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4ALLPORTS News Update March 2019

Terminal expansion at Tilbury

The Port of Tilbury in

London has completed a

new major storage ex-

pansion at its Grain Ter-

minal. The new flat

store increases capacity

by an additional 16,000

metric tonnes of import

and export wheat.

The grain terminal is

one of the UK’s largest,

and has been in opera-

tion for nearly 50 years.

The terminal handles

over 1.4million tonnes

annually of combinable

crops for both for the

export and UK mar-

kets. With this new flat

store in operation, the

terminal has a current

storage capacity of

136,000 tonnes to sup-

port customers includ-

ing Frontier and Mill-

ford Grain, who has

signed a long term

commitment to store

grains at the terminal.

This flat storage facility

is 36m x 66m, and is

6m in height. It was

built adjacent to the

existing grain terminal

and utilises the mill

gallery conveyor sys-

tem with overhead

conveyors feeding the

new storage unit auto-

matically. It has an au-

to-inload capacity of

500 tonnes per hour.

Peter Ward, Commer-

cial Director at The

Port of Tilbury said: “As

we celebrate the grain

terminal’s 50th year,

this new flat store pro-

vides us with more ca-

pacity to support our

customers’ growing

volumes. We are one

of the UK’s largest

grain stores with

over 35 million

tonnes of product

handled over the

past 50 years and we

hope to continue to

play a significant

part in the sector in

the next half century.

Our flexibility, capac-

ity and quality ac-

creditations, includ-

ing AIB, TASCC and

Organic Certified,

allows us to deal

with any changing

trade patterns.”

The grain terminal has

over 200 silo’s ranging

in size from 60mt to

over 2000 metric

tonnes, supporting the

flour and ingredient

market for the south-

east, London and up to

the Midlands. The ter-

minal also operates a

monthly coastal ship-

ping service from Til-

bury to its sister port in

Kirkcaldy, Scotland, for

Carr’s Milling.

ABP appoints new head for Hum-

ber terminal: ABP’s Martin Bardle

has taken the helm at Imming-

ham’s Humber International

Terminal (HIT). According to ABP,

the site handles 10% of the UK’s

energy cargoes, with capacity to

host Panamax size vessels and

part-laden capesize vessels, the

largest dry bulk cargo ships.

EnBW picks port agents: Emden

based container handling compa-

ny Ems Ports Agency & Stevedor-

ing Beteilgungs GmbH & Co. KG

(epas) has been commissioned to

support the Hohe See and Alba-

tros offshore wind farms. EPAS

will be responsible for port logis-

tics for both projects during the

operations for the first five years.

Remediation works for Northum-

berland: The Port of Blyth’s part-

ner in Energy Central, Advance

Northumberland, has reached a

milestone in redevelopment of

the former Blyth Power Station

Enterprise Zone in Blyth, which is

to become the Northumberland

Energy Park (Phase 1). The main

purpose of this activity is to

attract investments, in order to

bring the site back into use, with

a particular focus on the offshore

energy sector.

New alliance forged for decom-

missioning: A new alliance of

businesses has formed to target

the North Sea oil and gas decom-

missioning sector. Named Forth

and Tay Decommissioning, the

alliance aims to position Dundee

as the UK Hub for North Sea oil

and gas decommissioning.

Rhenus acquires logistic compa-

ny: The Rhenus Group acquired

the Canadian-based customised

logistics solutions specialist

Rodair, which has its headquar-

ters in Toronto, in March 2019.

The core business activities at

Rodair involve international

freight forwarding, project logis-

tics, courier, warehousing and

distribution, 3PL services, and e-

commerce solutions.

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News in brief

Port of Tyne refinances

The Port of Tyne has

secured a £60m refi-

nancing package from

Lloyds Bank Commercial

Banking. The five-year

agreement, which com-

prises a £30m revolving

credit facility and a

£30m term loan, pro-

vides the port with capi-

tal to develop a number

of major infrastructure

projects.

The Port of Tyne occu-

pies a 250-hectare site

on the River Tyne and

is one of the largest

car exporting ports in

the UK. The port also

handles a range of

cargoes, including con-

tainers, commodities,

manufactured and

retail goods, renewables

and offshore services.

Mark Stoner, chief finan-

cial officer at the Port of

Tyne, said: “thanks to its

multimodal connectivity

by sea, road and rail,

[The Port of Tyne] gives

customers easy access to

markets across the UK

and around the world.

