THE Zeebrugge International Port (ZIP) terminal, one of
three deepsea container terminals in the harbour, and the victim of northern
European overcapacity, has secured its first mainline service after being
essentially idle for the last two years.
The Far East-North Europe CEM/ANN service operated by Evergreen
and Hanjin, will add a Zeebrugge call from July. It will be the final northern
range call of the revised CEM/ANN rotation and it will be handled at the
PSA-operated ZIP terminal. The first call is scheduled on 19 July by the 8,452
TEU Ever Laden, according to Alphaliner.
The first phase of the ZIP terminal was opened in early
2011, but the terminal has struggled to attract customers. Despite being
ULCS-ready with a 16.5 metre draft and four gantry cranes with a 24-row
outreach, the terminal had been mostly idle and was only able to attract minor
feeder services.
ZIP had fallen victim of the general overcapacity in
Northern Europe's port sector, with overall volumes at Zeebrugge falling from a
peak of 2.50 million TEU in 2010 to only 1.95 million TEU in 2012, as volumes
have also dropped at Zeebrugge's APMT terminal, as well as PSA's CHZ Terminal.
Source : HKSG.
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