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Victoria International Container Terminal in Melbourne, Australia added six new automated stacking cranes as it expands its equipment fleet
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The new cranes will operate on three new yard modules to increase VICT’s yard and reefer capacity by 30% and 43%, respectively
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Two new larger ship-to-shore cranes are being acquired to take the terminal’s total STS fleet to seven
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The expansion program will be completed and the new gear all operational by January 2024, raising the terminal’s annual throughput capacity by 250,000 TEUs, to 1.25 million TEUs
Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) in Melbourne, Australia, is expanding its equipment fleet with the addition of six new automated stacking cranes (ASC).
Purchased as part of VICT’s ongoing expansion project, the new ASCs will operate on three new yard modules to increase the terminal’s yard and reefer capacity by 30% and 43%, respectively, parent firm International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) said in a statement.
Fifteen new truck grids will also be added to the landside to increase slot availability by 30%.
In addition, VICT is acquiring two new larger ship-to-shore (STS) cranes, taking its total STS fleet to seven. The new cranes will have an outreach of 22 containers to enable the terminal to handle up to 14,000-TEU (twenty-foot-equivalent unit) capacity neo-Panamax ships. Moreover, the quay line will be extended by 71 meters to allow two 336-meter-long vessels to berth simultaneously.
ICTSI said VICT’s expansion is scheduled to be completed and become operational by the start of 2024, raising the terminal’s annual throughput capacity by 250,000 TEUs, to 1.25 million TEUs.
Operating since 2017, VICT is a fully automated container terminal capable of servicing the largest existing and next-class vessels on the trade.
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