The region’s economy is

reliant on the success of

the port, which is why

we reinvest all profits

back into the busi-

ness. As a self-financing

organisation, this ap-

proach is essential to

future growth – for us

and for the businesses

we work with in the

North East.”

Image source: Forth Ports



DHSS base to support German wind farm

MSC is to introduce a

new call at the Port of

Liverpool, as part of a

rotation including Cana-

da, Turkey and various

southern European

ports. The news comes

after the 2M shipping

alliance confirmed at

the end of 2018 that

Liverpool will be a per-

manent call on its TA4

transatlantic service.

In February, Peel Ports

also announced that it

was aiming to create

250 jobs, mostly in

Liverpool, to deal with

expected extra de-

mand. The company

stated that the new

service is particularly

expected to drive busi-

ness growth in its rail

and short-sea feeder

services to and from

Scotland. The rotation

for the new service is:

Turkey – Italy – France

– Spain – Portugal – UK

Liverpool – Canada.

The route will be

served by eight 5500

TEU vessels with two

calls per week.

In 2018 Peel Ports in-

troduced a rail freight

service directly from

the Port of Liverpool in

partnership with DB

Cargo. It is now the

only major UK contain-

er terminal to offer tri-

modal connectivity,

with road, rail and wa-

ter, the Manchester

Ship Canal, plus short-

sea shipping.

Mark Whitworth, Chief

Executive of Peel Ports

said: “The tide contin-

ues to turn in Liver-

pool’s favour as shipping

lines and their custom-

ers see the evidence for

how our location can

benefit the whole supply

chain. This is another

vote of confidence in the

North West and our

location for bringing the

heart of the UK econo-

my closer to their inter-

national markets.”

Liverpool adds new service

DHSS has announced

that its new support

base in Eemshaven will

be used by offshore

wind turbine manufac-

ture MHI Vestas as a

base for its turbine

service operations. The

base was constructed

at the end of 2018 and

features a temperature

controlled warehouse,

fluid tight yard and

office facilities.

MHI Vestas will use the

offshore service hub in

Eemshaven as the base

for its turbine installa-

tion commissioning

and subsequent 15-

year O&M works on

the 269 MW

252MW Deutsche

Bucht wind farm. The

German project will

test a mono Bucket

foundation structure

under commercial op-

erating conditions, with

plans to feature two

MHI Vestas V164-

8.0MW in such condi-

tions.

In all, the offshore wind

array will feature 33

MHI Vestas V164 wind

turbines which are ex-

pected to generate

enough sustainable

energy to meet the

needs of over 178,000

households. It will re-

duce C02 emissions by

over 360, tonnes per

year, supporting the

German government’s

CO2 reduction targets.

“We wanted a long-

term, sustainable solu-

tion situated at the

most efficient distance

from Deutsche Bucht.

With DHSS, we have

found a partner with a

demonstrated history

of working in Offshore

Renewables as a pro-

vider for vessel and

port agency, warehous-

ing and helicopter lo-

gistics. This new facility

and its location is a

very good fit for

us”, said Henrik

Lehmkuhl, MHI Vestas

Service Manager,

Deutsche Bucht, & Tro-

els Hovgesen, Commis-

sioning Project Manag-

er. The Deutsche Bucht

offshore wind project is

progressing according

to schedule. Project

completion is expected

by the end of 2019.

Moín hub connects Costa Rica with Europe and Asia

APM Terminals inaugu-

rated its APM Termi-

nals Moín which has

been established to

enable the shipping of

products on transatlan-

tic routes to European

and Asian markets

without transship-

ment.

The project represents

a total investment of

USD 1 billion and is

built on a 40-hectare

artificial island.

The terminal has a 650-

meter long pier and a

container yard with the

capacity to hold 26,000

TEUs (Twenty-foot

Equivalent Units), in-

cluding power connec-

tion capacity for 3,800

refrigerated containers.

Refrigeration is essen-

tial as Costa Rica is cur-

rently the world’s larg-

est exporter of pineap-

ples and third largest

exporter of bananas.

Moín starts operations

with 650 employees,

mostly trained under

an agreement with the

National Institute of

Learning (INA in Span-

ish). A socioeconomic

impact study, validated

by the Central Ameri-

can Academy, claims

that Moín has the po-

tential to generate 147

thousand indirect jobs

in the following decade

nationwide.

APM Terminals stated

it will also make a con-

tribution, with 7.5% of

their net income being

paid to the Board of

Port Administration

and Economic Develop-

ment of the Caribbean

(Japdeva, in Spanish).

