Navis has completed the automation of 31 rail-mounted gantry (ARMG) cranes at Five Continents International Container Terminal (FICT), which are now live on N4 and operational at Tianjin Port.
FICT was designed with an initial design capacity of 1.5m teu but the rise of megaships and the increasing volume of cargo that accompanies them means that the terminal is operating at its maximum capacity and often beyond it.
In order to increase the capacity and efficiency of the terminal, FICT launched a project to modernise its yard – automating its fleet of 31 manually operated rail-mounted stacking cranes.
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