A round up of Port Strategy July - September 2025 issue’s Port & Terminal news.
New Busan Project
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) in Korea has selected BNOT (Busan Newport One-stop Terminal) as the preferred bidder for the privately funded, Busan New Port Feeder/General Goods project. BNOT submitted a proposal to invest KRW 800bn (US$575 million) in developing and operating two 2000-TEU feeder berths and one 30,000-DWT general cargo berth on 360,000m2 of land on the west side of Busan New Port South Container Terminal.
Brunswick Live Rail
Phase I of the new rail yard on the south side of Colonels Island at the Port of Brunswick is operational. This facility doubles rail capacity from five to 10 trains per week. The US$22 million investment increases the port’s annual rail capacity from 150,000 autos to more than 340,000 units. By 2028, Phase II, representing a US$54m investment, will bring annual rail capacity to 590,000 autos. Over 90% of vehicles using rail in Brunswick are exports.
Deeper Karachi
AD Ports Group (ADPG) is deepening berths and channels at Karachi Gateway Terminal (KGTL). The project will be led by the Group’s Noatum Ports subsidiary, in conjunction with Van Oord, and will subsequently allow ships up to 350m LOA and drafts of 15.5m to call (up from 305m LOA and 13m draft). ADPG said that the move will raise container handling capacity from 750,000 TEU to one million TEU per annum. The dredging is set for completion in Q1 2026.
Cromarty Licences
The Port of Cromarty Firth (PoCF) has gained formal granting of marine and dredge licences from Scottish Ministers. The £111 million, Phase 5 expansion project will deliver a new 400m quay extension, land reclamation and dredging. This new phase is part of the port’s ongoing, long-term strategy to establish the Cromarty Firth as a national renewables hub, with capacity to support the deployment of floating wind projects in the North Sea.
Transnet RFP
South Africa’s state-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has issued an RFP for the liquid bulk terminal at the Port of Ngqura. A 25-year concession is being offered to a terminal operator to fund, design, develop, construct operate and maintain the facility. The new terminal will include liquid bulk storage tanks, truck tanker loading equipment and pipelines and will see the relocation of a tank farm from the Port of Elizabeth to Ngqura.
NEOM Trials
The Port of NEOM and the Logistics Partnership Council has confirmed the successful trial of a new intermodal trade corridor connecting Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The pilot shipment used the intermodal routing from Cairo (Egypt) via the Port of Safaga, across the Red Sea to the Port of NEOM (Saudi Arabia) before moving inland to logistics warehouses in Ebril, Iraq, a distance of over 900km. The Port of NEOM aligns with the Vision 2030 initiative in Saudi Arabia to diversify the economy beyond oil.
Callao Grain Spend
The Port of Callao in Peru has inaugurated Stage 3A of the North Terminal modernisation plan with a US$95 million investment that improves grain unloading. The project has been led by APM Terminals Callao and the Peruvian government, the construction of 12 state-of-the-art vertical silos, increased grain storage capacity from 25,000 to 85,000 tonnes. Plus, two high capacity Continuous Ship Unloaders (CSUs) were installed, increasing unloading speeds from 900 to 1300 tonnes per hour.
