4AllPORTS News Update January 2017 News in brief:

 Ports of Stockholm set new con- tainer record. The final figure for number of containers handled in 2016 was 53,945.

 Stena Line in stand-out year at Belfast. For the first time in its history, Stena Line has carried over 500,000 freight units through Belfast Harbour.

 FSDEA to invest $180m in new port. The Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA), Angola’s sover- eign wealth fund, has announced that it has committed to invest $180 million in a strategic deep sea port in Angola. Image source: Port of Dover.  Port of Kiel extends its services in “Dover Western Docks for UK and European combined traffic.A new direct £200m loan package for Dover Revival is the single economies, businesses train connection between Kiel biggest investment and consumers. A and the Adriatic port of Trieste in Western Docks revival ever undertaken by the prominent role which Northern Italy has recently been launched. Port of Dover. It will will remain into the A consortium of leading Allianz Global Investors define how we operate future post Brexit.”  Growth at Port of Antwerp. The British and European has agreed to provide for decades to come. port of Antwerp handled a total lenders has agreed a the programme with a freight volume of 214,057,529 £200m package of loans “Currently handling 17 £55million private tonnes in 2016, up 2.7% on the per cent of all the UK’s to support the Port of placement bond; RBS previous year. Dover’s flagship capital and Lloyds Bank have trade in goods, it is building programme. each provided a crucial the Port contin-  Port of Immingham to improve its flood defences. The Port of The Dover Western £35million revolving ues to evolve to meet Immingham is due to receive an Docks Revival Project credit facility; and the the demands of an ever-changing political investment boost of around £5 will create a purpose- European Investment million which will increase the and trading landscape. built cargo and logistics Bank has confirmed a port’s resilience to flooding in the facility at the Port, £75million loan. “The financial support future. supplied by blue chip which currently handles Port of Dover Chief lenders underlines the  For further information please up to £119billion of UK Executive, Tim Wag- critical role Dover fulfils visit the 4AllPorts news pages: trade each year. gott, said: www.4allports.com

A third of ships get green discount at Gothenburg ping Index. Vessels charges. that have a score of at An additional discount is Last year, one in three classified as green is The discount is based least 30 according to available for vessels that ships at the Port of highly encouraging. on two separate envi- ESI, or which are classi- run on liquefied natural Gothenburg received an They are also vessels ronmental indexes, fied as green according gas (LNG). By using LNG environmental discount that call at the port on Environmental Ship to CSI, receive a 10% as a marine fuel, emis- on the port charges. a regular basis.” Index and Clean Ship- discount on the port sions of sulphur and This represents an in- particles are reduced to crease of 83% on the almost zero and nitro- previous year. gen oxide emissions by In total, 75 vessels re- 85-90%. ceived a discount of The aim is for shipping 10% on the port charges companies to be en- compared to 41 in 2015. couraged to mitigate Edvard Molitor, Environ- their environmental mental Manager at impact in a way that Gothenburg Port Au- goes beyond laws and regulations. thority, said: “The grow- ing number of vessels Image source: Port of Gothenburg

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Port of Ipswich investment tops £5.4m in 2016 ported cargo handled Image source: ABP at the port.

