Navis announced that International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has signed a license agreement to implement the N4 terminal operating system (TOS) at its new, fully-automated container terminal in Melbourne, Australia—Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), the company said in its press release.
VICT is located in the Port of Melbourne, the largest container port in Australia with a capacity of 2.5 million TEUs. A state-of-the-art greenfield project, VICT marks ICTSI’s first entry into the region and is the group’s first fully automated terminal in its portfolio. Upon completion, VICT will handle up to 1.4 million TEUs annually and will have an Empty Container Park (ECP) capacity of at least 280,000 containers per annum. The terminal is expected to be operational by December 2016 with 350,000 TEUs and will further accelerate operations to handle up to one million TEUs by December 2017.
N4 was awarded the license agreement as part of a year-long concession bid beginning in mid-2013. Once implemented, the TOS will enable VICT to optimize operations, speed turnaround times and deliver unprecedented efficiency in key areas of the terminal—including the gate and container yard. In addition to N4, VICT has also ordered automatic stacking cranes (ASCs) and AutoShuttles from Kalmar. Together, Navis will support Kalmar who is the systems integrator to ensure that the TOS achieves its full potential and performs optimally for VICT and its customers.