Port of Eden

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The Port of Eden is a small seaport in Twofold Bay adjacent to the town of Eden on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.
Illawarra Steam Navigation Company's SSBega at Eden in 1903

The bay was first charted by explorer George Bass in 1797[1] and has been used for commercial whaling and fishing since the 1840's.

From the 1850s to 1950s the port was serviced by steamship companies, including the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company.
Industries
The port is a principal export point for timber products, with a trade throughput of more than one million tonnes a year.[2] Each year approximately 800,000 tonnes of woodchips are exported to south-east Asia via the port, as well as 60,000 mass tonnes of softwood timber to Japan and Korea.[3] Woodchip storage and packaging facilities were constructed by Harris Daishowa in 1971.
Facilities
The port consists of two commercial shipping wharves, the Mobil petroleum wharf, a cargo storage area and ancillary facilities.

The Breakwater Wharf caters for the timber industry, the fishing fleet and cruise shipping. Wharf length is 105 metres with depths ranging from three metres to the landward end and 8.8 metres seaward, with a tidal variation of two metres. The wharf itself is concrete with rubber fending.[4]

In 2003 a multi-purpose wharf and munitions facility was constructed to expand naval repair and refit operations and increase the port's timber export capacity by 150,000 tonnes.[2] Wharf length is 200 metres, accessed via a 560 metre timber jetty. Berthing depth is 12 metres but maximum vessel raft is restricted by a low-water fairway depth of 11 metres.[4]

The common-user cargo storage area covers 10 hectares with a gravel surface and sealed internal roads. Storage capacity is estimated to reach 500,000 tonnes in 2010/11.

Port of Bridgetown

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The Port of Bridgetown (officially the Deep Water Harbour[1]) is a seaport in Bridgetown on the west coast of Barbados. Situated along Carlisle Bay, the port handles all of the country's bulk ship based trade and commerce from across the world. In addition to international-shipping the Deep Water Harbour is the port of entry for southern-Caribbean cruise ships. Constructed in 1961, the Deep Water Harbour was created by forming a manmade isthmus across the shallow straight that existed off the coast of Fontabelle, Saint Michael. This isthmus formed new land stretching from the original west coast of Barbados, out to a small uninhabited island nearby named Pelican Island. The port handles roughly 900,000 tonnes of containerised cargo per year.

In December 2008 Minister of International Transport, George Hutson announced that due to congestion between cargo and passenger ships at the Deep Water Harbour the country needs to look at expansion at the facility following the large upgrade undertaken in 2002. Port call

Some of the Cruise Lines which visit or are home ported at the Deep Water Harbour include[1]:

* Carnival Cruise Line
* Celebrity Cruises
* Club Cruises
* Compagnie Des Iles Du Ponant
* Costa Cruise Line
* Crystal Cruises
* Festival Cruises
* Fred Olsen & Co
* Hanseatic Cruises
* Hapag Lloyd
* Holiday Kreuzfahrten
* Holland America Line
* Majestic Cruise Line
* Martime Universal
* Norwegian Cruise Line
* Orient Lines
* P&O Princess
* Passat Ship Management
* Radisson Seven Seas Cruises
* Residensea
* Royal Caribbean International
* Royal Olympic Cruises
* Saga Shipping
* Seabourn/Cunard
* Sea Cloud Cruises
* Seadream Yacht Club Cruises
* Seetours International
* Services Transport
* Silversea Cruises
* Star Clippers
* Sun Cruises
* Swan Hellenic
* Unicom Management
* V-Ships
* Waybell Cruises
* Westria Holdings
* Windjammer Cruises
* Wind Star Cruises

[edit] See also

* Bridgetown
* Pelican Island (Barbados)
* Transport in Barbados
* Shipping Association of Barbados

[edit] References

1. ^ [http://www.caricomlaw.org/doc_dl.php?id=321 CHAPTER 67A DEEP WATER HARBOUR (EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT)]

[edit] External links

* Barbados Port Inc - Formerly the Barbados Port Authority
* Aerial photo of the Deep Water Harbour
* Barbados 'best home port' - October 25th, 2006: Barbados NationNews

Ports and harbours of Australia

Ports and harbours of Australia category
* List of ports in Australia

A

* Abbot Point
* Port Adelaide

B

* Bell Bay, Tasmania
* Port of Brisbane

C

* Camden Haven, New South Wales
* Corio Bay

E

* Port of Eden

F

* Fremantle Harbour

H

* Port Hacking
* Hay Point, Queensland


M

* Port of Melbourne
* Morgan, South Australia

N

* Newcastle Port Corporation

O

* Oakajee Port

P

* Port Botany (seaport)
* Port Fairy, Victoria
* Port Giles, South Australia
* Port Hedland, Western Australia
* Port Jackson
* Port Kembla, New South Wales
* Port Musgrave


P cont.

