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Maritime Transport & Agencies, is
a Scandinavian liner agency group with head office in Gothenburg
and offices located in Aarhus, Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki, Gothenburg,
St Petersburg, Gdynia, Riga, Klaipeda, Tallinn, Poti and Novorossiysk.
Providing efficient liner agency services, these agencies also
provide clearing and forwarding, terminal operations, warehousing,
crewing, bunkering and ship repair services.
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The Port of Gdansk is situated at the intersection
of the principal European transport routes, providing a convenient connection
between both Central and Eastern Europe and Scandinavia. Additionally,
for countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, the Belarus Republic
and Hungary, the Port of Gdansk provides
easy access to the Baltic Sea.
The Port of Gdansk is divided into two basic
parts. The Inner Port, which extends along Martwa Wisla and Port Channel, can
accommodate vessels of
up to 225 m
in length with a maximum draft of 10.2 m. The second part, the Northern
Port features piers, quays and cargo handling stations located directly in
the
water basins of Gulf of Gdansk. Vessels with a capacity of up to 300,000
DWT and
a draft up to 15 m can be accommodated along the jetties extending from 220
to 765 m in length.
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Total Port Area
662ha
Total Length of operating quays
10,000m
Warehousing area
106,300m2
Open store area
548,000m2
Maximum Draft of vessels
Inner Port - 10.2m, Northern port - 15.0m
Cargo handling capacity
Inner Port - 12 million tons, Northern Port - 43.5 million tons
Work 24 hours a day in three shifts
23.00-07.00, 7.00-15.00, 15.00 - 23.00
Ice free all year long
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For more information please visits the ports
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Port of Gdynia
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Total Port Area
240ha
Total Length of operating quays
10 km
Water depth at quays 6,5
13m
Number of Berths
40
Warehousing area
230,000m2
Open store area
400,000m2
Cranes
up to 100 tons
Port is open 24 hrs - ice free all year long
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For more information please
visits the ports website: Click
here
Klaipeda State Seaport is the northernmost ice -
free port on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. It is the most important
and the biggest Lithuanian transport hub, connecting sea, land and railway
routes from East to West. The annual port cargo handling capacity is up to
30 million tons.
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Total Length of operating quays
19 216 m
Warehousing area
136 136 m2
Warehouses for bulk
cargo
198 500 t
Open store area
454 920 m2
Tanks for non-oil products
131 000 t
Cold storage facilities
23 254 m2
Maximum Draft of vessels
13.5 m
The depth of the entrance channel
14.5 m
Length of railway tracks
69 200 m
For more information please visits the ports
website : Click
here
The Freeport of Riga is located along a 15km stretch
on both shores of the Daugava River. Cargo handling capacity of the terminals
operating in the Freeport is 25 million tons per annum. Main types of cargo
handled in the Freeport are containers, various metals, timber, coal, fertilizers,
chemical cargoes, oil products and food.
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Total Length of operating quays
13, 818 m
Maximum Draft of vessels
11 m
Ice free all year round
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For more information please visits the ports
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The Port of Tallinn consists of 4 harbours,
with a total of 64 quays. The total length
of the quays is 11.9 km and the maximum depth is 18 m.
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Muuga Harbour
Old City Harbour
Paljassaare
Harbour
Paldiski South
Harbour
Number of quays
23
23
11
7
Total quay lengths (m)
4710
4074
1859
1207
Covered warehouse area (m2)
89 500
10 400
16 000
7 646
Reefer warehouse area (m2)
11 500
1 700
15 000
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Grain silos (tons)
300 000
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Open storage area (m2)
253 400
52 000
105 000
119 700
Container terminal area (m2)
115 000
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Agency
Details - Estonia
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MTA Tallinn
Maritime Transport & Agencies Ou
Lootsi Str. 11
EE-10151 TALLINN
Estonia Phone: (+372) 6 318171 Fax: (+372) 6 318173 E-Mail:sergei.stanogin@mta.nu
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Kaliningrad port
Kaliningrad port is located in the mouth of Pregol river, within Kaliningrad
city limits. It is accessible from the Baltic sea via a 24 nautical miles
long canal. Specializes in bulk, general and container cargoes.
Equipped with berths for ferry and RORO type vessels.
