APM TERMINALS (APMT), the port operating arm of Maersk group, has contracted the Van Oord-BAM consortium for the construction of the first phase of the new Moin Container Terminal on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.
The consortium, made up of Dutch-based Van Oord and BAM International, is to start construction of the facility, also known as Terminal de Contenedores de Moin (TCM), early next year and to open in three years.
TCM will have six new-panamax cranes and an initial annual capacity of 1.3 million TEU, expandable to 2.7 million TEU at full build-out and 18 metres alongside to handle 12,000-TEU ships transiting an expanded Panama Canal in 2015.
Costa Rica is a major exporter of pineapples, bananas and coffee, with Puerto Limon/Moin handling more than one million TEU in 2012. At present, the port is limited to vessels of 2,500-TEU capacity.
The Costa Rican government awarded APM Terminals a 33-year concession for the design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of TCM in March 2011.
Said APMT vice president Tiemen Meester: "Van Oord and BAM delivered the new Rotterdam Maasvlakte II port facility on time and on budget on reclaimed land in the North Sea. We feel confident they can deliver the same success at Costa Rica's largest infrastructure project."
The US$1 billion terminal at the Puerto Limon/Moin complex handles 80 per cent of Costa Rica's maritime commerce. The Van Oord - BAM part of the project consists of the construction of 1.5 kilometre reinforced shoreline and breakwater protection as well as reclamation of 40 hectares and the dredging of the access channel and turning basin.
Van Oord will deploy a trailing suction hopper dredger, a cutter suction dredger and rock installation equipment. BAM International will construct the 650-metre quay, soil improvement, pavement and utilities.
"The terminal will become a magnet for future investment in Costa Rica. It will reshape world refrigerated markets by making cold supply chains more efficient and less costly," said TCM managing director Paul Gallie.
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15 October 2013 - 19:14
APM Terminals signs Van Oord-BAM to start on Costa Rica box terminal
APM TERMINALS (APMT), the port operating arm of Maersk group, has contracted the Van Oord-BAM consortium for the construction of the first phase of the new Moin Container Terminal on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.
PORTS
15 October 2013 - 19:14
APM Terminals signs Van Oord-BAM to start on Costa Rica box terminal
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