Busan Port Authority for Maasvlakte

Korea’s leading port is the launch customer for the port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte Distribution Park West

Busan Port Authority has signed a contract for the issue of a 5-hectare site. Of the seven remaining plots, six are already reserved, says Rotterdam Port Authority.

Busan Port Authority is developing a sustainable 30,000 m2 warehouse on the site, for use by various, mainly Korean, service providers. “For us, the Port of Rotterdam is the perfect location to run a warehouse”, stated Ki-chan Nam, Busan Port Authority CEO.

“The optimal deep-sea port infrastructure and multimodal connections with other countries makes Rotterdam the ‘connected’ port in Europe and the best location for Korean logistics companies to do business in Europe.” The warehouse will become operational in 2021.

“We have been cooperating with Busan Port Authority in many areas for quite some time”, stated Emile Hoogsteden, Director of Containers, Breakbulk & Logistics at the Port of Rotterdam Authority. “We are proud that they will be the first party to realise their own warehouse on our new distribution park. Moreover, their sustainable ambitions are a seamless match for our objectives.” It is expected that the warehouse will receive a BREEAM-NL Outstanding certificate.

The site is also located close to deep sea, short sea, inland shipping and rail connections and is also convenient for the A15 motorway, the Maasvlakte Plaza Truck parking area, the existing Maasvlakte Distribution Park and the freight rail links between Maasvlakte and the European hinterland.

Source: WorldCargo News

More logistics investments for Dunkirk

SFAN (Société Foncière Axe Nord) is to build a 42,000 m2 warehouse and a high bay cool store with space for 66,000 pallets under controlled temperature in the Port of Dunkirk

The investments will be made in the Logistics Zone in the western part of the port, close to the ferry terminal and the container terminal. SFAN has had a presence in the port for a number of years and has a programme worth €60M to build latest generation warehouses and DCs there.

The new 42,000 m2 ambient warehouse will be built in the International Logistics Zone. Under a separate agreement with the port authority, the high-bay reefer cross-docking facility, with an overall height of 43m, will be built in the Port Rapide area, directly between the container (Terminal de Flandres) and ferry terminals. This is aimed at the agri-food industry.

On 20th June, the Port of Dunkirk will officially inaugurate the 500m long extension to the deep water quay at Terminal de Flandres. The terminal’s STS cranes were long-travelled along the new rails into this extension for the first time on 19th April. The linear quay is now 1,785m long, of which almost 1,000m is dredged to -17.30m, so the terminal can now accommodate two mega container vessels in excess of 400m LOA simultaneously at any state of the tide.

Source: WorldCargo News

Maritime commits more to Tilbury

Maritime Transport Ltd (Maritime) has opened a new rail-connected distribution terminal at the Port of Tilbury

Maritime has been on site at Tilbury for 15 years and hase relocated to a new facility with rail connectivity near London Container Terminal.

Handling mostly steel for distribution to Europe and rest of the world, Maritime will use an existing terminal railhead which has been converted to allow both straddle carriers and reach stackers to operate simultaneously which will double the handling capacity of the terminal. The terminal will handle both intermodal and specialised steel wagons from the first day of operation.

A 55,000 ft2 Rubb shed was relocated from another part of the port to the site to provide rail connected undercover storage. Maritime can accommodate both domestic and International/EU trade in the new terminal.

Source: WorldCargo News