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Kaliningrad port
Number of quays
22
Total quay lengths (m)
3 km
Maximum permissible draft
8,0 meters
Maximum
permissible LOA
170 meters
for dry cargo vessel
Covered warehouse area (m2)
60 000
Open warehouse area (m2)
220 000
Isothermal warehouse (m2)
2000
Port cranes hoisting capacity
40 tons
Container terminal handling
up to 25000 TEU per year
Ice free all year round
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For more information please
visits the ports
website : Click here
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Port of Kotka
The Port of Kotka has traditionally been the foremost export port in Finland.
It has evolved into a full-service logistics hub,
specialised in serving the global logistics needs of Finnish and Russian
foreign trade. The port has a geographical
location next to the Helsinki region but still in the heartland of the
Finnish wood-processing industry and immediately next to Russia with excellent
road, rail and deep-sea connections give a superior logistics advantage.
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Container
Terminal
Bulk Terminal
City Terminal
Hietanen
Terminal
Hietanen
South Terminal
Berths
8
4
8 (RoRo, LoLo)
6 (RoRo)
3 (Bulk)
Total quay lengths (m)
1436m
600m
962m
1033m
360
Draught
10m to 12m
13.5m to 15.3m
7.7m to 10m
7.9m to 10m
8.5m
Cranes
7 Container Cranes, 30t to
40t. 1 Mobile Crane
3 40t, 1 8t
1 60t
1 40t
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For more information please visits the ports
website : Click here
Port of Rauma
The Port of Rauma comprises the sections of Iso-Hakuni,
Petäjäs, Laitsaari Central Quay, Pikisaari, Container Terminal and
chemical and oil harbour areas. With a total of 20 berths, the Port offers
full service facilities for import, export and transit traffic. The widely recognised
competence and service level of the Port of Rauma have made it the largest
paper harbour in Finland and the biggest container port
on the west coast of Finland.
For more information please visits
the ports website : Click
here
Agency
Details - Finland
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Maritime Transport & Agencies OY
Tammasaarenlaituri 3
FIN - 00180 Helsinki Phone: (+358) 207622573 Fax: (+358) 207622579 E-mail:ulla.pelkonen@mta.nu
Port News ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gothenburg Begins Search For Private Operators
- 02/02/10
Restructuring at the Port of Gothenburg [www.portgot.se] to form a new port
authority and three operating companies has been completed on 01/02/10. The
changes are part of an ongoing process to increase profitability at the port.
The city of Gothenburg, which owns the port, will now begin the tendering
process to find private operators for the ro-ro, container and car export
and imports divisions.
Port chairman Sven Hulterström said the restructuring
has gone well, and there has already been interest shown by operators to run
the three business
units. He said the objective now is to secure the transfer of operations
as quickly as possible although there is no set deadline for completion. The
external
operators will purchase the right to use the quays and terminals at the port,
while the new Port Authority will continue to own the land and the infrastructure.
The changes come as the port reported poor volumes for 2009, although noted
a slight upswing towards the end of the year.
The port reported a 10% drop in
container volumes for the first half of last year, although the decrease was
only 5% lower for the second half of the year
compared to 2008. Ro-ro cargoes were down by 19% for last year compared to
the year before with 504,000 towed units through the port. However, the largest
drop has been in the car trades. Gothenburg is the main export gateway for
Sweden’s car manufacturers Volvo and Saab, which have both been suffering
huge setbacks over the downturn. In 2009 the port handled just over 157,000
vehicles, a drop of 42%.
The port has, however, managed to attract some new
services despite the poor economy. Finnlines has begun calling at Gothenburg
as part of its service between
Scandinavia and Spain. The service is part of the Grimaldi owned company’s
move to tie its routes with those of the parent group. The service, initiated
partly in conjunction with Swedish paper produce Stora Enso, is a weekly loop
connecting Finland and Sweden with Antwerp and Bilbao. [LL 02/02/10]
Stockholm To Appeal Port Development Ban
- 12/01/10
The Ports of Stockholm will appeal against a regional court decision to ban
the development of its new container terminal outside the city. The organisation,
which owns a number of ports and terminals in and around the Swedish capital,
has been developing plans to build a new freight terminal and logistics hub
in the port of Nynäshamn, which lies about 60 miles south of the capital.
