Port of Aden plans container expansion
The port of Aden's container terminal is looking to expand its quay area aiming to attract greater transhipment business through the facility, Reuters reported.
The Aden Container Terminal (ACT) has the greatest container handling capacity in Yemen. The Ma'alla Terminal is also situated within Aden and has two of its four main berths dedicated to container handling.
Both terminals are controlled by the Dubai and Aden Port Development Company (DAPDC), a joint venture between the state Yemen Gulf of Aden Ports Corporation and Dubai Ports World and its partners.
Roy Facey, port development adviser to the Port of Aden, told Reuters the design work on the planned quay extension was due to start in 2010.
"DAPDC would then go through the process of tendering and are likely to start the construction in around 2011," he said.
"But at this stage there is no set timescale. We certainly expect construction to be completed within 4 years from October 2009." Facey said plans to expand around 400 metres of quay at the ACT was part of a move to free up non-container activity at the Ma'alla Terminal.
"It would help the port to be able to provide more quay space for non-container cargoes and business if container operations could be moved to the ACT," he said.
"This is precisely what DAPDC plans to do as soon as the capacity of the ACT has been increased sufficiently."
The Aden Container Terminal (ACT) has the greatest container handling capacity in Yemen. The Ma'alla Terminal is also situated within Aden and has two of its four main berths dedicated to container handling.
Both terminals are controlled by the Dubai and Aden Port Development Company (DAPDC), a joint venture between the state Yemen Gulf of Aden Ports Corporation and Dubai Ports World and its partners.
Roy Facey, port development adviser to the Port of Aden, told Reuters the design work on the planned quay extension was due to start in 2010.
"DAPDC would then go through the process of tendering and are likely to start the construction in around 2011," he said.
"But at this stage there is no set timescale. We certainly expect construction to be completed within 4 years from October 2009." Facey said plans to expand around 400 metres of quay at the ACT was part of a move to free up non-container activity at the Ma'alla Terminal.
"It would help the port to be able to provide more quay space for non-container cargoes and business if container operations could be moved to the ACT," he said.
"This is precisely what DAPDC plans to do as soon as the capacity of the ACT has been increased sufficiently."