International Container Terminal Services Inc. said Wednesday it expanded its port terminal in Melbourne, Australia with the delivery of six new automated container carriers from Kalmar.
The ACCs were unloaded from the Eemslift Dafne at the Port of Melbourne, expanding Victoria International Container Terminal’s fleet to 17 units.
ICTSI said the fleet expansion would enhance container movement between automated ship-to-shore-cranes on the terminal’s quay side and auto stacking cranes on the land side.
“The delivery of six additional automated container carriers is very much welcomed by VICT. The ACCs will enable VICT to meet the growing volumes being driven across the Port of Melbourne, whilst also providing necessary equipment availability time to support engineering maintenance activities,” said VICT chief operations officer Jon Wheeler.
“The order of the ACCs also demonstrates the continued collaboration between VICT and Kalmar, verifying and helping advance the Kalmar One Automated System,” he said.
The new ACCs form part of VICT’s Au$139 million investment in Webb Dock and the Victorian economy over the next two years, which complement the Port of Melbourne’s investment to remove the “knuckle” and add another 71 meters of quay line to Berth 4 of Webb Dock East.
VICT in Melbourne is a fully-automated container terminal capable of servicing the largest and next-class vessels on trade. Operational since 2017, it is a subsidiary of ICTSI.
ICTSI’s portfolio of terminals and projects are located in developed and emerging market economies in the Asia Pacific, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.