It has plans to build a large new container terminal and to move operations
out of the existing terminal in Frihamnen close to the city centre. However,
a local court had ruled against the plans during an environmental hearing,
raising doubts over the need for the new terminal when there are other container
and ro-ro ports nearby, such as in Södertälje which recently lengthened
its container quay. Södertälje currently handles 65,000 teu and
Stockholm around 30,000 teu. The Port of Stockholm is seeking to appeal the
decision.
The court decision to stop the terminal decision
is a blow for Hutchison Port Holdings, which signed a 25-year contract with
the Ports of Stockholm to manage
the existing container terminal until it could begin operations in the new
larger terminal when it was built. The first phase could see a 100,000 teu
capacity terminal being built at Nynäshamn, assuming the appeal process
goes in favour of Stockholm and Hutchinson. [LL 12/01/10]
Klaipeda Port Expansion - 21/12/09
The European Commission
has approved Klaipeda outer port construction feasibility study and environmental
impact assessment as
eligible to partial financing.
This followed a meeting regarding financing from the funds of TEN-T [Trans-European
Transport Network] programme to the amount of €500,000. [KSSA 21/12/09]
Estonia Go-Ahead For US73 million Tallinn Loan -
30/10/09
Estonia has approved a US$73.7million package for
the state-owned port operator in Tallinn. The loan will be used to fund further
infrastructure development of Tallinna Sadam and will run for 15 years. The
port operator is reported to have applied to the government for long-term financing
after being offered only shortterm loans from commercial banks. The new loan
would help it avoid refinancing risks due to market uncertainty.
Earlier in the year, the Port of Tallinn’s supervisory board approved
a US$81.3million project to develop the eastern Muuga Harbour for container
traffic. The development of Muuga will allow up to 500,000 teu a year to be
handled. The port has already secured a €40m loan from the European Investment
Bank to finance the extension of Muuga and the construction of quays in Paldiski
South Harbour. The government said last month it would collect about US$38million
in dividends from Tallinna Sadam this year, instead of the initially planned
US$9.4million, to boost revenues in an effort to meet the European Union’s
budget deficit terms. [LL 30/10/09]
Delphis Acquires Sjursoya Container Terminal
[Oslo] - 29/10/09
On the 27/10/09, Delphis 7 acquired the container terminal activities of Norsteve
Oslo (part of Finnlines Group) in Oslo, Norway. Newly founded Sjursoya Container
Terminal A/S (SCT) – a 100 % Delphis subsidiary – will be the operating
company. [Delphis 29/10/09]
St Petersburg New Box Facility - 09/10/09
Fourth Stevedoring Company CJSC, a subsidiary of Sea Port of St Petersburg
JSC [part of Universal Cargo Logistics Holding, UCLH] expects to commission
its new 350,000 TEU box facility at St. Petersburg early next year, almost
a year behind schedule. At a later stage it is expected to be expanded
to 1.4 million TEU, but considering the port’s dramatic 38% decline
during the first half of 2009, the additional capacity will not be urgently
needed.
[Dynaliner 09/10/09]
China Road and Bridge Corporation Visit
Klaipeda Port - 09/10/09
On 07/10/09 representatives of the China Road and Bridge Corporation [CRBC
www.crbc.com] accompanied by representatives of Vilnius Consult Ltd. [www.vilniusconsult.lt]
visited Klaipeda port. The aim of the visit was to discuss infrastructure
projects to be implemented in the port including construction of Klaipeda
passenger
and cargo terminal and outer port. The meeting followed a delegation led
by Vice Prime Minister of China in Lithuania on 31/08/09 when a MOU was signed
by the Ministry of Transport of Lithuania and the CRBC.
Port Of Gothenburg Restructuring - 10/09/09
The Board of the Port of Gothenburg has submitted its proposal for a new operating
structure to its owner, the City of Gothenburg. The City Council is expected
to take up the matter at the beginning of November. The Gothenburg City reached
a directional decision in spring 2008 to divide the Port of Gothenburg into
a municipal Port Authority and three terminal companies, which would be run
by external operators. A project group then examined port operations and
formulated a basis for a decision to divide current operations into separate
entities.
The proposal states how, on both an overall and
a fundamental level, the operational division will take place, complete with
a definition of the Port Authority's
duties, the company and capital structure, the principles for concession
agreements and port tariffs and a time schedule.
