CARGO handling specialist Kalmar will supply the Victoria International Container Terminal with automatic stacking cranes (ASCs) for its terminal expansion.
Kalmar solutions currently form the backbone of VICT’s operations at Webb Dock East. The company confirmed it had received an order from VICT for six Kalmar ASCs, which it expects to deliver in Q2 2023.
VICT, owned by International Container Terminal Services, is Australia’s first fully automated container terminal which welcomed its first vessel in March 2017.
The 35-hectare terminal has a design throughput capacity of more than a million TEU and is the only terminal in Melbourne capable of handling the largest container vessels.
The six new Kalmar ASCs are part of VICT’s capacity expansion program, and the cranes will join the current fleet of 20 Kalmar ASCs operating at VICT that have been delivering truck turn times of sub-35 minutes.
The cranes will be delivered fully erected and tested to ensure rapid, smooth integration into the terminal’s automated operations. VICT’s automated operations are powered by Kalmar One Automation System – a complete end-to-end system that combines Kalmar automated equipment and a pre-integrated and tested software solution.
The OneTerminal deployment at VICT currently includes the recently upgraded Navis N4 Terminal Operating System, a Kalmar Automatic Stacking Crane system with 20 Kalmar ASCs, 11 Kalmar AutoShuttles, and the Kalmar Automated Truck Handling system.
Earlier this year, VICT ordered an additional six Kalmar AutoShuttles to be delivered by the end of this year, increasing its total fleet to 17 units.
Jon Wheeler, COO at VICT said, “The yard capacity expansion and the new Automatic Stacking Cranes will allow us to increase the productivity of our operations to meet the growing customer demand on both quay and landside.
“The additional storage blocks will also add resiliency, allowing for improved planned maintenance, minimising disruption to our stakeholders.”
