JAPAN's MOL-operated Tokyo International Container Terminal (TICT) reached a major milestone on August 21 by handling more than 20 million TEU in its 47 years of operations.
TIC started operations in November 1971, and in December of that year, the full containership Kamakura Maru, serving the Asia-Europe route, was the first vessel to call at the facility.
The facility has become the first terminal in the Port of Tokyo to handle 20 million TEU and a ceremony was held recently to celebrate the occasion. The guests included those from Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Port and Harbour and Tokyo Port Terminal Co Ltd, which operate and manage the port and harbour and the wharf at Tokyo Port, and executives from Ocean Network Express (Japan), Ltd, the cargo owner whose containers put TICT over the 20 million mark.
A press statement said that TICT 'strives to enhance and expand its container terminal capacities through measures such as the introduction of an aseismically designed wharf and a series of high-capacity gantry cranes, establishing stable operations with cargo volumes increasing and successively larger vessels calling at the port.'
MOL rents facilities from Tokyo Port Terminal Co Ltd and operates TICT. The MOL Group company Utoc Corporation oversees loadng/unloading operations as the prime port transport contractor.
The statement also said that the MOL Group continues to offer stress-free terminal services with higher convenience for customers, Maritime Logistics Professional, New York, reported.
TIC started operations in November 1971, and in December of that year, the full containership Kamakura Maru, serving the Asia-Europe route, was the first vessel to call at the facility.
The facility has become the first terminal in the Port of Tokyo to handle 20 million TEU and a ceremony was held recently to celebrate the occasion. The guests included those from Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Port and Harbour and Tokyo Port Terminal Co Ltd, which operate and manage the port and harbour and the wharf at Tokyo Port, and executives from Ocean Network Express (Japan), Ltd, the cargo owner whose containers put TICT over the 20 million mark.
A press statement said that TICT 'strives to enhance and expand its container terminal capacities through measures such as the introduction of an aseismically designed wharf and a series of high-capacity gantry cranes, establishing stable operations with cargo volumes increasing and successively larger vessels calling at the port.'
MOL rents facilities from Tokyo Port Terminal Co Ltd and operates TICT. The MOL Group company Utoc Corporation oversees loadng/unloading operations as the prime port transport contractor.
The statement also said that the MOL Group continues to offer stress-free terminal services with higher convenience for customers, Maritime Logistics Professional, New York, reported.