* Port Stephens
* Port of Albany
* Port of Geelong
* Port of Gladstone
* Ports Australia

S

* Shute Harbour
* Sydney Harbour Trust

T

* Tasmanian Ports Corporation

V

* Victor Harbor, South Australia

W

* Weipa, Queensland

Y

* Yamba, New South Wales

Port of Mongla

A brief Histry
It was formerly located at Chalna, about 11 miles (18 km) upstream on the Pusur River, but it is now located 48 km south of Khulna city, as established in 1954. The port is situated at the confluence of the Pashur River and the Mongla River. It lies about 62 miles (100 km) north of the Bay of Bengal and is connected to the major inland river ports and to the rail terminal at Khulna.

The port’s chief exports include jute, leather, tobacco, frozen fish, and shrimp; major imports include grain, cement, fertilizer, coal, and wood pulp. Its population as of 2001 was 56,746.


Mongla Port the second largest seaport located 48 km south of Khulna town. The port was developed initially about 18 km up at Chalna, which was opened to foreign vessels as an anchorage on 11 December 1950. The anchorage was shifted to Mongla in 1954 as the place could accommodate sea-going vessels with greater draughts. The port of Mongla had long retained its name Chalna. Mongla is situated on the confluence of the rivers pasur and Mongla at mouza Selabunia of rampal upazila of bagerhat district. During the Pakistan period, the administration of the port was under a port director, whose main office was at Khulna.
ea-going vessels up to a draught of 25 feet could berth vessels here and those with a draught up to 17 feet were allowed to anchor. Although fairly small, Mongla was a busy port in the past and at times, about two dozen sea going vessels were found anchored here. Later, especially since 1980, the port often remained closed because it lost proper depth required for the ocean-going ships and every time it was reopened after dredging. At present, about 400 ships berth at the port in a year and the port annually handles about 3 million MT of imports and exports. The port has 11 jetties, 7 shades for loading and unloading of goods and 8 warehouses. It uses 12 swinging moorings or floating berthing places in deeper sections in the river. The Mongla Port Authority that now administers the port constructed a rest house for the seamen at a place named Heron Point.

The port has trade links with almost all major ports of the world, although vessels arriving here are mostly from ports of Asia, the Middle East, Australia, Europe and North America and the ships rarely come to Mongla from the countries of Latin America or Africa. In addition to promotion of imports and exports of the country

Port of Chittagong

The Port of Chittagong is the largest seaport in Bangladesh, located by the estuary of the Karnaphuli River in Patenga, near the city of Chittagong. It is a deepwater seaport dominated by trade in containerised manufactured products (especially ready made garments), raw materials and to a lesser extent passengers. It is one of the two main sea port of Bangladesh - most of the export and import of the country are handled via this port. Window berthing system was introduced at the seaport on August 6 2007, enabling the sea port to provide the arrival and departure times of all ships. Two berths at the port terminal are kept in reserve for emergency. In 2006 the port handled 27 million tonnes of cargo and 0.8 million tonnes of containers [1].
Early History
The history of Chittagong port dates back to the fourth century B.C. Malayan history chronicles the journey of the sailor Buddha Gupta from Chittagong to Malaya in the 4th century B.C. [2] The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea documents the existence of Chittagong port in the ancient times. Chittagong derives its name from the Arabic word Shetgang (Shet means delta and Gang the river). The Arab traders considered Chittagong to be the delta of the Ganges.

Chittagong port has been mentioned in the works of Ptolemy, Fa-hien, Hieu-en tsng, lbn Battuta. This was an important port used by the traders from the Middle East, China, Turkey, Europe to trade with this part of the world.

During the 9th century the activities of the port increased tremendously as the Arab traders started using the port as their base port. They used to call the port "Samunda". The port was under their control at the time.

