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2005
2005, June 24: The United States has
reportedly been so impressed with the security initiatives at the Kingston
Container Terminal and the efforts of APM Terminals Jamaica Limited to comply
with the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code, it has
decided to adapt the company's security status report as an international best
practice to be used by other ports around the world.
 According
to a report in the Jamaica Observer, the inspection of the port was carried out
in March by an American delegation, comprising the US Coast Guard, the Transport
Security Administration, Container Security Initiative and the US embassy,
accompanied by Jamaica’s National Accreditation Committee.
According
to Peter Ford, managing director at APM Terminals Jamaica Limited, the facility
was passed as "significantly compliant", which meant that the port surpassed the
standard requirements. In case of the processes used in international best
practices, Kingston is the benchmark other ports should aspire to be, he said.
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One of five VACIS
(Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System) commissioned at the
Kingston Container Terminal on March 2, 2004.
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Arguably
the Caribbean’s finest container terminal and trans-shipment port, the Port of
Kingston was among the first ports to receive the international security
certification.
The port has, since 1996, embarked on a
multi-phased expansion to improve efficiency by 25 per cent. The expansion, to
be completed in August, will add a further 300,000 TEU, bringing total capacity
to 1.5 million TEU. There are now plans to boost capacity to 2.5 million TEU.
In January, the port received an additional four
ship-to-shore gantry cranes to complete the fourth phase of the expansion plan
that was carried out at a cost of $3.7 billion. The delivery of the machines,
acquired from the China-based Zenhua Port Machinery Company (ZPMC) at a cost of
$1.4 billion (US$23 million), makes the Kingston facility the only port in the
region with 13 such machines.
APM Terminals, the Danish container terminal
operator, manages the state-owned Kingston Container Terminal on contract. The
five-year contract, which commenced in February 2002, expires in 2007.
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