HUTCHISON REQUESTS APPROVAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TERMINAL IN HARWICH

HUTCHISON REQUESTS APPROVAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TERMINAL IN HARWICH    Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd., a subsidiary of the Hutchison group, has submitted three planning applications to develop Harwich International Port
Container Terminal in the port of Harwich, in southeast England.
   The planning applications mainly relate to landside development. They comprise an application to construct the operational area of the port, the construction of a small boat harbour and public amenity area at Gas House Creek, and a listed building consent application for the partial removal of the jetty attached to the Train Ferry Berth.
   The operational area will also include a 1,400-meter quay, container handling and stacking area and associated facilities.
   The development could make Harwich International Port the second
largest container port in the United Kingdom, almost doubling its total quay length to 3,000 meters.
   A spokesman for Hutchison Ports (UK) said that the combination of the extension of Trinity Terminal and the re-development of the southern area, both at the port of Felixstowe, and the development plans for Harwich, will
bring the total container capacity within the Harwich Haven area to some 6.9 million TEUs.