Singapore: Singapore's port operator PSA International has inked a deal to manage a container terminal at Mariel port in Cuba, reports said.
The terminal, currently under construction, is part of a larger scheme to develop Mariel Bay, 45 kilometres west of Havana. PSA International would now actively participate in planning the terminal, which is scheduled to open by 2014. The Mariel terminal is planned to have an annual capacity of 850,000 teu to 1m teu of containers. The terminal will have an initial 700 metres of berth and will be able to handle vessels with up to a 15-metre draft. Mariel port development plans through 2022 is for it to house logistics facilities for offshore oil exploration and development, general cargo and bulk foods facilities, a Special Economic Development Zone for light manufacturing and storage, and the container terminal.