerized seaport with more than one-million TEUs during its fiscal year (October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014).
During its Import/Export Forecast event today in Miami, WorldCity reported that Port Everglades is ranked No. 33 for total trade among the nation’s roughly 450 airports, seaports and border crossings through September 2014. During the same period in 2013, the Port ranked No. 38.
At the crossroads of north-south and east-west trade, Port Everglades serves as a gateway to Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia. Port Everglades is in the heart of one of the world’s largest consumer regions, including a constant flow of visitors and up to a combined 110 million residents and seasonal visitors within a 500-mile radius. Port Everglades has direct access to the interstate highway system and the newly opened 43-acre Florida East Coast Railway intermodal hub, and is closer to the Atlantic Shipping Lanes than any other Southeastern U.S. port. Ongoing capital improvements and expansion will ensure that Port Everglades can continue to handle future growth in container traffic. A world-class cargo handling facility, Port Everglades serves as an ideal point of entry and departure for products shipped around the world.
Royal HaskoningDHV master plan delivers major efficiencies for Port of Venice extension
The layout and equipment optimization will generate significant capital and operating expenditure savings for the Venice Port Authority.
The new solutions were presented to the financial community and ship operators earlier this month at the Italian Embassy in London.
The key to the new offshore port design lies in an innovative logistics concept comprised of cranes, barges and semi-submersible vessels. Acting as a continuous conveyor belt, containers are transferred from the offshore to the onshore terminal and vice versa. This process will enable the port to eliminate ‘dead time’ during loading, unloading, and transfer of the containers, and will allow more flexibility during peak operating times.
The terminal will be able to move approximately 1 million TEUs per year which is a significant portion of the container volumes estimated for the Northern Adriatic Sea by 2030. This way the Port of Venice will contribute to opening up the Northern Adriatic to large ocean going vessels. It will also help fostering the integration of Northern Adriatic ports into the core European road and rail freight corridors.
Benefits
Captain Antonio Revedin, Director Strategic Planning and Development at the Venice Port Authority said, “The integrated design of the onshore-offshore terminal and the water transfer system have resulted in performances that are equal to those of the best container terminals in the world. In addition to making this significant cost saving, the way in which the terminal will operate will bring numerous benefits. We will be able to accommodate the latest ‘super-sized’ container vessels, greatly reduce travel time, operate at full capacity without double handling, and manage with maximum flexibility. We are now in a very good position to begin the next phase of the project.”
Developing a terminal capable of handling Ultra Large Container Vessels (ULCV) at the original port location was not an option due to the port’s unique set of characteristics and the regulatory and environmental constraints on the development of navigation channels within the Venice Lagoon.
25% reduction in equipment cost
Royal HaskoningDHV was awarded the international tender to complete the optimisation of the plan in December 2013. Its Principal Project Manager Simon Blake said, “The significant cost savings were achieved through sourcing equipment and systems that are already available on the market like the Ship to Shore Cranes and the Automated Straddle Carriers to be used at the offshore terminal. Being able to deliver a 25% reduction to the equipment cost shows how well the team has worked to deliver a plan that is both cost effective and sustainable.”
The semi-submersible and so-called ‘Mama vessels’, designed by BMT TITRON, have the capacity to transport two ‘cassettes’ of up to 384 TEUs from the offshore terminal to shore, and vice versa or two river barges, class V, serving the Po River up to Mantova. They can withstand heavy seas and have a specially designed low wash hull form minimising wave impact to sensitive habitats and species in the Venice Lagoon. What’s more, the vessels’ engines are powered by natural gas, which will enable the port to reduce CO2 emissions, making it one of the most environmentally friendly ports in Northern Europe.