It is on this date that specialised banana, container and general cargo handling facilities at the port of Guayaquil, will formerly be handed over to International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) following the group\u2019s nomination as the successful bidder at the end of a \u201ctouch and go\u201d concessioning process.<\/p>\n
\u25cf The extension of the container terminal quay by some 230m \u2013 providing, for the first time, a wharf that is suitable for the introduction of high capacity container gantry cranes.<\/p>\n
\u25cfThe refurbishment of the existing container wharf and terminal infrastructure.<\/p>\n
\u25cfThe re-equipping and reorganisation of the existing container terminal area.<\/p>\n
\u25cfThe refurbishment of the wharf line utilised for banana exports and general cargo handling.<\/p>\n
\u25cfThe general upgrading of the banana cargo export and general cargo terminal facilities. There are also what Mr Villacres describes as \u201c13 micro projects\u201dthat will be undertaken by ICTSI covering aspects such as IT system development and traffic management \u2013 all important in their own right and as a whole expected to contribute significantly to the enhanced performance of the port facilities.<\/p>\n
Two key goals, he notes, are to reduce ship waiting time, currently running at an average of 18 hours, and cargo dwell time in the terminal areas. Container handling performance at the port of Guayaquil has been understandably slow, six to seven moves per hour, due to the absence of specialised container handling gantries.<\/p>\n
Despite the port handling just over 600,000 teu in 2006 the main method of realising over the wharf container handling was ships\u2019 gear, an unsatisfactory method given the volume involved.<\/p>\n
The new container quay, which will be built by ICTSI, is designed to resolve this problem. Prior to this being developed, however, as Marcelo Suarez, senior vice president, ICTSI, explains:\u201cThe idea is to introduce high capacity mobiles designed with container handling in mind onto the existing quays.<\/p>\n
This,\u201d he states, \u201cwill allow us to expedite the introduction of specialised handling capacity and raise performance significantly.\u201d For the landside operations, ICTSI has already placed an order for 10 new reachstackers, although Mr Suarez emphasises this is just an initial step and that the overall package of measures to be introduced will be much more comprehensive.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to remember,\u201d he says, \u201cthat presently the container terminal operates according to a first generation style system whereby different stevedores occupy different sectors of the container yard.Under the new system, the container yard and quay will be operated as one integrated unit which experience shows is the best system to get the optimum performance. We have a well developed plan for the terminal,\u201d he elaborates,\u201cand presently our team is here preparing for the handover and the implementation of the new measures.\u201d<\/p>\n
Planned IT system developments further illustrates the type of positive changes in the pipeline. Presently, the container terminal has what can be described as a fragmented IT system coverage \u2013 some business systems and only management and operational systems that cover the terminal\u2019s gate operation \u2013 none for vessel loading\/ unloading and yard management.<\/p>\n
Under the new arrangements planned by ICTSI a priority will be the introduction of systems to cover vessel loading\/unloading and yard management, linked to the gate operation and incorporating modern add-ons such as radio data transmission between the terminal control centre, cargo handling equipment and handheld units.<\/p>\n
Over the lifetime of the 20-year concession, which includes a renewal option,the total investment forecast by ICTSI across all the existing and planned new facilities is put at $400m.<\/p>\n
Complementing this investment, within a year of the start-up of the concession, the port authority has committed to implementing dredging works designed to take the access channel depth down from the existing draught of 9m to 9.6m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alex Villacres Sanchez, president of the Directorate of the Port Authority of Guayaquil, explains that under the terms of its concession agreement ICTSI will invest $168m in the port in the first five years of its 20-year concession. Key features of this investment will include:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-2347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-america"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2347"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=2347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}