NEW CANARY ISLANDS PORT
The proposed new port of Granadilla on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife will have an operating area of 310,000 sq metres, a quay 650 metres and alongside draught of 16 metres. Four quayside gantry cranes will be supplied and average vessel size is forecast to be in the region of 6,500 TEUs.
Kritikos, who was instrumental in developing the terminal along with the Amsterdam municipality, sold Ceres Terminals Inc to NYK Lines in the autumn of 2002.
A bulk terminal 177,000 sq metres in extent will also be built, as will a new general cargo and ro-ro cargo of 57,000 sq metres.
Furthermore, a logistics activities area of 124,000 sq metres is planned plus a re-gasification plant, 150,000 sq metres in size, is also projected. A budget of ?143m has been set aside and the work is due to take four years to complete.
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