4ALLPORTS News Update April 2021
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4ALLPORTS News Update April 2021 ESB unveils renewables plans for ‘GREEN ATLANTIC @ Moneypoint’ News in brief: phases by ESB and opment of Money- 5G at Port of South Hampton: joint venture part- point will support the Verizon Business and Associated ners, Equinor. Once wider plans of Shan- British Ports have announced that complete, the wind non Foynes Port, and they will be working together to deploy private 5G at the Port of farm is expected to working with local Southampton. Delivered in part- be capable of power- stakeholders, help nership with Nokia, Verizon’s ing more than 1.6m make the Shannon private 5G platform will provide homes in Ireland. Estuary a focal point one of the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) busiest ports with a secure, Subject to the appro- for the offshore wind Image source: ESB low-latency private network con- priate consents being industry in Europe. nection. The Verizon private 5G ESB has announced this Synchronous Com- granted, the wind farm platform will provide ABP with a plans for a 'Green Atlan- pensator will be the is expected to be in ESB’s plans include private wireless data network across selected areas within the tic @ Moneypoint' site largest of its kind in production within the investment in a green East and West Docks of the Port. in County Clare, to be the world. This new next decade. hydrogen production, This will enable data communica- transformed into a plant will provide a storage and generation tions to be consolidated onto a green energy hub. range of electrical ser- ESB envisions that facility at Moneypoint single network. Green Atlantic @ vices to the electricity Moneypoint will be- towards the end of the Liebherr to supply two new Moneypoint will include grid which would pre- come a centre for the decade. A clean, zero- cranes to The Port of Liverpool: Peel Ports Group has placed an a multi-billion Euro pro- viously have been sup- construction and as- carbon fuel, green hy- order for two new Liebherr ship gramme of investments plied by thermal fired sembly of floating wind drogen will be pro- to shore container cranes for on the site over the next power stations. Its turbines. A deep-water duced from renewable their facility at the Port of Liver- decade. operation will enable port already exists at energy and used for pool. The new STS cranes have an outreach and lift height of 40 m, a higher volumes of re- the site, making it an power generation, backreach of 18 m, a span of ESB has already com- newables on the sys- ideal staging ground heavy goods vehicles 16.785 m and a Safe Working menced work on trans- tem. for the construction of in the transport sector Load of 40 t under single lift forming Moneypoint the wind farm. It is and to help decarbon- spreader. The cranes will undergo trial assembly and testing of indi- into a green energy hub, The floating offshore expected this will gen- ise a wide range of vidual drives before shipping, breaking ground on a wind farm of 1,400MW erate a number of di- industries such as with the two cranes ready for new €50m Sustainable will be developed off rect jobs in the Mid- pharmaceuticals, elec- operation early in 2022. System Support facility the coast of Counties West region. In the tronics and cement ABP inks new contract with off- in the coming weeks – Clare and Kerry in two longer term, the devel- manufacturing. shore vessels company in Swansea: Associated British Ports has signed a new contract Kishorn Port gets greenlight for expansion with HST Marine at the Port of Swansea in support of the off- Kishorn Port has re- when completed, will Co-Director Colin host many more pro- shore energy industry. The agree- ceived approval from allow the port to re- Ortlepp said: "We wel- jects in future as a di- ment covers the use of a 1-acre, the Highland Council for ceive vessels and struc- come the Council’s ap- rect result of Scotland’s mixed-use site at the Port of Swansea, which contains open its proposal to extend tures up to 250 metres proval of this proposal energy transition. storage space and office accom- the port’s dry dock. This in length in comparison which follows a period modation. To prepare the loca- "We’re extremely ap- is a further step in the to the current 160 me- of over ten years dur- tion, ABP invested around preciative of the sup- regeneration of the port tres. This will allow the ing which Kishorn Port £60,000 as part of work to install port we’ve had from new fencing and gates to create a and dry dock, originally port to accommodate a has invested signifi- the local community, secure self-contained site. HST established in the mid- wider range of