Germans Expand Specialist Port Facilities
Specialist facility expansion in Germanys two biggest seaports up to late 2005 is costing a total ¢ 60m, according to plans now revealed in Hamburg and the Weser ports complex of Bremen/ Bremerhaven.
In Hamburg, Germany’s biggest port, plans are to increase annual ore and coal handling at the giant Hansaport bulk facility from 12.6 million now to 14.5 million tons.
A new storage area for coal is being built by late 2005 which will add 300,000 tons to current 1.7 million ton capacity. A new Kocks bridge crane will be delivered next year to join three 32 ton capacity units already in operation. Investment will total 17m.
West on the Weser, home of Germany’s second biggest port complex, four berths are being built along 550m of new sheet piling on 9.7m of water in Bremerhaven’s Osthafen. It will serve one big car carrier and three feeders.
A new 60,000m 2vehicle handling area is being reclaimed behind the quay and filled to 2.93m height above normal tide with 160,000m 3of material from the water deepening work.
That project is costing 24m.
Finally, a new joint venture deal between giants MSC and Eurogate has prompted the Bremen Senate to invest 19min modernisation of the old Container Terminal 1 in Bremerhaven into a dedicated facility for the new MSC-Gate.
Eurogate is already investing 34m in superstructure.
The terminal is being consolidated and increased by 2,450m 2to give a total operations area of 17,200m 2.Among other things, part of a turning basin and adjacent dykes are being filled and raised 6m above normal tide.
Also planned is the ramming of a 210 m long sheet piled quayside to create a short-sea berth for ships of up to 150m.
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