Due to the high demand for energy and mineral resources many dry bulk terminals around the world are expanding and seriously increasing their capacity. One approach to expansion can simply be copying the existing facilities until the required capacity is reached. In this way however the terminal does not only lose the opportunity to utilise the developments made over the last decades on terminal design, it will also end up with a costly operation. In addition it may not be able to reach the environmental restrictions imposed on terminal operations nearby environmentally sensitive areas.

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• Bulk Terminal Saldanha iron-ore expansion ahead of schedule

    Mining Weekly reported that the Port of Saldanha bulk iron ore handling facility expansion project is ahead of schedule and expected to be completed by the end of 2011. Mr Ben Khonyane of Transnet said that phase 1B of the project, which involved the expansion of throughput capacity at the facility

• Bulk-Saldanha iron ore terminal expansion) will be in 2011

     The Port of Saldanha bulk iron-ore
handling facility expansion project is ahead of schedule and expected to be completed by the end of 2011. According to Transnet’s Ben Khonyane, Phase 1B of the project, which involved the 
expansion of throughput capacity at the facility to 47-million tons a year, has been completed

• Holcim Investments rejects offer to buy Jurong Cement Bulk Terminal

    YTL Cement Singapore’s bid to purchase Jurong Cement Bulk Terminal at Singapore Port has been rejected by Holcim Investments Singapore (HIS), the majority shareholder in Jurong Cement Limited (JCL) which currently runs the cement bulk terminal. Read at Holcim Investments rejects offer to buy Jurong Cement Bulk Terminal

• Holcim Investments rejects offer to buy Jurong Cement Bulk Terminal

    YTL Cement Singapore’s bid to purchase Jurong Cement Bulk Terminal at Singapore Port has been rejected by Holcim Investments Singapore (HIS), the majority shareholder in Jurong Cement Limited (JCL) which currently runs the cement bulk terminal. Read at Holcim Investments rejects offer to buy Jurong Cement Bulk Terminal

• The first container terminal container handling by 10% to 80 330 TEUs in the 09th September

    According to preliminary data, First Container Terminal handled 80,329 TEU in September 09 (-10%, year-on-year), Olga Denshchikova, marketing director of National Container Terminal, said at the conference “Beyond the crisis outline. New routes of water transport development” arranged by PortNews IAA. According to the forecast, the Terminal’s container throughput in the 9-month

• New liquid bulk terminal planned for Port Said

    A new liquid bulk terminal is to be developed in East Port Said, by Sonker Bunkering Company and The Oiltanking Group. Read at New liquid bulk terminal earmarked for Port Said

• Coal-loader for port

    The North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation says a new coal loader is due to be installed at the Abbot Point terminal yesterday. Chief executive Brad Fish says the loader arrived from Brisbane on Sunday, but wet weather delayed installation. He says the coal loader is part of the X50 expansion

• Mumbai Port to double capacity by 2013

    The Mumbai Port Trust has a blueprint to double handling capacity to more than 90m tonnes by the end of 2013 with a slew of new terminals for all types of cargoes inked. Speaking at the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry this week chairman of the trust, Rahul Asthana

• Port of La Note releases Memorandum / preparation for the container terminal expansion

    The Port of Los Angeles and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have released a joint Notice of Intent/Preparation (NOI/NOP) — the first step in the Environmental Impact Statement/Report (EIS/EIR) process — for the redevelopment and expansion of the APL Container Terminal at Berths 302-306. Read at Port of LA releases

• New bulk loader for Bayóvar (Peru) and the port of Marseille

    TAIM WESER, a Spanish company that specialises in latestgeneration bulk handling equipment and solutions, was recently awarded the contract to install conveyor belts and a ship loader for phosphate, with 3,500 t/h capacity, for the Bayóvar Port Terminal in Peru. Read at New bulk loaders for Bayóvar (Peru) and Port

• Container Terminal of Sea Port of Saint Petersburg to start operation in spring 2010

    Container terminal of Sea Port of Saint Petersburg is to be put into operation in early 2010. It will operate parallel to the coal terminal, Aleksandr Shcherbinin, Director on development of stevedoring business of Transport Asset Management LLC (UCLH subsidiary), said at the conference “Beyond the crisis outline. New routes

• Port of Salalah Planning dramatic expansion

    The Port of Salalah in Oman is set to launch a dramatic expansion of its container and general cargo terminals, in an attempt to establish itself as one of the world’s leading transshipment hubs. According to a revised masterplan detailed in the Oman Observer, the Container Terminal will gradually be

• To renovate Cargotec Singapore cement terminal

    To improve its performance, Sin Heng Chan Cement Terminal has contracted Cargotec for a major new refurbishment project on its Siwertell ship unloader In January Cargotec won a substantial new refurbishment contract from major cement importer Sin Heng Chan Cement Terminal in Singapore, which will see the company’s local bulk

• New Saudi Shipping Terminal to attract trade

    A new $530 million terminal in Saudi Arabia’s main shipping hub will ease congestion and help lure back trade which had gone to other ports in the past few years, a senior executive said. Aamer Alireza, chief executive of Red Sea Gateway Terminal Co., said the 2 billion riyal facility

• New Saudi Shipping Terminal to attract trade

    A new $530 million terminal in Saudi Arabia’s main shipping hub will ease congestion and help lure back trade which had gone to other ports in the past few years, a senior executive said.