Ports
These acquisitions are part
of Abu Dhabi Ports’ continuous investment in equipment
to better handle the increasing general cargo and RoRo
volumes. The state-of-the-art
equipment will ensure sustainable and reliable services and
continue to improve customer
satisfaction – one of the core
objectives of Abu Dhabi Ports.
Apart from higher handling capacity, much of the new equipment also has an improved ergonomic design that provides
equipment operators and drivers with better working comfort.
Sixteen
forklift
trucks
(FLTs),were the first equipment
to arrive at Zayed Port. The
new trucks, which have a lifting capacity ranging from three
tons to fifteen tons, bring the
total FLT fleet to over 30. Sixteen new terminal trucks are
expected to arrive in February. With new additions, there
will be over 30 terminal tractors in the two ports for general
cargo and RoRo operations.
In 2015, Abu Dhabi Ports purchased two new mobile harbour
cranes with lifting capacity of
65 tons for general cargo op-
News
INDIA RELAXES
CABOTAGE FOR
MODAL SHIFT
The decision by India’s Ministry
of Shipping to relax cabotage
regulations on special vessels
has enabled the first domestic
delivery of cars by ship rather
than via train or truck between
Chennai and the West India port
of Pipavav, Gurjarat.
A
PM Terminals Pipavav handled
the car carrier IDM Symex that
arrived earlier this week with 800
Hyundai cars after loading at the
port of Chennai on February 5th, in
a pioneering use of economic and
eco-friendly coastal transport of
Indian-manufactured automobiles.
The Maersk Group subsidiary has
been supporting RORO services
at Pipavav since 2015 following
the investment by NYK Auto Logistics India in a new stockyard
and pre- delivery inspection facility.
“Our double-digit growth in general and bulk cargo, and RoRo
volumes in recent years have
necessitated an upgrade of the
existing equipment at Zayed
Port and Khalifa Port. As we
expect to maintain the growth
in the coming years, the new
equipment will help to improve
our operational efficiency, productivity, to meet the surging demand from our customers,” said
Gary Lemke, Executive Vice
President of Abu Dhabi Ports.
erations in Zayed Port. Other
new equipment purchased last
year– three bucket grabs and
two orange pearl grabs – have
been facilitating smooth loading and unloading of bulk cargo.
The new cars destined for West India dealerships were produced at
the Hyundai Motor India facility near
Chennai, in Tamil Nadu State. The
company is India’s second-largest
car manufacturer and for the past
decade has been the country’s
largest exporter of passenger cars.
Project manager Link Shipping
was responsible for pioneering the
modal shift in a bid to show car
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