ABP invested £5.4m into used to meet the de- cargo handling grabs, the Port of Ipswich in mands for additional four forklift trucks and 2016, upgrading facili- agribulk storage. a new Mantsinen ties and replacing equip- Additionally, the port tracked mobile high ment as tonnage figures worked with local capacity crane. show increased levels of company Spirit Yachts 2016 end of year fig- cargo moving through to refurbish their ex- ures also showed that the port in the last 12 isting property to give Ipswich handled 2.6 months. them the ‘best facility’ million tonnes of cargo In 2016, the Port of Ips- on the East Coast of through the port, a wich committed £2.2 the UK, providing 13% increase overall million to the construc- £300,000 in funding from 2015. More spe- tion of a new 40,000 for the project. More cifically, there was a square foot bulk store than £1.6 million was 22% (1.25m tonnes of which is due for comple- spent on new equip- cargo) increase of ex- tion in April. This will be ment including five Giant 7 heavy lift ves- Brave Tern arrives in Sassnitz- sels. The €1.4bn Wik- inger project spans an Mukan for Wikinger work area of approximately 34km2and is on sched- uled to enter full oper- Turbine installation has window to begin in- ation by the end of begun at the 350MW stallation. Installation 2017. Wikinger offshore wind of the project's 70 four Brave Tern is owned farm in the German Bal- legged jacket founda- and operated by Fred. tic Sea. Jack-up vessel tions was also com- Olsen Windcarrier. Brave Tern has been pleted on the 2nd Janu- The 132m vessel has a coming months be- the O&M base in the loaded with the first ary by Offshore Wind- 5.6m draft and can lift coming fully commis- future. Adwen AD 5-135 turbine force, a subsidiary of up to 800 tonnes to a sioned by the end of components at the Port Boskalis. Installation Image source: Fred Ol- maximum height of 2017. The Port of Sass- of Sassnitz-Mukran and began in April 2016 sen 120m. It will install the nitz-Mukran will be the is awaiting a weather and was carried out 70 turbines over the using the Taklift 4 and installation base and Port of the Month - Lowestoft being an O&M base for Greater Gabbard OWF.  Situated directly oppo-  Construction has also site major continental started on the new ports, the Port of ScottishPower Renewa- Lowestoft serves the bles operation base for sea routes between the the East Anglia One OWF UK, Europe, Scandina-  Commercial Contact: via, and the Baltic Paul Brooks States. The port is [email protected] linked by the A12 and +44 1502 572 286 A14 to the M11 and  Harbour Master: M25. Gary Horton  The port acts as con- lowestoftportcon- struction coordination [email protected] and operation base for +44 1502 572 286 Galloper and East An-  Max water depth 6.2m glia ONE OWF as well as (Town Quay).

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and equipment will be Boskalis receives LOI for €480m port project mobilised mid-2017. The project is expected Royal Boskalis Westmin- Zone Authority Duqm). dry dock and industrial with a length of one to be completed in ster N.V. (Boskalis) has The final award is sub- free trade zone located kilometre, a double 2020. received a Letter of In- ject to Sezad satisfying in the Al Wusta Region berth jetty island and tent to Award a contract certain conditions. between Muscat and stone revetment. The If you wish to submit a for the development of The contract includes Salalah and has been dredging scope will be news story, advertise the port of Duqm in the engineering, de- designated as a Special executed by the new within the newsletter or Oman. The contract sign, procurement and Economic Zone. mega cutter Helios, to have your port fea- with a value of approxi- construction of a bulk Various dredging & which will be taken tured as ‘Port of the mately EUR 480 million liquid berth terminal. civil activities will be into service mid-2017, Month’ please contact will be awarded by The Port of Duqm is a executed under the and a jumbo hopper us: Sezad (Special Economic an existing strategic responsibility of Bos- and medium-sized kalis, including the trailer suction hopper [email protected] deepening of the port dredger. Based on the +44 1502 307 037 current expectations, basin to a depth of 18 meters, reclamation of the design activities new land, the con- are due to commence struction of a quay wall in the coming weeks

DCT Gdansk in record year

In 2016 Deepwater Con- visible growth of cargo of the largest invest- terminal equipment, size. DCT Gdansk has tainer Terminal Gdansk targeted at Eastern ments in Pomerania – doubling DCT’s annual proven itself a game- handled approximately and Central European the construction of the handling capacity from changer for the Baltic, 1.3 million TEU - a rec- markets. As well as second deepwater 1.5 million to 3 million opening the market to direct calls from Asia ord for the terminal. proving to be an berth (T2) in DCT TEU. and providing access for attractive transship- Gdansk, was success- This achievement was Cameron Thorpe CEO Polish importers and influenced by many fac- ment hub for the ship- fully finalised. The T2 at DCT said: “With the exporters as well as en- tors, from the growing ping lines delivering investment enriched opening of Terminal 2, hanced transshipment need for directs calls of cargo in that part of the terminal with a we now have the pro- access across the Baltic spect to take it to the oceanic container ves- the world. next berth, new yards for the Shipping Lines. “ next level – use this sels in the Baltic to the Last year also saw one and state-of-the-art potential and double in

