Tag: port expansion

The Canaveral Port Authority awarded Merritt Island-based Ivey’s Construction Inc. a $78.98 million contract for the Port’s Cruise Terminal 3 project and a $29.53 million contract for the 1,800-vehicle parking garage. The $38.6 million project is expected to be completed in December.

APM Terminals Poti and Poti New Terminals Consortium submitted a design for the first phase to receive the construction permit of Poti port expansion in Georgia. The designs incorporate the construction, development and operation of a new breakwater, 700 meters of quay wall for dry bulk.

Work started on January 3 to extend a small British port that would be able to be a back-up if the UK leaves the European Union with a no trade deal. The dredging at the port at Ramsgate could assist in mitigating possible congestion.

The US Army Corps of Engineers granted a $92 million construction contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC, to deepen and widen the Corpus Christi Ship Channel from the Gulf of Mexico to Harbor Island, under the Channel Improvement Project.

The Port of Prince Rupert and DP World reached a record of  1 million TEU as Fairview Container Terminal for the first time in a calendar year. During its first full year in operation in 2008, Fairview Terminal moved a modest 182,523 TEUs. 

Port of Hamburg experienced a challenge when AGFs increased by 65%. HVCC is focusing on a fairway adjustment in order to make Elbe fairway easy-to-access. 

The smart carrousel plan in the Waalhaven was signed recently. According to the plan, in the coming three-and-a-half years, 12 hectares of industrial site and 1,155 metres of quay will undergo a user change. The port infrastructure will also be renovated by the Port of Rotterdam Authority, to give an additional growth incentive to the Rotterdam breakbulk sector.

The Port of Galveston announced on December 5 that it signed an MOU with Royal Caribbean Cruises for the development and operation of a new cruise terminal. The new facility is expected to start operations in fall 2021.

The Scottish Port of Cromarty Firth announced that Roadbridge UK Ltd has won the contract to construct the new £30 million Energy and Cruise Hub. The build will start in January 2019, with work expected to be completed by spring 2020.

The Port Authority of Busan issued with the the Port of Rotterdam Authority a Letter of Intent for the allocation of a 5 to 10 hectare site on the Maasvlakte Distribution Park West. It is the second LOI signed in a short time for this distribution site and defines it as a premium logistics location for property developers, investors, shippers and logistics service providers.