The ICDs will be bonded facilities, while the operators will be allowed to move boxes to and from the port themselves. The existing port container terminal is working at 23.1% above engineered capacity of 250,000 teu, however, 40% of the congestion is blamed on importers incorrectly completing documentation.
In 2007, Berth 8 was also allocated to container handling, but has been unable to provide much relief given annual traffic growth rates of 15%. The port as a whole can now theoretically handle 650,000 containers, but will be handling 525,000 units by 2010, prompting David Coty, chief executive of the container terminal, to call for the construction of a second dedicated container terminal.