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UAE Freezones Biz News Updates
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Dubai World goes for advanced technology for Jebel Ali port
Plans to expand container handling capacity at the port to 19 million TEU
An aerial
view of the Jebel Ali Port DP world (JAFZA). The OPUS Terminal Operating
System (TOS) for Terminal 3 when completed will add 4 million TEU in
additional capacity to Jebel Ali
Jebel Ali, the flagship container port operated by DP World, UAE Region will
install state-of-the-art technology to run its new mega container terminal
currently under development, as part of plans to expand container handling
capacity at the port to 19 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) by
2014.
An agreement has been signed with CyberLogitec, a Seoul, Korea-based IT
company specialised in maritime and logistics industry, to provide its OPUS
Terminal Operating System (TOS) for Terminal 3, which when completed will
add 4 million TEU in additional capacity to Jebel Ali.
OPUS TOS has modules to support the sophisticated operational requirements
of the new terminal as well as interfaces to other existing systems at the
port to provide seamless services to customers. Container Terminal 3, with a
quay length of 1,860 metres, a draft of 17 metres, and a 70 hectare storage
yard, will be equipped with 19 Ship To Shore (STS) quay cranes and 50 Rail
Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes.
DP World Chairman Sultan Ahmad Bin Sulayem, Vice Chairman Jamal Majid Bin
Thaniah, Mohammad Sharaf, Group Chief Executive Officer, and Mohammad Al
Muallem, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, DP World, UAE Region,
attended the signing ceremony at DP World Head Office in Jebel Ali.
CyberLogitec was represented by its Chief Executive Officer Jang-Rim Choi;
and from its Terminal Business Unit Senior Vice President Jason Hyeon and
Director of Global Sales Paul Bourke.
“The innovative technology we have in place in Jebel Ali Port is designed to
ease congestion across the port area, from the berths to the gates. The OPUS
Terminal Operating System (TOS) we have ordered will make Terminal 3 one of
the most efficient container terminals anywhere, as our flagship port Jebel
Ali continues to lead the region in adopting technology to drive growth,”
said Mohammed Al Muallem, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, DP
World, UAE Region
In the first six months of 2012, DP World, UAE Region, of which Jebel Ali is
the leading facility, handled 6.6 million TEU, 7.3 per cent ahead of the
same period last year. |
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Courtesy Al Nisr Publishing LLC
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