Autostore to manage T2 at Port of Lyon

In addition to Terminals 1 and 2 at the French port, Autostore will also control a further six Port of Lyon-affiliated container terminals on the rivers Rhône and Saône, at Fos, Arles, Valence, Mâcon, Chalon and Pagny.

Autostore will optimise the day-to-day management of T2 by allocating and co-ordinating all container movement instructions in real time. Using the port’s own operational parameters, the system will automatically determine the optimal storage and loading positions for all containers, from the moment they enter T2 until they leave – whether by road, rail or river.

The port’s T2 operation mirrors that of Terminal 1 (T1), with the exception that T2’s gantry crane will be rail-mounted and so able to move along the quay. It will service two barges berthed alongside each other simultaneously, and the quay can accommodate four docked barges at any one time. In addition, T2’s crane will include storage/staging for export stock beneath it, with import stock held in the back-reach of the crane.