This will equate to ap-

proximate USD 20 mil-

lion on an annual ba-

sis.

The region aims to

attract a high percent-

age of the ships that

transit through the

Panama Canal. The

number of shipping

routes that reach the

Moín Container Termi-

nal is projected to in-

crease by as much as

285 percent.

The six gantry cranes

and the 29-yard cranes

represent a USD 110

million investment and

will allow the terminal

to continuously per-

form an average of 180

movements per hour

for loading and unload-

ing, according to

APM.



-effective manner – a

core service strength of

PD Ports.”

The vessel calling at

Teesport is MV FRIGG

W, a container and

heavy lifting/project

cargo vessel represent-

ed by Messrs Cock-

fieldKnight.

Stefan Stefansson, CEO

of Cargow said: “We

have chosen Teesport

because of its location,

accessibility and connec-

tivity for onward

transport, as well as its

high service level.”

ABP’s Port of Silloth has

handled the first deliv-

ery of wood pulp for its

new customer, Futamu-

ra Group, a Japanese

manufacturer of cellu-

lose and polymeric films

for the packaging indus-

try who have a major

production site in Cum-

bria.

The 2,500 tonne wood

Packaging manufacturer lands in Siloth

pulp delivery has been

imported from South

America and will be

transported to the

company’s production

site in Wigton, Cum-

bria, which employs

around 270 people.

The wood pulp will be

used to make Cello-

phane and NatureFlex,

which are used primar-

ily as packaging films

for foodstuffs such as

sweets, tea, coffee and

snack products.

Tom Ismay, Procure-

ment Manager at Fur-

tamura, said: “It has

been a very smooth

transition working with

ABP and we are glad

that our local infra-

structure means we

can easily bring goods

in via such a conven-

ient port. One bulk

ship has taken approxi-

mately 200 lorry loads

off the road. Sustaina-

bility is important to

Futamura and we are

working hard to make

changes where we

can.”

Carl Bevan, ABP Divi-

PD Ports and Cargow forge ties

North East-based PD

Ports has signed a deal

with Dutch shipping

line, Cargow. The agree-

ment will see a direct bi

-weekly connection

with west coast of Nor-

way, east coast of Ice-

land, Faroe, Shetland,

and Rotterdam provid-

ing additional connec-

tions for key sectors in

the Tees Valley includ-

ing project, offshore,

wind, oil and gas.

The Cargow deal is a

new market to PD

Ports and the company

will transport the

ship’s cargo to / from

the Midlands via its

road haulage fleet.

Kim Catterick, general

manager – key ac-

counts at PD Ports

said: “Developing this

relationship with Car-

gow demonstrates our

size, scale and capabil-

ity to support growing

requirements of inter-

national trade, putting

us at the forefront in

the UK for facilitating

trade movements as

an asset of national

importance.

The relationship

strengthens our posi-

tion here at Teesport

as a port of choice,

with Cargow joining

many other shipping

lines choosing this as a

route for transporting

goods to their closest

end destination in a

more efficient and cost

sional Port Manager –

North West, said:

“We’re delighted to

welcome Futamura

Group as a new custom-

er at our Port of Silloth

and look forward to

working together to

support a prosperous

future for the Cumbrian

economy.”

Montreal announce terminal upgrade

The Montreal Port Au-

thority (MPA) and

LOGISTEC Corporation

have announced that

Viau Terminal, which

handles about 350,000

containers annually, will

undergo a new con-

struction phase to in-

crease its handling ca-

pacity. This is its second

phase, which continues

and completes the most

recent container termi-

nal at the Port of Mon-

treal. Its first phase

was completed in

2016.

This new phase is de-

signed to add 250 000

TEUs to Viau Terminals

current capacity, bring-

ing it to 600,000 TEUs.

The project will is ex-

pected to enable the

Port of Montreal to

accommodate the an-

ticipated growth in the

works, laying founda-

tion, and paving.

Throughout the works,

in accordance with the

commitment made by

the MPA and Termont

Montreal Inc. during

public consultations on

the project held in

2015, mitigation

measures will be im-

plemented to minimize

inconvenience to

neighbouring commu-

container sector and

reach its maximum

capacity on the Island

of Montreal,

2.1 million TEUs.

The project works will

run from September

2019 to December

2020 and will mainly

include the following:

installing piles, railway

works, dynamic soil

compaction, under-

ground infrastructure

nities. When fully opera-

tional, Viau Terminal is

anticipated to generate

2,500 direct and indirect

jobs, as well as

$340 million in econom-

ic benefits.

