Work on deepening the seabed at the Brajdica container terminal starts

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) December 21, 2020 - Dredging works costing €97.7 million have started to deepen the seabed of the Brajdica container terminal, Rijeka port, reports the HINA news agency. The director of the Port of Rijeka Denis Vukorepa and the executive director of the concessionaire, Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), Emmanuel Papagiannakis discussed the project. The total estimated value of the project "Improvement of infrastructure in the port of Rijeka - deepening of the southern link AGCT (POR2CORE-AGCT dredging)" is €17.3 million with co-financed with 20% from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and 80% funded by the Port of Rijeka Authority. The project will deepen the seabed along 100 meters of the coastal wall of the southern berth to 14 meters, bringing the total to 428 meters. Completion of the works is scheduled for end-2021. The work will enable the port to handle more container ships with improved turnaround time and safety. In June, representatives of the Port of Rijeka Authority and the contractor, NUOVA CO.ED.MAR Srl, signed a contract for the execution of works worth HRK 97.7 million including VAT. Denis Vukorepa said this is one of the seven infrastructure development projects for which co-financing from CEF has been provided, and which is being implemented with partners or independently by the Port of Rijeka Authority. This includes the modernization and construction of railway infrastructure in the port, the construction of new intermodal capacities and the reconstruction and modernization of port terminals, and the total value of this investment cycle of €132.8 million. Adriatic Gate CEO Emmanuel Papagiannakis said the company expects to break the record this year and reload more than 300,000 container units by the end of next week, and plans to purchase new cranes. He stated that another CEF project is being worked on for additional deepening, at a depth of 16.5 meters along the entire Kostrena port, which would enable the acceptance of next generation container ships and improve the flow of goods between Asia and Europe. In May this year, the highest monthly traffic was realized, and in October the highest railway traffic in the history of the terminal, with a share in the total traffic of 47 percent and an increase of 30 percent compared to the same period last year. "We expect that the mentioned projects will positively contribute to the development of the Port of Rijeka as a significant southern entrance to Europe, further increase the share of railway traffic and the development of the entire logistics industry in Croatia. Behind us is a successful 2019, in which we grew by 20% compared to the previous year, while in 2020, despite COVID, we recorded a growth of 12% compared to 2019. Moreover, I can proudly say that an extremely successful May is behind us; the month with the highest turnover in terminal history and October; the month with the highest rail traffic in the history of the terminal, with a share in total traffic of 47%, and an increase of 30% compared to last year", added Emmanuel Papagiannakis In January-October 2020, the Brajdica container terminal, operated by Jadranska vrata, handled 252,821 TEUs, up 11% on the same period of 2019. Including containers handled by Luka Rijeka, the port’s total TEU throughput in the period was 320,000. Jadranska vrata, also known as Adriatic Gateway Container Terminal, is 51% owned by Philippines-based ICTSI and 46% by Luka Rijeka (port authority). Copyright (C) PortSEurope. All Rights Reserved. 2020.

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