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New Hamad Port welcomes second commercial vessel

Hamad Port welcomed its second commercial vessel on August 13, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement yesterday. This, along with other key developments, is expected to help pave the way for the launch of “early operations” for certain types of vessels before the end of the current year, the statement noted. The vessel carried a second shipment of cranes, including four ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and six rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes. The ship’s arrival was in accordance with the planned schedule. Hamad Port had welcomed the first commercial vessel carrying the first shipment of cranes on July 19. The ship, heavy load carrier Zhen Hua 10, had arrived directly from China. The arrival of the third and final shipment of cranes is expected by the end of this year, which will take the total number of cranes at Hamad Port to eight STS cranes (100m high and weighing over 1,200 tonnes) and 26 RTG cranes. “With the completion of all marine infrastructure works, the installation of container handling equipment (STS and RTG cranes) will mark the accomplishment of another milestone in the construction of Hamad Port. This means the mega port will be ready for the early operation of certain types of vessels and shipments before the end of the current year,” the statement added, saying this reflected the efforts of the project management team and all stakeholders under the supervision of the Hamad Port Steering Committee. The port basin is 4km long, 700m wide and 17m deep. The new Hamad Port is expected to handle more than 6mn containers a year once all three phases of the project is completed, HE the Minister of Transport Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti had said during the arrival of the first vessel. http://www.gulf-times.com/eco.-bus.%20news/256/details/451438/new-hamad-port-welcomes-second-commercial-vessel

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The "Zhen Hua 24" sailed Mar 6 morning from Hampton Roads east in the Thimble Shoals channel in the Chesapeake Bay off Virginia Beach. Report with photo: http://hamptonroads.com/2011/03/did-zhen-hua-24-post-bail

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Another lawsuit has been filed over the accident of the "Zehn Hua 24" that damaged the wharf and a newly delivered crane at APM Terminals in Portsmouth. APM filed the complaint in federal court, seeking damages from the owner of the ship the "Zhen Hua 24", which is now in federal custody, under the control of the U.S. Marshals Service. The Portsmouth-based terminal owner had a contract with Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co. Ltd., known as ZPMC, for the delivery and installation of two new cranes by Tuesday. It filed suit in Norfolk's federal court on Feb. 18, alleging negligence and breach of contract by ZPMC, which made the cranes. The suit states that damages to the APM wharf are in excess of $500,000. It also estimates that for each day after March 1, ZPMC's inability to deliver the crane in accordance with the contract will cost APM Terminals $16,000 a day. For each day after May 1, the cost will be an estimated $21,000 a day.