“Our challenge now is to attract new services and to push further into cen- tral Europe, whilst retain- ing and consolidating our position with our existing customers.” Cameron Thorpe CEO

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Port News 4ALLPORTS News Update January 2017 newables industry the Ninian Central pro- Refurbishment underway at Kishorn Port which has a require- duction platform, one of ment for the serial the largest concrete Harris Pye, the global We will be floating the and fitting new seals production of large structures ever to have engineering group, be- gate - no mean feat as on them.” concrete structures; oil moved across the face gins work on refurbish- it weighs in excess of The owners of Kishorn and gas fabricators; of the earth, was con- ing the historic dock 13,000 tonnes; replac- Port have identified a and the expanding oil structed in the late gates at Kishorn Port. ing all areas of corrod- number of key markets and gas decommis- 1970s. This will be the first step ed steel, and the rub- that need access to sioning sector. The contract value is in making the gates, and ber seals; and reposi- sheltered deep water, The hollow concrete £340,000 and the work the Kishorn dry-dock, tioning the gate prior big lay down areas and gates were last will be undertaken in a operational once more. to pumping the dock a large dry dock – opened nearly 25 six week period. Chris David, Harris Pye’s out to test the integrity Kishorn is one of the years ago when the Chief Technical Officer of the gates. We will largest in Western Eu- Skye Bridge caissons said: “We are delighted also be strengthening rope at 160m in diam- were constructed to have won this con- the access road to the eter with 13m of draft there in 1993. The tract, and to be working dock gate and replac- available. These in- dock was also where on these historic gates. ing the flooding covers clude the offshore re- Record breaking year predicted at Portland Port

Portland Port’s cruise comed back to the advanced and currently season is looking to be a port again in July. on target to be finished record breaking one Ian McQuade, General ahead of schedule. The with the greatest num- Manager – Commercial extension will allow ber of cruise passengers at Portland Port said: ships of more than to date. Furthermore, “This is a major coup 340m LOA to be han- 2017 will also see a rec- for Portland Port. Se- dled alongside, provid- ord number of inaugural curing one call from ing a new suite of calls during an extended such a globally re- mooring bollards and season, running from nowned and world high capacity pneu- April to November. matic floating fenders recognised brand real- Image source: Portland Port Overall the port is ex- ly is great recognition in addition to the dol- pecting to handle 24 of all the hard work phins themselves. cruise ships bringing put in by the port to There are also plans over 36,000 passengers establish itself as a being drawn up to in- crease the minimum into Portland. Of these destination of choice 24 calls, 10 will be first for the cruise industry, water depth alongside time visitors. but to receive a second the berth to 10 metres. 4AllPorts is the portal for quick and easy The inaugural visit call in the same year is These improvements world wide port information. attracting the most simply fantastic for the will allow Portland Port attention is that being Port and the local ar- to compete for the  World-wide Overview of ports business of the larger made by the Disney ea”.  Detailed description of docks, cruise ships which are Magic, which Portland In addition, work on quays and terminals within the being added to order Port announced last Portland Port’s main port area books as the cruise year to be calling in May cruise berth extension  Daily updated ports news industry continues to 2017. Since that an- continues to progress grow.  Essential contact information nouncement, Disney and will be completed  Almanac of port services, suppliers have subsequently de- well in time for the and information cided to add a second start of the 2017 cruise call to Portland to their season. WWW.4ALLPORTS.COM 2017 itineraries and the Work on the new dol- ship will now be wel- phins is already well

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