Tuas Shipping Container Yard

The first container ship to dock in singapore the mv nihon could carry around 2 000 containers.

Tuas shipping container yard.

With construction of phase 1 beginning in april last year the mega port is slated to open progressively from 2021. When fully completed tuas terminal will be able to handle up to 65 million teus annually as all container operations are set to be consolidated in the terminal by 2040s. The future tuas mega port presents singapore with an opportunity to rethink the future of shipping said prime minister lee hsien loong on thursday oct 3. Singapore has broken ground on tuas port.

Damen shipyards singapore was founded in 1990 and since 2000 has been a wholly owned member of the damen shipyards group. The maritime and port authority of singapore mpa awarded the tuas terminal phase 2 reclamation project to the penta ocean construction co hyundai engineering construction. A construction yard at the tip of the southernmost end of tuas is a hive of activity round the clock as 500 workers labour to assemble massive structures that will form the building blocks for the. Today s largest container ships can carry more than 10 times that 24 000 containers pm lee.

The tuas mega port is a major milestone in singapore s next generation container terminal development with the long term project that includes four phases targeted for completion in the 2040s. The port 2 yard shipping container trailer is designed as a lightweight efficient trailer. Damen shipyards singapore builds repairs and services aluminium high speed craft to the highest safety and quality levels. Weighing in at under 6 000lbs with a gvwr of 21 000lbs this lightweight trailer is designed to carry 1 40 shipping container 1 45 shipping container with 5 add on extension 1 20 shipping container or 2 20 shipping containers.

Deborah wong with more. Transport in the container yard will be by driverless automated guided.