Slump not to stop reconstruction of container terminal in Odessa
Leading container terminal of the OCSP on the Carantine mole (SE "HPC-Ukraine" is an operator) has lived through the most considerable reduction of monthly container handling for last years. In January 2009 handling of containers on the 2-3 berths of the port made 19192 TEU, that does not exceed 60 % against results of last year similar period.
But slump does not have effect on rates of reconstruction and technical modernisation of terminal, which operator realizes from the beginning of 2008.
Director on exploitation of SE «HPC-Ukraine» Igor Yarovoy told, that there is done more than the half of works on mouinting of constructions and on equipment of new ship-to shor crane Liebherr, ware-house areas are reconstructuring now, where four RTG cranes will be set in March-April.
According to I.Yarovy, in the first half-year 2009 the park of the operating lifting-transport equipment pursuased for account of «HPC-Ukraine» will already include three ship-to shore cranes Liebherr and eleven RTG cranes.