It is not the Port of Gothenburg that is being sold but the freight handling
operations. What will happen is that external operators will purchase the
right to use the quays and terminals at the port. The Port of Gothenburg
will still
own the land and the infrastructure, thus retaining control of the port and
its future development. [WCN 10/09]
Swedish Double For TSB - 23/03/09
Korea’s Total Softbank [TSB www.tsb.co.kr] has won another contract from
the Swedish Port of Gothenburg
[www.portgot.se], which last year contracted to replace the Cosmos Ships vessel
planning system with TSB’s
CATOS product. TSB has now won a contract to replace Gothenburg’s Vessel
Traffic Management System
[VTMS] with its own PLUS [Port Logistics Unifying System] application, a comprehensive,
integrated, webbased
port management information system that provides real-time access to the full
range of operational
information of the vessel for users. [WCN 23/03/09]
Record Results Klaipeda Throughput Nears
30m Tonnes - 19/01/09
The Lithuanian port of Klaipeda has announced that it handled a record throughput
of nearly 30m tonnes last
year, an increase of 9% compared with 2007. Throughput increased in almost
all cargo types, but the biggest
growth was in oil products, which were up 31% to 9.4m tonnes; containers, up
16% to 373,300 TEU;
agricultural products, up 33% to 1.7m tonnes, reflecting higher exports of
Lithuanian grain; and bulk
fertilisers, up 5.7% to 5.6m tonnes. Klaipeda also handled more vessels, 8,348
called at the port in 2008, an
increase of 5% on 2007. [LL 19/01/09]
Kotka Aims For Growth - 19/01/09
Kotka has overtaken Helsinki to become Finland’s largest container port,
with an estimated 650,000 TEU
throughput this year. The port also claims to be the largest Finnish port for
car imports. This growth has been
achieved not because additional traffic could not be handled at Helsinki during
the port’s move to a
completely new site at Vuossari, but due to the growth in Russian transit demand.
The port recognises the
challenges and competitive threats to its transit status, but the underlying
trend is positive and it believes that
there is a long term need for a strong EU-based port to handle Russian transit
traffic. [WCN 19/01/09]
Combi-Trailers Move Over Gothenburg - December
2008
Combi-train services catering for semi-trailers have started operating between
the Port of Gothenburg and
three other centres in Sweden - Vännäs [1000 km to the north], Helsingborg
[south west Sweden] and
Liscont -
Operadores de Contentores, S.A.
Terminal de Contentores
de Alcantara – Sul
1399-002 Lisboa, Portugal
Tf: +351 21 392 75 27
Mob: +351 96 700 49 20
Fax: +351 21 397 81 85
Email: cs@liscont.pt
Website: www.liscont.pt
Eskilstuna [central Sweden]. Over the past 10 years
the Port of Gothenburg [GHAB] has invested heavily in
increasing the volume of goods moved by train to and from the port and today
45% of all containers are
transported by rail, around 200,000 containers/year, or 550 fewer large trucks
on the roads each day.
BMT Transport Joins Riga Project - October
2008
The Freeport of Riga Authority has appointed BMT Transport Solutions to work
on a development strategy for the port of Riga. The initiative is part of
a boarder project, the Riga Development Plan. The new strategy will consider
cargo flow, financial forecasts, and EU policy on intermodality, in order
to improve local conditions and save on money. Key objectives set out within
the Port of Riga Development Plan include encouraging growth of ecologically
clean cargo, and ensuring technical capacity within
the port to receive and handle all vessel types.
BMT will also evaluate community relations with
the port, and their social and economic ramifications. BMT is investigating
key obstacles to the port
becoming a strategic centre for trade. There is only one container terminal,
which is working at full capacity and bottlenecks have also been identified
on the local waterways. [CS 10/08]
Russia: US$2bn Terminal Overhaul - September
2008
Russia will see over $2bn spent within 4-years to expand and modernise congested
container and ro-ro terminals in the Baltic ports. Confirmation of the investment
comes as government forecasts reveal that total cargo turnover throughout
the country’s 66 ports will exceed 500m tonnes this year. The investments
in north western Russian ports - all within 150 km of the major gateway port
of St Petersburg - come despite an uncertain regulatory environment, cumbersome
customs requirements and underdeveloped rail and road infrastructure.
