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January 20, 2021 | 12:08 am
LISTED port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) on Tuesday said it had completed a berth expansion project at the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), raising the terminalâs annual capacity by 10% to 3.3 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units).
ICTSI added another 150 meters to MICT Berth 7, âcreating a 600-meter contiguous berth together with the adjacent Berth 6 to accommodate over 8,000-TEU capacity vessels,â the company said in an e-mailed statement.
âThe two berths currently have five quay cranes, with a design for up to six quay cranes,â ICTSI also noted.
The extension of the container yard by about another 5.5 hectares complemented the berth expansion.
Published January 13, 2021, 2:37 PM
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI)’s Mexican subsidiary, Contecon Manzanillo (CMSA), ended a difficult pandemic year with a milestone, handling its year-to-date one millionth twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) last month.
CMSA, which operates the Second Specialized Container Terminal (TEC-II) in the Port of Manzanillo, Mexico’s most important port and the third most important in the Latin America, achieved the feat during the call of the vessel, CMA CGM Jacques Joseph, on December 29, 2020.
CMSA handled its one-millionth TEU during the call of CMA CGM Jacques Joseph.
CMSA is Mexico’s gateway to the Pacific coast and is close to major consumer markets, such as Mexico City and the country’s largest industrial areas.
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