Melbourne’s Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) is expected to become fully operational by December/January.
VICT will be the only terminal in the world without any human being on the landside, including the ship-to-shore crane, according to a company statement. Everything will be controlled from the VICT offices.
Phase one 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 TEUs.
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 TEUs annually once it is fully built. It will have two berths and six post-panamax ship-to-shore cranes.
