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May 12, 2011
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- Two new quay cranes for the container terminal VeCon
- Growth in traffic in the port of Venice
 Today, after a long journey of 3,800 miles by barge from Great Yarmouth (United Kingdom), arrived in the port of Venice, two new quay cranes for ship-to-shore container terminal at VeCon (Venice Container Terminal), which is controlled by PSA Singapore.
- This is an investment of 15 million € which gives rise to a total of € 25 million investment made in the last two years in Venice terminal for the purchase of cranes, civil works in the area of expansion, wheeled cranes to square in new trailers and other operational resources.
- The new cranes, which have a weight of 1,150 tons each, were produced by Chinese ZPMC and have an operating radius of 36 meters above the sea side, under the spreader lift height of 30 meters and a payload of 45 under spreader tons.
- The two new cranes will be added to the four existing at the quay of the terminal VeCon.
- Welcoming the investment VeCon and stressing that "the PSA and its partners confirmed the continuing commitment to ensure an adequate response to growing market demands and expectations of its customers in the port of Venice, even - especially - in the light the excellent results obtained from the airport and on prospects for growth especially related to the direct lines with the Far East, "the Venice Port Authority announced in April that the trades have maintained a positive trend. The port authority has stated that 'based on data collected in April 2011, in fact, in the Venetian port traffic increased by 16% over the same period last year, with over 262K tonnes of goods handled in the most. "
- "The increase in the commercial sector, which in April 2011 has grown over the same month of 2009, 11, 1%, equivalent to 117 tons - said the Port Authority - compensates for the decrease in traffic of the industrial sector ( -23.7% to 75,000 tonnes) of the Marghera linked to the performance. Also increase the handling of liquid bulk cargo (+41%), particularly crude oil (+2.2%) and refined products (+88.6%) also confirmed the growth trend for cereals (+990%).The container sector, in particular evidence, reported in April 2011 an increase of 11, 9% (3,519 teu more) that leads to an increase of 26% (equivalent to 31,000 TEUs) in the first four months of the year (January / April 2011). The passenger traffic keeps the trend that more positive with an increase of 15.7% (17% of the cruise passengers) for the month of April. "
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