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2006
2006, January 6: Jamaica’s Transport and Works
Minister, Robert Pickersgill, has confirmed that work will be completed by March
2006, to increase the handling capacity of the Kingston Container Terminal.
 Speaking
to the local news media (Jamaica Observer), the Minister confirmed that
work will be completed on time to accommodate the increased traffic that is
expected in April when the recently signed deal with Maersk takes effect.
Last
November, Maersk signed a five-year contract with the Port Authority of Jamaica
to use the Kingston facility as a regional trans-shipment hub - a contract that
the Jamaican government said would generate an estimated USD200 million in
business over the contract period.
Pickersgill (r) meets CSA
President and
IPP (centre) at 33rd AGM in
Montego Bay
The work
forms part of the USD200-million fifth phase of the port expansion plan to
increase Kingston’s capacity to 3.2 million TEU from the current 1.5 million TEU.
That phase will also include the modernization of systems and procedures at the
port.
Last
year, the port saw the completion of the fourth phase of its expansion, with the
delivery of four additional ship-to-shore gantry cranes. The port now has 13
such gantry cranes. The machines were acquired from the China-based Zenhua Port
Machinery Company (ZPMC) at a cost of USD23 million.
The container terminal is owned by the PAJ and is
managed by APM Terminals, a subsidiary of the AP Moller-Maersk Group under a
five-year contract that expires in 2007.
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