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New forest terminal at the Port of Gothenburg

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The terminal will be run by the family-owned company Sören Thyr AB.

Paper, pulp and timber products account for a large proportion of exports that pass through the Port of Gothenburg. Up to now, the port has lacked a dedicated terminal for transloading sawn timber products. The Port of Gothenburg has therefore invested in a completely new forest terminal that will be operated by the Gävle-based company Sören Thyr AB.

“We welcome Sören Thyr AB to Gothenburg. The company is well known in the industry. Thanks to this investment, more sawmills and paper mills throughout the world can make use of the port’s worldwide service network,” said Magnus Kårestedt, Port of Gothenburg Chief Executive.

Linked to the rail system
The new forest terminal is adjacent to the port’s ro-ro and container terminals. Linked to the rail system, it can handle more than one million cubic metres of timber each year.

The terminal makes it possible for sawmills to send their timber by rail or road. On arrival in Gothenburg, the timber is loaded into the correct unit – a container or trailer for example – for onward shipment worldwide.

“We are extremely pleased that we have managed to establish operations at the largest port in the Nordic region. We know that many sawmills are interested in exporting via Gothenburg and thanks to the new terminal more mills now have the opportunity to do so,” said Jörgen Thyr, CEO and son of the founder Sören Thyr.

Investment in the forest industry
The forest terminal is part of an ongoing investment to increase forest product volumes in Gothenburg. Other aspects include new rail solutions, plans for more weather-protected transloading terminals and a new collaborative venture between the Port of Gothenburg and a number of shipping companies* to market the range of shipping and peripheral services to the forest industry.

* Stena Line, DFDS Seaways, CLdN, MSC, SCI Freightman, ACL, Unifeeder and “K” Line.

Konecranes strengthens position in Turkey

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The new machines are equipped with special heat and dust protection and coil boom to effectively handle steel coils.

Mehmet Öztürk, sales representative of Portunus, says: “Such large orders in a relatively short period of time signal the strength of our products and services, we look forward to continued growth

Lars Fredin,Senior Vice-President and Head of Business Unit Lift Trucks, said: “We are thrilled that the partnership between Konecranes and Portunus is yielding such good results. Clearly both the steel and port markets are ready for great products with outstanding backup service.”

Turkish growth
Turkstat, the country’s statistical authority, issued some encouraging industrial growth figures on 10 October, 2014. “Calendar adjusted industrial production increased by 5.2% compared with the same month last year. In the sub-sectors of the industry, the mining and quarrying index increased by 11.3%, the manufacturing index by 4.3%, and the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply index grew by 7.7% in August 2014, compared with the same month last year,” said the statement released by Turkstat.

Khalifa Port Container Terminal achieves ISO 28001:2007 certification

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The stringent international standards are designed to demonstrate that port operators give the highest priority to security and professionalism in order to safeguard the international supply chain – vital to the economic growth of trading nations. With this certification, ADT has shown that its procedures and training far exceed the levels required in relation to security management practices and risk reduction.

ISO 28001: 2007 was introduced as a response to security risks such as theft, industrial espionage, industrial disruption, product manipulation, counterfeiting, fraud or, in extreme circumstances, even terrorism. The standard is only awarded to organisations which have demonstrated a thorough, proactive and autonomous approach to risk assessment and management processes throughout their operations through strict compliance to measures such as AEO and C-TPAT.

Commenting on the achievement, Ahmed Ayada Ahmed Al Hameli, General Director – Security and Government Relations for ADT, said, “We are absolutely delighted that Khalifa Port Container Terminal has been awarded this certification.

“To be among the few regional organisations that have achieved ISO 28001:2007 is testament to the hard work of our security and internal auditing teams who have worked tirelessly to ensure the required standards have been not only met, but greatly exceeded.

“As part of our on-going endeavours to the highest levels of security and reduction of risk on behalf of shipping lines and cargo owners, we continually strive to improve our security processes, procedures and practices. We achieve this by the highest levels of staff training, extremely detailed and efficient monitoring and documentation, and exceptionally proficient vehicle processing. All this has enabled us to achieve ISO 28001: 2007 and demonstrates our wholehearted commitment to safety and security,” he added.

World's largest containership to call at Port of Felixstowe

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World's largest containership to call at Port of Felixstowe

The massive ship is 400m long, weighs 184,000 tonnes and can carry 19,000 TEU. The cargo will include a huge range of consumer goods including food, drink, clothing, electrical goods and furniture as well as a vast array of other goods destined for the UK high street.

According to a spokesman for the Port the ship is relevant to all UK consumers; it is possible that everybody in the UK will buy something carried on this vessel.

Facts and figures:
• 400m long, the length of 8 Olympic-sized swimming pools (the Shard building = 309m high)
• Weighs more than 14,500 London buses
• Laid end-to-end the containers on board would stretch for 72 miles, the distance from Felixstowe to London, or Birmingham to Manchester.
• Fully laden the CSCL Globe could carry; 156m pairs of shoes, or 300m tablet computers, or 900m tins of beans …

The arrival of this ship represents a first for the UK and for the port of Felixstowe. It is important economically, the direct call recognises the scale of the UK economy, and economies-of-scale provide the most efficient way to get UK exports to important Asian markets.

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