The very first ship to dock at London Gateway was the Wieniawski, which began its journey in China several weeks ago. The ship was guided from the piloting station in the Princes Channel safely to London Gateway by a Port of London Authority Pilot.

The historic occasion was marked with a ceremony where London Gateway CEO Simon Moore and Harbour Master, Colin Hitchcock, presented the ship’s captain, Captain D Musil and Port of London Authority Pilot, Simon Liley, each with a bronze model dhow to commemorate the significant event.

Hitchcock said: “The Wieniawski arrived on time, on schedule and berthed safely. London Gateway will bring huge benefits to the UK’s shipping industry and this is a great big Christmas present for the whole team.”

Simon Moore, CEO of London Gateway, said: “Historically, London has played a major role in the world’s shipping industry and today marks the start of a return to former glories. Soon, London will once again be able to boast one of the world’s most advanced ports and have regained its place at the heart of the UK’s trade.”

He continued: “By building a new port for the UK which is closer to the major population and distribution centres such as London, Birmingham and Manchester, we can make supply chains more efficient and reduce costs for shippers across the UK.”

The delivery of the ASC’s to London Gateway will mean the new port will deliver a step change in port reliability for the UK market. The automated cranes will operate consistently throughout the working day and night. The stacking areas for shipping containers will have dedicated landside and quay-side equipment which mean that road vehicles will always have equipment dedicated to their needs.

Port of London Authority pilot, Simon Liley, added: “It’s a great honour to have played a part in such an historic occasion. Everything went to plan and having undertaken numerous practice simulations for the berthing of the world’s largest ships at London Gateway, I’m now looking forward to their arrival when the port opens in 2013.”

London Gateway will open in Q4 2013 and will be able to handle the world’s largest container ships. It will be integrated with one million square metres of logistics and distribution warehousing, providing businesses with opportunities to reduce supply chain costs, time and CO2.

Gdynia Container Terminal SA, located at the Bulgarian Wharf in Gdynia, Poland, has issued a tender for a new container crane with the following specification:

– Gantry span 20m (rail profile A100)
– Rated load under spreader Q = 60 [tonnes] for twin lift operation, and 41 tonnes for single lift operation
– Spreader capable to handle 20’/30’/40’/45’/2 x 20′
– For twin lift spreader operation, there shall be centre spreaded capability, telescopic type with corner flippers
– Lift above top of seaside rail = 35m to the lowest point of twist lock
– Lift below top of seaside rail = 15m
– Outreach from CL of seaside rail = 52m to service limit, 54m to emergency end stop limit. (to work 18 wide container vessels)
– Crane powered by electricity from the power cable reel system (15 KV±10%, 3 phase, 50Hz±2%,)
– Wheel loads, 40 tonnes per wheel +/-10% for seaside and 32 tonnes per wheel +/-10% for landside with wheel spacing from 1,20m to 1,50m
– Equipped with personnel lift for 3 persons plus tools (?400 kg)
– Warning sensors which stop the gantry unit in front of an obstacle (including obstacles on gantry wheels level)
– Cabin equipped in wipers and air conditioning
– Stationary heating
– Equipped with devices for reactive power compensation
– Spreader levelling control (trim/list/skew system)
– Working conditions with the wind of: 8 BS
– Computer software, driver, any visualisation programs translated into Polish,
– All electrical, hydraulic, mechanical systems, devices must be adapted to the climatic conditions prevailing at the Purchaser’s location,
– Operating rated speeds:
               Gantry travel speed (45m/min)
               Trolley speed (150 m/min)
               Hoisting/lowering speed with rated load (60m/min) and with empty spreader (120m/min)

For further information:

Gdynia Container Terminal SA
ul. Energetyków 5
Contact point(s): Leszek Czartowski, ?ukasz Andrzejewski
PL-81-184 Gdynia
POLAND
Telephone: +48 587855337
E-mail: l.andrzejewski@gct.pl

http://www.gct.pl

The Arendal Port Authority shall within 30 April 2013 have new fenders in place for two of the cruise piers in the town centre of Arendal. The quays that are in need of the new fenders are the Hotel and Battery piers, which are respectively 77 and 110 meters long.

Initially, the quays will primarily be for cruise ships. The new fenders must be dimensioned for ships with a length of up to 280 meters.

Further information can be obtained from:

Arendal Havnevesen KF
Kristen Staksnæsvei
For the attention of: Gordon Fuglestad
N-4810 Eydehavn
Norway

Telephone: +47 97527000
Fax: +47 37013157
E-mail: gordon.fuglestad@arendalhavn.no
Internet address: www.arendalhavn.no

The Port of Hafnarfjordur (Hafnarfjardarhofn) in Iceland welcomes tenders regarding fenders for the old quay at Straumsik. The invitation to tender is available and for further information:

Strendingur ehf. Civil and structural engineering service
Fjardargata 13-15
Contact point(s): Fjardargata 13 – 15
For the attention of: Sigurdur Gudmundsson
220 Hafnarfjordur
ICELAND

Telephone: +354 5655640
E-mail: sigurdur@strendingur.is
Internet address: http://www.strendingur.is/