The Syrian Government recently granted Tartous International Container Terminal (TICT) the authority to handle transhipment containers, making TICT the first and only terminal in the country to do so.
Romeo Salvador, TICT chief executive officer and general manager, is confident that the terminal can easily handle the increase in activities that will be brought about by transshipment.
“From day one, we have rolled out an investment program to upgrade the facilities, equipment and manpower skills of the terminal. All these are in place, and we have excess capacity to handle transshipment.”
Nevertheless, Salvador says that TICT continues to fine-tune its operations while plowing in additional investments.
TICT can currently move containers at 18 moves per hour per crane using two mobile harbour cranes. Productivity is projected to increase to 25 moves per hour per crane as two more quay cranes will be added by June 2009.
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