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2006
2006, February 15: Container Traffic at the
Kingston Container Terminal increased in the first 11 months of 2005 by almost
26 per cent.
This increase is attributed to the completion of
fourth phase expansion works at the facility by the Port Authority of Jamaica.
According to Jamaica's Transportation Minister,
quoted in a local newspaper (The Gleaner), between January and November, 1.394
million TEUs were handled by the port, compared to 1.1 million during the same
period in 2004 or a 25.71 per cent increase.
Mr. Pickersgill, who was providing reporters with
an update on projects being implemented by agencies within the ministry at the
Jamaica Pegasus Hotel recently, pointed out that as part of the expansion
project, the port's capacity, which previously stood at 1.2 million TEU was
increased to 1.5 million TEU.
Work has since begun on the fifth phase of the
Kingston Container Terminal expansion project (KCT5).
"The project's objective is to increase the
terminal's capacity from 1.5 million TEUs to 3.2 million, and this is to be done
by 2009," the Transport Minister reportedly told news reporters.
This fifth phase of the expansion project will
also include the procurement of six ship-to-shore Gantry cranes and 24 four-high
straddle carriers.
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