Jurong Port
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Jurong Port Pte Ltd is a port operator headquartered in Singapore. Jurong Port, which operates the only multi-purpose port in Singapore
, handles bulk
, breakbulk
and containerized cargo. The Port welcomes over 40,000 vessel-calls annually.
It is bounded by Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Jurong Pier Road, Jurong Island Highway, Seraya Avenue and Sugnei Jurong, including Pulau Damar Laut.
In 1963, Jurong Port was set up by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) to support the growth of Singapore’s first and biggest industrial estate, Jurong Industrial Estate. In 1965, the port officially commenced operations. In 1968, Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) was set up to drive the industrial estate development in Singapore and Jurong Port became a business division under JTC. On January 1, 2001, Jurong Port was corporatized and became a fully owned subsidiary of JTC Corporation.
Infrastructure
Jurong Port commenced operations with only two berths. Growing in tandem with the rapid growth of industries in JTC, cargo traffic in Jurong Port passed the million ton mark for the first time in 1970. In 1971, Jurong Port embarked on an expansion programme that provided for four additional deep water general purpose berths, the extension of an existing berth and the addition of warehouses and transit sheds. Further extensions on the five berths were carried out again in 1971.
As the Company continued to grow, additional capacity was required and Jurong Port announced the construction and reclamation of Pulau Damar Laut (PDL) in 1989. PDL provided additional land area and created more deepwater multi-purpose berths. In 1996, Singapore went through a land intensification program to increase land utilization. Resulting from the program was the Jurong Port Cement Terminal, a dedicated common-user cement facility.
In 2001, Jurong Port started its Container Terminal on PDL becoming a full-fledged multi-purpose port. In 2008, Jurong Port started the Penjuru Terminal to handle lighterage and shipchandling businesses.
It is bounded by Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Jurong Pier Road, Jurong Island Highway, Seraya Avenue and Sugnei Jurong, including Pulau Damar Laut.
products, project cargo, machinery and mechanical appliances. As a transshipment
and storage hub accredited by the London Metal Exchange, Jurong Port’s General Cargo Terminal also handles metal ingots.
, furnace slag
, copper slag
and liquid bulk. Jurong Port has a dedicated common-user facility to handle bulk cement. This Cement Terminal is one of the world’s largest common-user cement facilities and consists of two dedicated berths equipped with three cement screw unloaders linked to a fully enclosed air-slide, non-pollutive conveyor system. Jurong Port handles more than 90% of cement throughput into Singapore.
IDC Awards
Frost and Sullivan
Lloyd’s List Asia Award
Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA)
Supply Chain & Management Logistics World Awards
After an accident in 2008, Jurong Port re-doubled its efforts to build and consolidate its safety culture through a series of programs and initiatives. As a result, Jurong Port was recognized with the Award for Achievement in Safety from Lloyd's List in 2009.
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, handles bulk
Bulk cargo
Bulk cargo is commodity cargo that is transported unpackaged in large quantities. This cargo is usually dropped or poured, with a spout or shovel bucket, as a liquid or as a mass of relatively small solids , into a bulk carrier ship's hold, railroad car, or tanker truck/trailer/semi-trailer body...
, breakbulk
Break bulk cargo
In shipping, break bulk cargo or general cargo is a term that covers a great variety of goods that must be loaded individually, and not in intermodal containers nor in bulk as with oil or grain. Ships that carry this sort of cargo are often called general cargo ships...
and containerized cargo. The Port welcomes over 40,000 vessel-calls annually.
It is bounded by Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Jurong Pier Road, Jurong Island Highway, Seraya Avenue and Sugnei Jurong, including Pulau Damar Laut.
History
CorporateIn 1963, Jurong Port was set up by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) to support the growth of Singapore’s first and biggest industrial estate, Jurong Industrial Estate. In 1965, the port officially commenced operations. In 1968, Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) was set up to drive the industrial estate development in Singapore and Jurong Port became a business division under JTC. On January 1, 2001, Jurong Port was corporatized and became a fully owned subsidiary of JTC Corporation.
Infrastructure
Jurong Port commenced operations with only two berths. Growing in tandem with the rapid growth of industries in JTC, cargo traffic in Jurong Port passed the million ton mark for the first time in 1970. In 1971, Jurong Port embarked on an expansion programme that provided for four additional deep water general purpose berths, the extension of an existing berth and the addition of warehouses and transit sheds. Further extensions on the five berths were carried out again in 1971.
As the Company continued to grow, additional capacity was required and Jurong Port announced the construction and reclamation of Pulau Damar Laut (PDL) in 1989. PDL provided additional land area and created more deepwater multi-purpose berths. In 1996, Singapore went through a land intensification program to increase land utilization. Resulting from the program was the Jurong Port Cement Terminal, a dedicated common-user cement facility.