The 16th century saw the arrival of the Portuguese. Joaoda Silveria was the first Portuguese Captain to reach the port. He arrived with his ship “LOPO SOANA” in 1517. The Portuguese named the Port PORTE GRANDE (a great Port ). The records show that the Porte Grande offered easy access and safe anchorage to ships of 20 feet draught.

It remained a port during Moghul time. Later in early 19th century the British took control of the Chittagong port.The port of Chittagong became a natural outlet for the Northeastern regions of the then British-India that led to the enactment of Port Commissioner’s Act of 1887. At that time the facilities of the port consisted of five wooden and one pontoon jetties. In the year 1889-90 the port handled exports totalling 1.25 lac tons [3].
Facilities

For Ocean-Going Vessels:

General Cargo Berths ----------------- 12
Container Berths --------------------- 8

Specialised Berths for Bulk handling:

Dolphin Oil Jetty (For POL) ---------- 1
Grain Silo Jetty --------------------- 1
Cement Clinker Jetty ----------------- 1
TSP Jetty ---------------------------- 1
CUFL Jetty --------------------------- 1
KAFCO Urea Jetty --------------------- 1
Ammonia Jetty ------------------------ 1

Repair Berths

Dry Dock Jetty ----------------------- 2

Mooring Berths

River Mooring ------------------------ 10

For Inland Coasters and Vessels:

Jetty Berths (For (POL) -------------- 1
Concrete Berth (For Grain Handling) -- 1
Pontoon Berths (For POL) ------------- 3
Pontoon Berths (For Cement) ---------- 1
Single Point Mooring ----------------- 10

Port Elizabeth ports in South Africa

Port Elizabeth has been an important port and harbour on the South Africa east coast ever since the first British settlers began arriving from 1820. Today it is a multi cargo port on the western perimeter of Algoa Bay, 384 n.miles southwest of Durban and 423 n.miles east of Cape Town at Longitude 25º 42' E, Latitude 34º 01' S.

The first recorded reference to the area was by the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias who landed and erected a cross at Kwaaihoek on 12 March 1488. He was followed by Vasco da Gama, another Portuguese explorer who became the first European to discover a sea route to India around Africa, when he passed Algoa Bay in 1497. For several hundred years afterwards the area was noted in navigation charts as a "landing place with fresh water."

Following the arrival of British settlers in 1820 the harbour achieved port status in 1825 with the appointment of a harbour master and collector of customs a year later. In 1836 a surfboat service was provided for the handling of cargo and passengers, with the first jetty constructed in 1837. Forty years later in 1877 Port Elizabeth had developed into the principal port of South Africa with annual exports valued at the equivalent of R6 million.
Modern Port

In spite of this auspicious start, Port Elizabeth remained poorly equipped for the handling of ships, with little protection from the open sea until 1935 when the Charl Malan quay was completed, followed by additional quays leading to today's modern port.

Agriculture and farming has always played an important role in the port's activities, principally deciduous and citrus fruit and the annual wool crop. More recently containers have assumed an prominent role in the fortunes of the harbour, with Port Elizabeth serving its local industrial base and forming an alternate port of call to container ships whenever the Durban or Cape Town container terminals are congested.

Other principal products handled include manganese ore, which is railed from the Northern Cape, and petroleum products which are imported from other South African ports. The motor industry has long been an important industrial activity for the Eastern Cape and the port plays a leading role in this regard and boasts a large open area car terminal. The fishing industry also makes extensive use of the port. There are no major ship repair facilities but a slipway is available for fishing vessel repair. Passenger ships usually make use of one of the fruit terminal berths when calling at Port Elizabeth.

The port's container terminal has three berths totalling 925m in length and a storage area of 22ha with 5,400 ground slots for stacking purposes. The container terminal is equipped with latest generation gantry container cranes and straddle carriers.

The breakbulk terminal has 6 berths (1,170m), two bulk berths totalling 360m and a tanker berth of 242m. The tug, fishery and trawler jetties measure 120m, 165m and 136m respectively.

The port has adequate rail and road links with other parts of the country.

