Following dialogue with the bi-state shipping community, importers, exporters, intermodal rail providers and more, it now plans an investment total of US$200M.<\/p>\n
This figure includes ordering four next-generation Ship-To-Shore (STS) cranes to handle ultra-large container ships (ULCS) at North America\u2019s second-busiest port complex.<\/p>\n
Wim Lagaay, president of APM Terminals North America, said: \u201cWe are connecting people, lifting global trade and addressing liner trends to make the port even better for the future. Our goal is to make APM Terminals Port Elizabeth safer, easier to use and faster for our trucker community, more productive for our shipping line clients and more reliable for our clients\u2019 supply chains expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThese operational and infrastructure improvements are designed to keep APM Terminals Port Elizabeth at the forefront of the New York\/New Jersey harbour by being the container terminal of choice to work with by our many clients and partners.\u201d<\/p>\n
The heightening of the Bayonne Bridge, combined with the widened Panama Canal allows these ULCS liner services to call and be operated efficiently at the advanced APM Terminals facility.<\/p>\n
Other investments include an expanded gate complex designed to improve the trucker experience through a safer and faster cargo flow, upgrades to container handling equipment to make them safer as well as more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly operations.<\/p>\n
The Port of New York and New Jersey is the largest port complex on the US East Coast, with 6.25m TEU handled in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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