In 2001, Jurong Port started its Container Terminal on PDL becoming a full-fledged multi-purpose port. In 2008, Jurong Port started the Penjuru Terminal to handle lighterage and shipchandling businesses.
It is bounded by Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Jurong Pier Road, Jurong Island Highway, Seraya Avenue and Sugnei Jurong, including Pulau Damar Laut.
Facilities
Jurong Port is a international Multi-Purpose Port Operator operating a General Cargo Terminal, Bulk Cargo Terminal, Container Terminal, Penjuru Terminal for lighters, a Small Craft Terminal and mechanical ramps for Roll-On Roll-Off landing crafts. Jurong Port handled about 13.5 million tons and 720 thousand twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU)s of containers in 2009. Its port facilities are as follows:- Total Land Area:152 ha
- Land Area under Free Trade ZoneFree trade zoneA free trade zone or export processing zone , also called foreign-trade zone, formerly free port is an area within which goods may be landed, handled, manufactured or reconfigured, and reexported without the intervention of the customs authorities...
(FTZ): 124 ha - Total Berth Length: 5.6 km
- Total No. of Berths: 30 + 2 Roll-on Roll-off mechanical ramps
- Maximum Permissible Draft Alongside: 15.7 m
- Maximum Vessel Size: 150,000 deadweightDeadweightDeadweight may refer to:* Deadweight loss, an economics concept* Deadweight tonnage, a ship's carrying capacity with crew and supplies* "Deadweight" , a song on Beck's 1997 album A Life Less Ordinary...
tonnes(DWT) - FTZ Warehouses: 159,000 m2
- Non-FTZ Warehouses: 15,000 m2
General cargo terminal
The General Cargo Terminal handles a diverse range of cargoes including steelSteel
Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
products, project cargo, machinery and mechanical appliances. As a transshipment
Transshipment
Transshipment or Transhipment is the shipment of goods or containers to an intermediate destination, and then from there to yet another destination....
and storage hub accredited by the London Metal Exchange, Jurong Port’s General Cargo Terminal also handles metal ingots.
Bulk cargo terminal
The Bulk Cargo Terminal handles bulk cargo like bulk cementCement
In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance that sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The word "cement" traces to the Romans, who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry resembling modern concrete that was made from crushed...
, furnace slag
Slag
Slag is a partially vitreous by-product of smelting ore to separate the metal fraction from the unwanted fraction. It can usually be considered to be a mixture of metal oxides and silicon dioxide. However, slags can contain metal sulfides and metal atoms in the elemental form...
, copper slag
Copper slag
Copper slag is an abrasive blasting grit made of granulated slag from metal smelting processes .Copper slag abrasive is suitable for blast cleaning of steel and stone/concrete surfaces, removal of mill scale, rust, old paint, dirt etc...
and liquid bulk. Jurong Port has a dedicated common-user facility to handle bulk cement. This Cement Terminal is one of the world’s largest common-user cement facilities and consists of two dedicated berths equipped with three cement screw unloaders linked to a fully enclosed air-slide, non-pollutive conveyor system. Jurong Port handles more than 90% of cement throughput into Singapore.
Container terminal
Operations started in July 2001. The terminal has a total berth length of exceeding 1.4 km and an annual handling capacity of 1.8million TEUs. The terminal has a global direct connectivity to over 80 ports in 45 countries.Accolades
Singapore National Infocomm Awards- 2010 - Merit Award under the category "Most Innovative Use of Infocomm Technology" (Private Sector)
IDC Awards
- 2010 - IDC Enterprise Innovation Awards
Frost and Sullivan
- 2010 – Best Multi-purpose Terminal Operator of the Year (Asia Pacific)
Lloyd’s List Asia Award
- 2009 – Award for Achievement in Safety
Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA)
- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 – Best Emerging Container Terminal Operator – Asia
- 2008, 2009, 2010 – Best Container Terminal Operator (Under 1 million TEUs per Annum) – Asia
Supply Chain & Management Logistics World Awards
- 2007 – Best Asia Pacific Container Terminal
Safety
On 8.05.2007 some workers were injured while loading containers on board MV'Rickmers New Orleans' when they tripped and fell over steel plates, which were improperly stacked.Operations were halted temporarily for investigations. Following this incident, steps were taken to further enhance the safety management of the port; it subsequently won a safety award from Lloyd's List.After an accident in 2008, Jurong Port re-doubled its efforts to build and consolidate its safety culture through a series of programs and initiatives. As a result, Jurong Port was recognized with the Award for Achievement in Safety from Lloyd's List in 2009.