The South African Navy has established a naval station at Port Elizabeth but does not maintain any ships here. In the future much of the port's present commercial activity may be lost to the new and nearby port of Ngqura (Coega) although it appears likely that the car terminal and possibly the container terminal will remain intact.
Port Limitations:

The entrance channel to Port Elizabeth is maintained at a depth of -14.5m Chart Datum and has a generous width of 310m. Limitations on vessels using the port are 11m draught for passenger and dry cargo vessels, 11.2m for container ships, 12.1m for ore carriers and 9.6m for tankers, all according to berthing. Deeper vessels may be accommodated with the permission of the harbour master. Tug assistance and pilotage is compulsory. Ships may anchor outside the port in Algoa Bay provided the approaches to the entrance channel are kept clear.
Marine Craft:

The port has a fleet of three tugs and Pilot services are performed by a pilot or workboat. The port also makes use of a harbour launch/work boat.

These services are available 24 hours a day seven days a week. Dredging services are provided by dredgers from either Durban or Richards Bay as required. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) maintains a base at Port Elizabeth.
Port Volumes:

Port Elizabeth handled a total of 1,258 ships during the 2008/09 financial year ended 31 March 2009, with a total tonnage of 30,579,299-gt.

Cargo handled during the fiscal year 2005/06 amounted to 10,068,404 tonnes including containers, of which 3,822,038 tonnes was bulk cargo, 864,753t was breakbulk, and 5,381,613 tonnes were containers.

Imports (without containers) amounted to 1,438,998t and exports 3,243,214.

The port handled 398,638 TEUs during 2008/09, of which 213,162 were imports and 185,476 were exports.
Port Facilities:

Port Elizabeth's main features are the container terminal, fruit terminal and manganese terminal. The container terminal has a capacity in excess of 375,000 TEUs and has the advantage of being able to load railway trains directly under the gantry cranes, without containers having to be double handled, thus speeding up delivery to inland destinations.

There are 5,400 ground slots for conventional container handling. The terminal has three quayside gantry cranes and is supported by a number of straddle carriers. Motor vehicle components constitute a large percentage of the container traffic at Port Elizabeth, with other commodities including steel, machinery, wool, and agricultural products making up the balance.

The breakbulk terminal handles a variety of agricultural products including wheat imports and fruit (deciduous and citrus) exports as well as steel, scrap, timber and motor vehicles. At the bulk facility the storage bins have a capacity of 350,000 tonnes of manganese ore, which is the major bulk export from Port Elizabeth. Smaller volumes of other ores are also handled here.

The port offers bunker facilities at berths 13, 14 and 15 (ore and tanker berths), with diesel oil available at the Dom Pedro Quay (trawler quay).

A full range of ships chandling and stevedoring as well as other support services is available. The port houses a yacht club and marina as well as a NSRI base.
Looking ahead:

Port Elizabeth faces losing some of its container business, and in the future all of its dry and liquid bulk traffic to the new port of Ngqura (Coega) which is scheduled to open from the end of 2009. The bulk terminals at Ngqura are however not expected to be developed for some years as TRansnet is locked in to existing contracts at Port Elzaibeth.

Interestingly the as-yet unpublished Port Master Plan makes provision for extending Port Elizabeth harbour with a new quay to the east of and adjacent to the Charl Malan Quay. Whether such a facility will ever be built is open to conjecture although it does fly in the face of the motivation for constructing a new port at Ngqura (Coega) a mere 20km away.

MULTI PURPOSE TERMINALS

Richards Bay MPT specialises in raw and semi-processed materials such as steel, ferro alloys and forest products. The terminal currently operates across seven berths in the port. The terminal has extensive warehousing and covered storage area for sensitive cargo and a huge open storage area comprising 330,000m² for cargo handling. A specialised 75,000m² ferro-alloy handling facility is available.

Products handled at the MPT include: ferro alloys, steel, scrap metal, pig iron, aluminium, project cargo, pitch coke, granite, forest products, containers, loose bulk, and general cargo.

The MPT terminal operates 24 hours a day and is open for 363 days a year. Annual throughput in 2003 was 5.6mt

Contact number for the Richards Bay MPT is: Ms Nikki Mbengashe tel +2735 905 3209, email nikki.mbengashe@transnet.net

Durban Multi Purpose Terminal (MPT)

The port of Durban has two multi purpose terminals handling breakbulk products including steel, ferro-alloys, forest products, granite, rice, fruit, salt, fertiliser and containers.

