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Táranto dispute
As if the corruption scandal engulfing
ILVA, Europe’s largest
steel plant, and the damage caused
by the huge tornado last November
were not enough, the Port
of Táranto has been hit by legal
action by bulk operator Consorzio
Terminal Rinfuse Táranto
(CTRT), a sister company of
quarry company Italcave and
ship agent Carmed within the
privately-owned Caramia group.
The regional tribunal in Lecce
(TAR Lecce) has upheld a claim
brought by CTRT against the
port authority (APT) over the
non-renewal of a concession to
operate a dry bulk terminal on
a 46,695 m 2 parcel, with a 300m
long quay, at the port’s Multisector
Dock (Molo Polisettoriale). TAR
Lecce has put a stop to €100M of
infrastructure works and dredging
to take depth to -16.5m - projects
aimed at relaunching the Evergreen
container terminal (TCT).
APT's appeal will be heard by
the Council of State on 23 October,
so it is hoping this will be a
temporary delay. At risk is around
€200M of new investment, including
Evergreen’s commitment
to new equipment and other
improvements. In theory at least,
another €219M earmarked for
the adjacent logistics park is not
affected, but its fortunes are inevitably
tied up with those of the
container terminal.
CTRT’s facility is located at the
neck of the Multisector Wharf and
was originally dedicated to pet coke
trades. APT awarded it to CTRT
for two years and the concession
expired at the end of 2011, although
CTRT originally asked for
four years and has continued operations
there pending the review.
The key to this dispute is that
the facility has become a major
revenue earner for Caramia
since the tornado that hit Táranto
on 28 November last year. The
ILVA coal and iron ore reception
wharf was badly damaged
and two gantry grab unloaders
were destroyed. Until the berth
can be put back into action ILVA
is using CTRT and Caramia is
reported to be earning €50,000/
day by virtue of a price of €3/
tonne unloaded. Materials are unloaded
directly to dumper trucks
via hoppers and driven to the
ILVA plant.
Port observers in Italy say Caramia
is putting a temporary “windfall”
ahead of future revenue
streams, since Carmed is the agent
for all Evergreen group’s container
traffic over TCT. Its action
could damage Carmed’s credibility
in the eyes of Evergreen and
weaken the Taiwanese carrier’s
commitment to the port.
Last year judges ordered €1B
of steel and steel products seizure
from ILVA as part of an ongoing
corruption investigation linked to
serious breaches of environmental
law. The authorities ordered a
partial closure of the steelworks
last July over pollution levels and
eight executives were placed under
house arrest. In January this
year a top ILVA executive was arrested
in London.
The steel company has embarked
on a 2-year clean-up operation
after prosecutors charged
that toxic emissions from the
plant have led to abnormally high
levels of cancer and respiratory illnesses
in the region.
DP World for Quequén
Through its local affiliate and
Puerto Nuevo, Buenos Aires terminal
operator, Terminales Rio
de la Plata (TRP), DP World
has signed an agreement with
Quequén port authority (Consorcio
de Gestion de Puerto
Quequén) (CGPQ) in the province
of Buenos Aires to develop
a new container terminal and related
logistics park.
Puerto Quequén (also known
as Necochea) is located 512 kms
south of the city of Buenos Aires
and is a key area for agricultural
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exports from BA province and
the Midwest of Argentina. The
agreement will help shippers diversify
markets with the parcelisation
that containerisation brings,
and increase the opportunities
for selling specialty grains and IPdesignated
crops.
Shipments will be likely feedered
to Buenos Aires, or Montevideo
or Rio Grande do Sul for
transhipment to deepsea vessels.
CGPQ is understood to have
signed a separate agreement with
a regional feeder operator.
Monrovia hub opens
APM Terminals’ newly completed
600m quay at Liberia’s Freeport
of Monrovia has been officially
opened by President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf. The 17-ha terminal
is APMT’s first 100%-owned
port concession in Africa, which
will operate under a 25-year
deal agreed in 2010. A three-year
deadline for completion of the
new wharf was stipulated in the
concession agreement, concluded
on a build-operate-transfer model.
APMT said it was a tight deadline
which it met ahead of schedule.
Infrastructure investments will
include roadway reconstruction,
yard paving, new offices and gates
and cargo handling technology.
APMT is obliged to invest around
US$120M over the term of the
concession, but the company
said it will invest an additional
US$25M to upgrade the container
yard, buildings, gates and safety
activities.
Pictured at the opening ceremony (L-R): President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf;
Matilda Parker, managing director of the National Port Authority; Christina
Tah, minister of justice; and Brian Fuggle, MD of APM Terminals Liberia
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Progress on Lamu
A consortium of Chinese companies
has been awarded a contract
to begin construction work on
the new port of Lamu in Kenya.
China Communications Construction
Company is the lead
contractor, while China Road
and Bridge Corporation will
build the first phase of the container
terminal with three berths.
The port is designed to be
the centrepiece of the far larger
Lamu Port, South Sudan, Ethiopia
Transport (LAPSSET) corridor
project, which will include
an industrial zone, agro-industrial
projects, road and rail links
to Ethiopia and South Sudan,
and an oil pipeline from South
Sudan to the new port. Telecoms
and power lines are planned to
run alongside the main roads and
railways.
The government of landlocked
South Sudan, which is the
world’s newest country, is keen to
see Lamu develop as its main port.
The chief executive of LAPSSET,
Silvester Kasuku, said: “We called
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the first three berths,
just to break the ground. This
will demonstrate there is government
commitment and investment
and provide incentives for
private sector investors to come
on board.” The container terminal
has been designed to provide
scope for 32 berths in the long
term.
The ancient town of Lamu on
the island of Lamu has a long history
as a port, but has not been
developed as a commercial port
since independence. The new
port project will be built on
Manda Bay on the mainland, opposite
the island. However, contracts
on the project were awarded
by the government of Kenyan
President Mwai Kibaki, which
lost power in the April elections.
It remains to be seen whether the
new government will honour
the existing plans.
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