Viau Terminals final

phase comes as the re-

sult of investments from

three partners: the

MPA, LOGISTEC and the

federal government.

Image source: PD Ports



The Port of Taichung, a subsidiary of the Taiwan International Ports Cor-poration (TIPC), is pro-gressing with port de-velopment to support the construction of wind farms. TIPCs renovation plans include support facilities at Wharf Nos. 2, 5A, 5B, 36, and 106. They will be used for component production, storage, assembly, and transport. The port completed work at the beginning of this year on the first of several dedicated wind

turbine wharves. With Wharf No. 2 complete, it will support efforts to install new wind turbines at the Formo-sa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm. Formosa I is located off the coast of Miaoli, Taiwan. Phase 1in-cludes two Siemens 4MW demonstration turbines which were installed in 2016. Phase 2 will add a fur-ther 20 6MW turbines with a total output of 120MW. This was followed by

news that the British Office in Taipei and Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) signed a Memo-randum of Under-standing (MoU) on joint co-operation in respect of the develop-ment of Taiwan’s off-shore wind industry. The signing was wit-nessed by Wen-Sheng, Tseng, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs and representatives from leading companies in the UK offshore wind supply chain.

Port progress in Taiwan

Under this MoU, fur-ther exchange in the areas of policy, strate-gy, technology, opera-tions & maintenance to promote offshore wind port & marine sector will be acceler-ated adding on the already close co-operation between the UK and Taiwan off-shore wind sector, as the two parties agreed to increase infor-mation sharing and co-operation. Taiwan is currently relying on coal, gas and

nuclear energy to gener-ate its power. After de-ciding to phase out nu-clear power by 2025 - with nuclear energy accounting for some 40% of power genera-tion in the past - the Taiwanese Government aims to make up for the resulting shortfall by expanding renewable energies and most of all offshore wind power. The Government aims to install 5.5GW of off-shore wind power by 2025.

Vattenfall has selected

the Port of IJmuiden as

its home base for opera-

tional and maintenance

activities related to

the Hollandse Kust Zuid

1&2 offshore wind

farm. Once the wind

farm is completed and

commissioned (by

2023), all maintenance

and management tasks

required to keep the

wind farm operational

will be performed from

this maintenance hub.

Vattenfall and the Port

of IJmuiden are devel-

oping the necessary

facilities in the IJmond

harbour area. The ser-

vice centre will house

an office for the staff, a

storage room for spare

parts and a workshop.

There will also be

room to create boat-

landings for the

maintenance boats

crew transfer ves-

sels, that will be used

to carry the mainte-

nance staff to and

from the wind farm.

Construction is ex-

pected to start in early

2022, and around 40

people will work at the

site after comple-

tion. Vattenfall stated

that the service centre

will be an energy-

efficient building that

is as self-sufficient as

possible. Solar panels

will be installed with

other energy neutral

technologies currently

being examined, in-

cluding heat pumps.

A contract has also

been signed with

Windcat Workboats

which is headquar-

tered in IJmuiden. The

company will provide

crew and equipment

transfer services to sup-

port maintenance activi-

ties. Windcat is current-

ly working with CMB

Technologies on the

development of a hy-

drogen-powered boat.

This option is expected

to be ready by 2020,

and Vattenfall will be

one of the first compa-

nies to make use of

these boats.

Offshore energy terminal opens in Vlissingen

Green Blue Offshore

Terminal (Green Blue), a

joint venture of Sagro

and Prior Group, has

opened a new terminal

in the port of Vlissingen

with the aim of tar-

geting the offshore en-

ergy industry.

Green Blue hopes to

attract clients engaged

in the realisation of off-

shore wind farms sup-

porting construction,

modification, repair and

maintenance activities.

It could support the

storage of equipment,

materials and offshore

modules.

The terminal offers

22,000m2 of workspace

and a manufacturing

hall measuring 125 x35

x15m. The two compa-

nies stated that the ter-

minal offer access to the

North Sea and inland

waterways as well as

roadways to Antwerp

and Rotterdam.

Several Sagro and Prior

Group owned compa-

nies will operate out of

the Green Blue Offshore

Terminal. Sagro Group

consist of companies

active in demobilisation,

environmental and de-

commissioning projects

of offshore oil and gas

installations.

Vattenfall to build Dutch base

Image source: Green Blue Offshore Terminal

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