marine cantly to bring the dry Marine is an owner and operator the Council, Highlands 1970s to fabricate the projects for decommis- dock and wider port of offshore vessels, providing and Islands Enterprise solutions to a range of industries, Ninian Central oil & gas sioning, maintenance area back to life. 2020 and many others in our from offshore wind to construc- platform. and upgrading. Kishorn saw three significant journey to bring work tion and oil and gas. Port stated that it will decommissioning and The development pro- back to Kishorn. More also enhance the port’s oil and gas projects use posal involves an exten- activity at Kishorn gives offering to the offshore our facilities, and we For further information please visit sion of the dry dock into us the ability to create the 4AllPorts news pages: wind sector. believe the port will adjoining land which, further employment www.4allports.com www.4allports.com | +44 1502 307037 | [email protected] 1 4ALLPORTS News Update April 2021 Hutchison Ports enhances deep-water berth Hutchison Ports Port of 15.0m to 16.5 metres ing size and depth of Boskalis Westminster Felixstowe, said: "The Felixstowe has en- below Chart Datum the container vessels. Limited was the ap- Port of Felixstowe is hanced its deep-water and the berth box wid- pointed dredging con- ever progressive and The 19,630 TEU Manila berth capacity following ened from 55m to tractor for the project continuously invests in Maersk, operated on and used a combina- its infrastructure, equip- the successful comple- 70m. the 2M AE6/NEU3 ser- tion of backhoe dredg- ment and people, with tion of strengthening The berth upgrade, vice to Asia, was the er, the Nordic Giant the view to enhancing and dredging works to together with a pro- first vessel to use the with a bucket size of its customer offering. As Berth 7 on Trinity Termi- gram to extend the deeper berth. With a 13 cubic metres, and the number of ultra- nal. outreach of 10 ZPMC departure draft of 15.6 trailing suction hopper large container ships dredgers to undertake continues to grow we Berth 7 – one of the quay cranes to 23 box- metres, the vessel was the works. will continue to improve Port of Felixstowe's nine es wide on Berths 6 & the deepest ever to be and upgrade our facili- Chris Lewis, CEO, container berths - has 7, are in direct re- berthed on Trinity Ter- ties to meet the needs of Hutchison Ports Port of been dredged from sponse to the increas- minal. our customers.” PD Ports Immingham secures steel agreement PD Ports has secured a East Coast location. they were imported, Officer Geoff Lippitt customer expectations. long-term agreement Further services such transported via road, said: “We are thrilled By offering added value at its Immingham site as clutch sealing, worked and then re- that our commitment services, we can save with Sheet Piling UK cutting and welding will distributed. Dedicated to our customers has Sheet Piling UK valuable Limited, to store and also be undertaken at PD Ports staff on site once again enabled us time in administrative handle the Company’s the facility. Sheet Piling will also be allocated to to secure a long-term processing, provide a steel sheet piles ready UK’s imports, which the contract, offering deal with valued part- single, reliable point of use within construction arrive directly in to added value services ners Sheet Piling UK contact and improve the industry. PD Ports will Immingham from Abu such as pick and pack, Limited, to continue sustainability of the sup- now store and handle Dhabi, will now be all through one central their operations at Im- ply chain. We very much up to 16,000 tonnes of stored and worked on- point of contact. mingham,” said Geoff. look forward to continu- imported sheet pile site before onward “At PD Ports we pride ing this relationship go- materials at its prime distribution. Previously, Chief Commercial ourselves on exceeding ing forward.” Hvide Sande Havn to host Vattenfall's Danish O&M base Vattenfall has chosen tively. Combined, the Scandinavia, and was Harbor, ” said Kristian “We expect to employ Hvide Sande Havn to projects will supply put into commercial Sorgenfri Jensen, Pro- a total of around 50 host its operations and electricity equivalent to operation back in Au- ject Director for Opera- employees in the new maintenance base for the annual consump- gust 2020. tion and Maintenance, facilities in Hvide its Danish offshore tion of 350,000 Danish Offshore Wind at Sande. About half of wind farms. This households. “First and foremost, the Vattenfall. this comes from the inlcudes the Vesterhav location of the harbor North Sea South and Syd & Nord nearshore Vattenfall’s Horns Rev is important, and here Vattenfall will design North.