Kalmar signs new automation contract with Port of Melbourne’s VICT

Finnish manufacturer Kalmar has signed a new automation contract with Victoria International Container Terminal Ltd’s (VICT) new terminal in Melbourne, Australia, as part of Phase 2 of VICT’s automated container terminal project at Webb Dock East.

The terminal, which is fully owned by the Philippines-based port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), is scheduled to receive eight additional automatic stacking cranes (ASC) and related automation from the manufacturer in the final quarter of 2016.

As part of the first phase of the project scheduled to be in operation by the end of 2016, Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is providing 12 ASCs, 11 autoshuttles and automated truck handling, which is integrated with its terminal logistic system and the terminal operating system (TOS) provided by Navis.