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

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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. We have experi- wind farms, and 3 project is located 25- Hvide Sande is very well and develop new facili- enced a great willing- the Horns Rev 40 km off Denmark’s located to be able to ties at the port for op- ness to cooperate and 3 offshore wind farm west coast in the North service the North Sea erating office and commitment locally, which Vattenfall is cur- Sea. It is expected to South and North. In warehouse storage. and this is a good ex- rently servicing from produce enough to addition, we have been The service hub is ex- ample of how investing Hvide Sande Havn. power to meet the looking for a lasting, pected to employ ap- in a fossil-free future yearly consumption in flexible partner who proximately 50 em- can to a large extent Vesterhav Nord and 425,000 Danish house- can be an active part- ployees locally make a very concrete Vesterhav Syd will have holds. The project is ner for many years to when Vesterhav Syd & difference in a local a capacity of 180MW one of the largest off- come. We have found Nord are completed. community,” said Kris- and 170 MW respec- shore wind farms in this in Hvide Sande tian Sorgenfri Jensen.

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Ørsted and Eversource take steps to establish ProvPort manufacturing facility

Joint-venture partners venture offshore wind In total, Ørsted and Ørsted and Eversource Michael Sabitoni. Ørsted and Eversource projects serving Rhode Eversource are in- signed a landmark are taking the first steps Island, Connecticut, vesting a combined agreement with North Ørsted and Eversource toward transforming and New York. $40 million at ProvPort America’s Building teamed up back In De- ProvPort into a regional and Quonset Point, in Trades Unions, an alli- cember 2016 to launch offshore wind hub. The Ørsted and Eversource North Kingstown, R.I., ance of 14 national a new clean energy in- two companies an- have also reached a to support the devel- and international un- dustry in the U.S. North- nounced a new ad- Project Labor Agree- opment of the Revolu- ions representing over east. That partnership vanced foundation com- ment (PLA) with the tion Wind project serv- three million construc- has now grown to in- ponent facility to sup- Rhode Island Building ing Rhode and Con- tion workers, for the clude at least 1,700 MW port the assembly of the and Construction necticut, as well as the build out of their U.S. of offshore wind under developers’ portfolio of Trades Council and South Fork Wind pro- portfolio of projects development, including Northeast offshore wind Dimeo Construction, ject serving New York. with union labor. The the 704 MW Revolution farms. ensuring that the site NABTU agreement is Wind project to help upgrades and facility The site upgrades and based on the success- power Rhode Island and The new 228-foot long construction required facility construction at ful model developed Connecticut; the 132 facility will be used for to turn ProvPort into a ProvPort will create by the Rhode Island MW South Fork Wind to fabrication and assem- regional offshore wind approximately 40 un- Building Trades for the serve Long Island, and bly of foundation hub will be completed ion jobs. Block Island Wind the 924 MW Sunrise platforms for Ørsted by local, union labor. Farm, under the lead- Wind project which will and Eversource’s joint- In November 2020, ership of President provide power for New York. Valencia Port Authority review Muelle Centro 2 tender The Board of Directors allows the operation of be delivered in its cur- tion, flexibility and 100% of its construc- of the Port Authority of ro-ro vessels berthed rent state, with the sustainability; and ex- tion; or 25 years maxi- Valencia (PAV) have alongside the North exception of the water cellent connectivity mum. If the bidder reviewed tender specifi- Quay 2, and the bidder surface pending filling and competitiveness chooses to include the cations for the construc- may choose to build a and that which the for the import/export quay in the concession tion and operation of 39-metre ro-ro heel on bidder proposes in its and transit markets, and assume the pay- the multi-purpose ter- both sides to allow the bid for the berthing of with a clear value pro- ment of the correspond- minal at Muelle Centro operation of ro-ro ves- vessels in the event of posal of positioning ing occupancy fee for 2 in the Port of Sagunto. sels berthed alongside opting to include the among the industrial works and installations The multi-purpose mari- at the northern end of berthing line in the ports of the Western that would be executed time terminal will have the Centre Quay 2. As concession, whose Mediterranean and by PAV. a quay with a maximum for the construction filling and dredging preferably oriented The new terminal will length of 509 metres, works of the berthing works up to a mini- towards general or have an esplanade area with an adjoining area line until its comple- mum level of -16 me- break bulk cargo, in- of approximately 30,000 of approximately tion, the bidder can tres will be carried out cluding roll-on/roll-off, m2 to house a railway 226,000 m2, including choose to have them by the PAV in any case. special transport and terminal, located be- some 15,000 m2 of executed by the PAV large projects, as well tween the multi- manoeuvring area 30 or to execute them as The projected terminal as containers. purpose maritime termi- metres wide next to the part of his concession must have the follow- The term of the con- nal at Muelle Centro 2 quay edge, and a mini- obligations. In the first ing characteristics: cession will be 40 and the internal road mum depth of 16 me- case, the surface area capacity to simultane- years maximum, if the network of the Port of tres. will be delivered upon ously serve two vessels bidder chooses to in- Sagunto, and which will completion of the with general cargo; it clude the quay in the serve a 3-track beach The existing berthing berthing works by the will adopt the most concession and as- 750 metres long to be line has a ramp located PAV. In the second advanced standards in sume the financing of built by the PAV. As far at the northern end that case, the surface will the fields of innova-

