BOXBAY HIGH-BAY STORAGE SYSTEM SIGNED FOR USE IN BUSAN

Green Stanlow

DP World’s Busan terminal in South Korea is to install the BOXBAY high-bay storage system, representing the first commercial use of the system and following a new contract signed between Pusan Newport Corporation (PNC) and Boxbay FZCO (a joint venture of DP World and German plant technology supplier, SMS group).

DP World developed BOXBAY in conjunction with SMS, adapting the storage system originally designed for heavy metal coils.

DP World and SMS built a pilot facility at Jebel Ali Terminal-4 in January 2021 and by the end of June 2022, a total of 190,000 container movements had been successfully completed under realistic daily operating conditions.

Integrating BOXBAY technology in Busan in conjunction with the existing terminal operations will help eliminate 350,000 unproductive container moves per year and improve overall truck servicing time by 20 per cent according to BOXBAY.

First Heavy Electric Flt

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has confirmed a new order has been secured from Austrian rail logistics service provider Innofreight Solutions GmbH (Innofreight) for a Kalmar heavy electric forklift – the first of its kind to be delivered to a customer anywhere in the world.

The order was booked in Cargotec’s Q4 2022 order intake and the machine is scheduled to be delivered during Q4 2023.

8 BYD (Build Your Dreams) has delivered an 8Y terminal tractor to New York beer and beverage wholesaler, Manhattan Beer Distributors. This is the first electric terminal tractor in the company’s fleet of over 355 trucks. This new unit is reported to have the ability to provide 22 to 26 hours of consecutive operation and is intended for operation throughout New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley

Peter Wanek-Pusset, Managing Director, Innofreight, elaborates: “If we are to achieve our target to be carbon neutral by 2040 it is essential that we start reducing our reliance on fossil fuels now. Kalmar is a long-term partner and a leader in the field of eco-efficient electric equipment, so we are very pleased to be able to take this initiative forward together with them.”

Innofreight was founded in 2002 and develops modular rail wagon solutions for a variety of industrial sectors including pulp and paper, agriculture and construction. The company’s equipment is in operation in 20 European countries on all three European standard rail gauges and includes 60 diesel-powered Kalmar forklifts with various lifting capacities.

Stanlow Terminals has confirmed plans to develop a major new import terminal for green ammonia at the Port of Liverpool. The new facility will be an expansion of the existing Stanlow Terminal operation. Feasibility studies are currently ongoing, with operations slated to commence in 2027. Storage of more than one million tonnes of green ammonia per annum is planned, which will be for onward distribution into the UK or conversion back to green hydrogen for sale in the Northwest of the UK.

Poti Investment

APM Terminals Poti, Georgia, continues to make significant investments in port equipment. The most recent purchase comprises two, 40m3 hydraulic bulk discharge hoppers to discharge bulk cargoes more efficiently with minimal dust or cargo loss and offering a daily cargo discharge rate of up to 10,000 tonnes. In addition, an excavator, a front-end wheel loader, a skid steer loader and 80 rotainers have all been added for bulk activities.

New ELME INNOVATION

ELME is adding new spreader models to its portfolio. These include the New Generation INNOVATION 817 Spreader, offering a combination of increased structural strength and 16 per cent reduced weight to provide an estimated life expectancy increase of 30 per cent related to fatigue resistance and standard load case conditions. The 818 INNOVATION and 857 INNOVATION spreaders also offer improved design with increased strength and reduced weight.

BARRY PARKER

There may be a shift occurring in thinking in the US and it could be beneficial to ports.

After the supply chain crisis, the “Ever Given”, and disruptions in the energy trades since early 2022, the movements of cargo are certainly in the public eye. That is actually good news for ports - if you believe the maxims about money following attention.

Traditionally, newspaper and TV articles have tended to be local, with funding coming from closer to home. But there has been a new fervor at the Federal level, as evidenced by large grant programs for port infrastructure, and now emerging, new funds sources coming in from mega-bills passed in 2021 and 2022. While I try to shy away from geopolitics, I have detected a not-so-subtle shift in attitudes about the US role in world trade. In particular, I attended a maritime conference recently in New York (happily back to “in person” style) where this came up.

Over the last few years, digitalisation and decarbonisation