ICTSI fully automated terminal at Melbourne opens in December-January
MELBOURNE's Victoria International Container Terminal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manila's ICTSI, is expected to become fully operational by December this year or January, VICT manager Anthony Desira.
VICT will be the "only terminal in the world without any human being on the landside, including the ship-to-shore crane," said fellow ICTSI vice president Christian Gonzales.Everything will be controlled from the VICT offices, reported the Manila Standard. The fully-automated VICT will be the third container terminal at the Port of Melbourne, the largest cargo handling port in Australia with a current capacity of 2.5 million TEU.
Mr Desira said phase one of VICT will have one berth of 330 metres fitted with three neo-panamax robotic ship-to-shore cranes, 23.7 hectares of yard and off-dock area with fully automated operations from the gate to the quayside to deliver an estimated capacity of 350,000 TEU. The terminal will enable vessels of up to 10,000 TEU to call at the Port of Melbourne for the first time.
The yard will be fully automated, with giant cranes, robots, magnets, sensors and control systems combining their functions to do the heavy lifting. The container terminal area covers 35.4 hectares that can handle 1.4 million TEU annually once it is fully built. It will have two berths and six post-panamax ship-to-shore cranes.
ICTSI has invested US$400 million in Australia, according to chief financial officer of VICT, Marcell Judkins. VICT is the third largest investment made by ICTSI after Manila and Ecuador.
MELBOURNE's Victoria International Container Terminal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manila's ICTSI, is expected to become fully operational by December this year or January, VICT manager Anthony Desira.
VICT will be the "only terminal in the world without any human being on the landside, including the ship-to-shore crane," said fellow ICTSI vice president Christian Gonzales.Everything will be controlled from the VICT offices, reported the Manila Standard. The fully-automated VICT will be the third container terminal at the Port of Melbourne, the largest cargo handling port in Australia with a current capacity of 2.5 million TEU.
Mr Desira said phase one of VICT will have one berth of 330 metres fitted with three neo-panamax robotic ship-to-shore cranes, 23.7 hectares of yard and off-dock area with fully automated operations from the gate to the quayside to deliver an estimated capacity of 350,000 TEU. The terminal will enable vessels of up to 10,000 TEU to call at the Port of Melbourne for the first time.
The yard will be fully automated, with giant cranes, robots, magnets, sensors and control systems combining their functions to do the heavy lifting. The container terminal area covers 35.4 hectares that can handle 1.4 million TEU annually once it is fully built. It will have two berths and six post-panamax ship-to-shore cranes.
ICTSI has invested US$400 million in Australia, according to chief financial officer of VICT, Marcell Judkins. VICT is the third largest investment made by ICTSI after Manila and Ecuador.