Sphere No.43 (Oct 2017)

Ports Yantian grows with the world Hutchison Ports Yantian recently added its new Berth 16 – a whopping 886 metres in length with a water depth of 17.6 metres – with eight cranes, four of which can handle 150,000-ton ultra-large container vessels. It also welcomed the world’s biggest-ever container ship on its maiden call on 28 May. The OOCL Hong Kong can carry 21,413 TEUs and is 400 metres long and 60 metres wide. After Shenzhen, it was off to visit the port group’s Port of Felixstowe and ECT Euromax within a month. Corporate EYE ON THE FUTURE Over 300 Hong Kong students benefited from the experience of CKHutchison staff at the CKHH Volunteer Career Fun Day. Volunteers conducted mock interviews, led games and manned exhibition booths to help young people gain insights into their possible future in the working world. NEWS SPHERE #43 2017 04 PAKISTAN PRODUCTIVITY PURRING ALONG Hutchison Ports Pakistan recently set a new productivity record, moving 1,953 containers in just 11 hours. The Vessel Operating Rate of 181.15 container moves per hour was a dramatic improvement from the previous record of 140.18 container moves per hour at Pakistan’s first deep-water container terminal. INLAND CONNECTOR FOR YANTIAN Hutchison Ports Yantian has launched an inland container depot at Changping in Southern China. The new facility will optimise Yantian as a logistics gateway for the region. UBI SO HAPPY TO DOWNLOAD THIS APP Hutchison Ports Thailand is the proving ground for a new mobile app, Ubi (pronounced you- bee), built on and integrated with the nGen system. Awide range of operational functions and intelligence-providing features include information on containers and vessels as well as Truck Appointments and VGM (Verified GrossMass) declarations. BASRA BOUND Hutchison Ports is bound for Basra, the economic gateway to Iraq. It will provide world-class services for containerised, refrigerated, general and project cargoes under the banner of Hutchison Ports Basra. SOHAR, SO GOOD Big news as Hutchison Ports Sohar launched its Auto Gate Systemwith fanfare and in the presence of His Excellency Dr AhmedMohammed Salem Al-Futaisi, Minister of Transport and Communications, Oman.