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Newport West, the first private sector port development in the Western Hemisphere after World War II was developed and operated by two competing companies, Kingston Wharfes Ltd. and Western Terminals Ltd. from 1967 to 1994, when they were merged into Kingston Wharfes Ltd. On September 26, 1995, the company was listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. It owns and operates seven berths devoted to breakbulk operations (petroleum products, gypsum, limestone, cement, grain and lumber) averaging 183 m in length with depth alongside varying between 7.5 m and 11.7 m. Subsidiary Kingston Terminal Operators Limited operates the container terminal owned by the Port Authority of Jamaica and committed to an investment programme of US$ 30 million and an undisclosed equity stake in the container terminal for renewal of the management contract. The Port of Kingston in the final stages of a $103 million expansion installed two cranes at the new Gordon Cay Terminal in 08/98, bringing the facility's complement to 10. The US$12.5 million contract for the purchase of these two cranes to handle Post-Panamax vessels was awarded in March 1997 by the Port Authority of Jamaica to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. 4,000 feet of berthing space to a depth alongside of 48 feet were added, taking total berthing to 25,000 feet at the old container facility. OECF of Japan and USAID contributed funds to the project. In August 1996, Kingston Terminal Operators took possession of the new Gordon Cay facility. Further expansion is slated to come on stream for the Gordon Cay trans-shipment facility in Kingston by 1999, with an increase in size of 128 acres and an additional 2,500 feet of berthing space. None None