As part of their investment in port terminals, Portsynergy shareholders CMA CGM and DP World have just taken delivery of the first two gantry cranes for the Terminal de la Méditerranée.
For the CMA CGM Group, these are the fourteenth and fifteenth cranes to be purchased for its French terminals.
Signed in 2006 with the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille, the agreement to build and operate a container terminal at Fos for a period of 35 years was granted to CMA CGM and DP World as part of the FOS 2XL project. The aim is to significantly expand the port’s positioning for container traffic in the Mediterranean.
With an estimated flow of one million TEU in 2010, of which two-thirds are handled by Fos terminals, the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille ranks number two in France, fifteenth in Europe, but only 102 in the world for container traffic.
FOS2XL intends to improve the competitiveness of Marseille/Fos by doubling its container handling capacity, and marks the starting point of the redevelopment of this port to service French and European markets, says CMA CGM.
The two super post-Panamax gantry cranes delivered, with a capacity of 100 tonnes and a reach of 22 rows of containers, mean the terminal can handle the world’s largest container ships in the most efficient way.
For the first phase, the 50-hectare CMA CGM/DP World terminal will have five gantry cranes and an 840-metre long quay, with a draft of 14 metres to 16 metres, and will be able to accommodate two 13,000TEU-plus vessels at any one time.
For the CMA CGM Group, these are the fourteenth and fifteenth cranes to be purchased for its French terminals.
Signed in 2006 with the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille, the agreement to build and operate a container terminal at Fos for a period of 35 years was granted to CMA CGM and DP World as part of the FOS 2XL project. The aim is to significantly expand the port’s positioning for container traffic in the Mediterranean.
With an estimated flow of one million TEU in 2010, of which two-thirds are handled by Fos terminals, the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille ranks number two in France, fifteenth in Europe, but only 102 in the world for container traffic.
FOS2XL intends to improve the competitiveness of Marseille/Fos by doubling its container handling capacity, and marks the starting point of the redevelopment of this port to service French and European markets, says CMA CGM.
The two super post-Panamax gantry cranes delivered, with a capacity of 100 tonnes and a reach of 22 rows of containers, mean the terminal can handle the world’s largest container ships in the most efficient way.
For the first phase, the 50-hectare CMA CGM/DP World terminal will have five gantry cranes and an 840-metre long quay, with a draft of 14 metres to 16 metres, and will be able to accommodate two 13,000TEU-plus vessels at any one time.