Durban Multi Purpose Terminal (MPT) is the largest cargo handling facility in the port, operating across 6 berths at the Point (City Terminal), and handles both import and export breakbulk cargo.

The MPT has been consolidated across berths A - E at the Point and is a relativle new deepwater development, although berths F, G and M are now used for motor vehicle handling.



The new City Terminal construction at the Point

The Point MPT facilities incorporate a modern intermodal cargo exchange terminal, a bonded storage facility and expanded cargo and container stacking areas. The historic Point Railway Station builidng facing on Point Road and backing onto the new cargo handling area has been developed as offices and operations centre for the City Terminal.

Products handled at Durban MPT include steel, ferro-alloys, granite, rice, fruit and containers.

Total breakbulk volumes for the Port of Durban during 2008 was 5.9 million tonnes.

Contact number for the City Terminal is: Mr Earle Peters tel +2731 361 8592, email earle.peters@transnet.net


Maydon Wharf MPT

The Maydon Wharf MPT operates across a number of berths at Maydon Wharf principally between berths 8 to 13, with a variety of commodities being handled. The focus is on niche cargo including neo-bulks (salt, fertilisers and other mineral products, steel, scrap metal and forest products).

Contact number for the Maydon Wharf MPT is: Mr Earle Peters tel +2731 361 8592, email earle.peters@transnet.net


TPT's Maydon Wharf multi purpose terminal, berths 9 - 12

East London Multi Purpose Terminal

Transnet Port Terminals operates the port of East London as a single terminal catering for bulk, breakbulk, containers and motor vehicles. The port has since become one of the major car terminal ports of South Africa, utilising two dedicated berths and a multi-level covered parking garage for 2,800 motor vehicles linked by direct access to the nearby DaimlerChrysler factory. The car terminal has a capacity for 50,000 motor units annually (see above).

East London also handles grain imports and exports and petroleum imports.

The port consists of 12 berths, handling bulk, breakbulk, containers and motor vehicles. East London has the largest individual grain elevator in South Africa situated alongside two berths on the West Bank facing the port entrance. Containerised and breakbulk cargo is handled on the East Bank - the container terminal facility relies on ship's own gear and has an annual throughput capacity of 90,000 TEUs.

The East London terminals handled motor vehicles, maize, wheat, sunflower seed, bagged rice, forest products (logs), scrap metals, copra cake and livestock.

East London handled a total of 1.934 million tonnes of bulk and breakbulk cargo and 55,413 TEUs during the 2008 financial year.

Contact number for the East Londin MPT is: tel +2743 700 1117


Port Elizabeth Multi Purpose Terminal

Port Elizabeth MPT manages the port's breakbulk, bulk and motor vehicle cargoes. These commodities include all types of unitised, free-flowing (ie wheat and maize) and ro-ro (motor vehicle) commodities.

Berths 8, 9, 10 and 11 are utilised for breakbulk cargo and include large sheds providing covered storage. Berth 100 handles stern and quarter ramp ro-ro vessels and forms part of the car terminal operation.

The MPT terminal incorporates the main manganese ore exporting facility in South Africa. Other commodities handled at the MPT include deciduous and citrus fruit, motor vehicles, scrap metal, wheat.

Total breakbulk cargo handled at Port Elizabeth MPT during 2008 was 864,753 tonnes.
Bulk cargo handled during 2008 including manganese ore and petroleum products, which are not handled by the MPT, was 3.822mt.

Contact number for the Port Elizabeth MPT is: Hector Danisa tel +2741 507 1800, email hector.danisa@transnet.net

Cape Town Multi Purpose Terminal

Cape Town MPT is situated within the Duncan Dock area and handles a variety of breakbulk and bulk cargoes including fruit, maize, agricultural products, barley, cement, steel, scrap metal, fish, fertiliser, copper, timber.

The terminal operates across seven berths each handling bulk or breakbulk cargo and is serviced with harbour cranes or ship's own gear. The terminal operates between the hours of 06.00 and 22.00 daily Monday to Friday.

Total breakbulk volume handled at the Cape Town during 2008 was 330,000 tonnes.

Contact number for the Cape Town MPT is: tel +2721 449 2405, email

Saldanha Bay Multi Purpose Terminal