Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT)

Melbourne’s VICT proceeds with expansion project

Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) recently completed Phase 3A of its expansion project.

With the expansion of VICT, supersized ships can now sail directly into Port Phillip and dock at VICT, the only terminal in Melbourne capable of receiving them. This translates to faster turnaround times, improved efficiency, and ultimately, a competitive edge for Australian businesses, according to the terminal operator, International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI).

Enrique K. Razon...

https://container-news.com/melbournes-vict-proceeds-with-expansion-project/

Melbourne’s Victoria International Container Terminal to complete another expansion phase

Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) operation at the Port of Melbourne in Australia, is gearing up to meet the challenges of the next year and beyond with the scheduled completion of Phase 3A of its expansion project in December.

The AU$235 million (US$155 million) project is being carried out in two phases. Phase 3A will increase the terminal’s capacity by 30% to 1.25 million TEUs. It will also extend the quay by 71 meters...

https://container-news.com/melbournes-victoria-international-container-terminal-to-complete-another-expansion-phase/

ICTSI’s Australian terminal beefs up handling equipment to handle larger boxships

Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) will soon be able to handle the largest container vessels that will arrive in Australia after the recent delivery of two new ship-to-shore (STS) cranes.

VICT’s new automated cranes are the largest in Australia, with a lift height of 49 meters or 10 meters higher than the terminal’s five existing STS cranes.

Additionally, the 60-meter boom outreach is expected to enable the new cranes to operate 22 containers across a vessel. The existing cranes are...

https://container-news.com/ictsis-australian-terminal-beefs-up-handling-equipment-to-handle-larger-boxships/

VICT handles largest boxship arriving in Australia

Port of Melbourne’s Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) welcomes the 10,000 TEU container ship CMA CGM Pelleas.

In particular, at 350 meters in length, the container vessel is the largest ever to dock in an Australian port. The ship is nearly 43 meters wide.

VICT’s chief executive officer, Bruno Porchietto, says that super-sized vessels like CMA CGM Pelleas are likely to become more common at the VICT terminal. “There is a global trend by shipping lines toward the use of larger...

https://container-news.com/vict-handles-largest-boxship-arriving-in-australia/

ICTSI enhances Victoria International Container Terminal with new equipment

International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI’s) facility in the port of Montreal Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) is expanding its equipment fleet with six new automated stacking cranes (ASC).

VICT is the first fully automated container terminal in Australia and the new ASCs will operate on three new yard modules to increase the terminal’s yard and reefer capacity by 30% and 43%, respectively. According to ICTSI, 15 additional truck grids will also be added to the...

https://container-news.com/ictsi-enhances-victoria-international-container-terminal-with-new-equipment/

ICTSI announces expansion proposal for Australian container terminal

International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has made its own proposal for the expansion of the Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), its wholly-owned subsidiary at the Port of Melbourne in Australia.

ICTSI said it could contribute more than US$340 million in Victoria, in addition to over US$480 million it has already invested in the Australian state since the founding of VICT in 2014, making ICTSI one of Victoria’s leading foreign infrastructure investors.

The expansion...

https://container-news.com/ictsi-announces-expansion-proposal-for-australian-container-terminal/

Port of Melbourne to improve efficiency at Webb Dock East

Port of Melbourne (PoM) has unveiled plans for works at Webb Dock East to reduce port congestion, enhance efficiency and accommodate larger container ships.

The contract for the works has been awarded to Fitzgerald Constructions Australia, with completion scheduled for the third quarter of the contract year (CY) 2023.

The project involves demolishing a redundant section of concrete and extending the quay line by 71 metres, according to a statement.

Port of Melbourne CEO Saul Cannon said that this...

https://container-news.com/port-of-melbourne-to-improve-efficiency-at-webb-dock-east/

ICTSI Australian terminal adds six Kalmar’s automated box carriers

Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) has taken delivery of six new automated container carriers (ACC) from Kalmar.

The new machines were unloaded at the Port of Melbourne from the built-in-2014 Eemslift Dafne, expanding VICT’s fleet to a total of 17 units.

The fleet expansion is expected to further enhance container movement between automated ship-to-shore cranes on the terminal’s quayside and auto stacking cranes on the land side.

“The ACCs will enable VICT to meet the growing volumes...

https://container-news.com/ictsi-australian-terminal-adds-six-kalmars-automated-box-carriers/

ICTSI Victoria terminal to be equipped with Kalmar’s automatic cranes

The port equipment manufacturing company Kalmar has received a repeat order of six Automatic Stacking Cranes (ASC) from Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT).

The order was booked in the third quarter of 2021 order intake of Cargotec, the mother company of Kalmar, with an expected delivery time during the second quarter of 2023.

Established in 2017, the International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) owned VICT is Australia’s first fully automated container terminal with an...

https://container-news.com/ictsi-victoria-terminal-to-be-equipped-with-kalmars-automatic-cranes/

Ports Australia calls for urgent actions against Covid-19 from government

Ports Australia urges the government to begin engaging with the shipping industry and planning measures to manage the pandemic situation while possibilities for state lockdowns are being increased.

After several employees at DP World’s and Hutchison Ports’ Port Botany terminals and Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) have been tested positive to Covid-19 and other Australian seafarers are quarantined, staff of the aforementioned terminals is working closely with New South Wales...

https://container-news.com/ports-australia-warn-government-for-prompt-action-against-covid-19/

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