TERCAT Ready for Construction of 1.5 Million TEU
News Release
Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH)
June 10, 2010
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Terminal Catalunya S.A. (TERCAT), a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH)
Group, will shortly take over the site of the Muelle Prat container terminal
from the Barcelona Port Authority to enable construction to
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Phase I will feature a
1,000-metre-long quay, eight super-post-panamax quay cranes with outreaches of
22 containers, a yard area of approximately 60 hectares, 18 container stacking
blocks with 36 one-over-five automated stacking yard cranes (ASC), a fleet of
shuttle carriers, tractors and trailers, an eight-track rail terminal, and
administration and engineering buildings. The Muelle Prat container terminal
will be installed with an automated terminal operating system called nGen,
developed by HPH. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The quay cranes and ASCs are
supplied by Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZPMC) and KoneCranes respectively.
Five of these cranes have already been built at ZPMC’s plant in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Shanghai</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">After a series of qualification
assessments and requests for tenders in accordance with EU procurement rules,
five contractors submitted their bids for the civil works tender on 19 April.
TERCAT is in the process of reviewing the tenders. A decision is expected in
July, and the contract will be awarded before construction begins in the third
quarter of 2010.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The new terminal will have an
annual handling capacity of 1.5 million TEU. The first berth is expected to
commence commercial operations in late 2011/early 2012 after a short period of
testing and commissioning of the container handling equipment and the terminal
operating system.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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w:st="on">Barcelona</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on">Hong
Kong</st1:place> – 10 June 2010]</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
Terminal Catalunya S.A. (TERCAT), a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH)
Group, will shortly take over the site of the Muelle Prat container terminal
from the Barcelona Port Authority to enable construction to
commence.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Phase I will feature a
1,000-metre-long quay, eight super-post-panamax quay cranes with outreaches of
22 containers, a yard area of approximately 60 hectares, 18 container stacking
blocks with 36 one-over-five automated stacking yard cranes (ASC), a fleet of
shuttle carriers, tractors and trailers, an eight-track rail terminal, and
administration and engineering buildings. The Muelle Prat container terminal
will be installed with an automated terminal operating system called nGen,
developed by HPH. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The quay cranes and ASCs are
supplied by Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZPMC) and KoneCranes respectively.
Five of these cranes have already been built at ZPMC’s plant in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Shanghai</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">After a series of qualification
assessments and requests for tenders in accordance with EU procurement rules,
five contractors submitted their bids for the civil works tender on 19 April.
TERCAT is in the process of reviewing the tenders. A decision is expected in
July, and the contract will be awarded before construction begins in the third
quarter of 2010.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The new terminal will have an
annual handling capacity of 1.5 million TEU. The first berth is expected to
commence commercial operations in late 2011/early 2012 after a short period of
testing and commissioning of the container handling equipment and the terminal
operating system.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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