Container terminal
The port of Sète has a container terminal at the South East of the port, on the quay E.
Current container terminal Features
- Capacity : 20 000 EVP
- Area : 2 ha
- Lengh of the quay : 450m
- Depth of the water : 11m
- A ganty crane of a lift of 34 t à 35 m,
- A new ganty crane over panamax of 60 t à 44 m,
- A crane with automatic spreader
- 120 reefers plugs
The current management of the terminal provides all the technical and human resources for an efficient and optimised management of stops.
Containers Terminal : extension
An extension of the terminal is under construction and will be completed in 2017. This is to give the container terminal a higher capacity:
2015: gradual extension of the terminal area of 3.5 ha to 10 ha
2016: commissioning of a new container quay on the dock 2 with a length of 467m and a permitted draft of 13m50 (dock H)
2017: commissioning over 2 container cranes over panamax on this new dock
The container center will then be equipped to handle large cargo volume in a shorter time, to better meet to our customers requirements (180,000 TEU)