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Port of Antwerp and PSA Antwerp upgrade Europa Terminal

Port of Antwerp, along completely demolished nal at the port of Ant- The current quay wall North Sea Terminal. with terminal operator and replaced by a new werp. The current has a length of almost PSA Antwerp, is plan- one. After completion maximum draught for 1,200 metres. In order PSA Antwerp is responsi- ning to deepen the quay of the works, the con- vessels that can berth to limit the operational ble for the renovation of wall of Europa Terminal. tainer terminal will be at the quay wall is 13.5 impact, the works are the layout of the adja- As a result, the largest able to receive ships metres. The works will taking place in three cent apron, including container ships can con- with a greater draught. bring the depth of the phases. This will allow new flooring, the largest tinue to call at Europa quay wall in line with a large part of the ter- container cranes and Terminal. The Europa Terminal the maximum draught minal to remain in ser- infrastructure for provid- was put into operation of about 16 metres at vice at all times, while ing shore power. Work is The plan includes the in 1990 as the first inlet. the rest of the capacity expected to start at the current quay wall being tidal container termi- is diverted to PSA end of this year.

Peel Ports London Medway welcomes new freight-only ferry service

Peel Ports London Med- The new service will to welcome a new unac- entry point over other Goffin added: “Our dedi- way will welcome a new exploit capacity partly companied freight ser- southern ports. cated RoRo facilities can freight-only ferry service enabled by resilience vice from DFDS. This is accommodate unaccom- “Our strategic location on 1 June, connecting funding in 2019 from the first ferry service panied freight, providing provides proximity to Sheerness and Calais the Department of since Olau Line ceased a huge opportunity for market benefits, and we from award-winning Transport (DfT), and will operating in 1994. Over RoRo operators to gain are continuing to drive ferry operator, DFDS. support growing de- the past year, we have uncongested access to forward with planned mand for unaccompa- Brexit-proofed a number London and the South The new service, oper- investment in our peo- nied freight services to of our ports, including East easily through Lon- ated by the Gothia, can ple, processes and tech- support market changes London Medway, in- don Medway, saving on carry up to 165 unac- nology, creating further and adapt to the chang- creasing resiliency to steaming time. The an- companied freight units opportunities for our ing demands of cargo handle additional cargo nouncement of this new (trailers or containers customers through di- owners, hauliers and to help reduce delays service is indicative of without drivers) and will versification, as well as shipping lines alike. and maximise efficien- this shift and the grow- offer one daily sailing in the creation of up to 100 cies for customers to ing demand for unac- each direction between Richard Goffin, Port Di- direct and indirect local provide a more attrac- companied freight ser- the two ports. rector, London Medway jobs.” tive proposition and UK said: “We’re delighted vices.” New eco-friendly rail shuttle through the Port of Gothenburg

A new shuttle service environmental benefits company behind the emissions. In combina- other new, long distance operated by CFL Cargo to be gained with this new shuttle, First Row tion with frequent route,” said Mikael Ny- Sweden has been shuttle. It also offers Shipping and Logistics. feeder services from man, Senior Sales Man- launched to transport access to the port’s the Port of Gothen- ager at CFL Cargo Swe- products out into the extensive service net- These additional vol- burg and direct ser- den. world via the Port of work with frequent umes at the Port of vices to Asia, the Gothenburg and its rail departures. Good Gothenburg were pre- transport time will be After making the 1400- network. availability of empty viously shipped from cut by 5-7 days, and kilometre journey from containers at the Port Piteå via the Baltic Sea the carbon footprint the town of Piteå just The round trip to the of Gothenburg enhanc- using smaller feeder will be reduced by 87 south of the Arctic Cir- Port of Gothenburg es reliability even fur- vessels. Transloading per cen compared with cle, the trains roll direct- scheduled each week. ther. Other shuttle then took place at the previous arrange- ly into the Port of At 500 metres long, the movements to and ports in central Eu- ment. Gothenburg container train will carry 72 con- from the Port of rope. terminal, which is oper- tainers (TEU) of Swedish Gothenburg are seen “The Port of Gothen- ated by APM Terminals. forest products, des- to be working very The new rail solution burg has been a major From there, the cargo tined primarily for Asian well, which is reassur- to Gothenburg will destination for us for can be loaded directly markets. ing,” said Nikolas Row- result in considerable many years and we are on ships for further land, Managing Direc- time savings and re- extremely pleased to transport out into the “There are considerable tor of the forwarding ductions in carbon be able to add yet an- world.