VICT MELBOURNE: SET TO BOOST CAPACITY BY 50 PER CENT
Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), Melbourne’s most modern container terminal, is progressing the phase 3 expansion of its existing terminal area to boost its annual capacity by 50%. This follows on from an earlier announcement by Port of Melbourne Corp (PoMC) that it intends to remove a knuckle and extend VICT’s existing 675m quay line by 71m to give a 745m quay line able to achieve the simultaneous berthing of a 350m and 367m vessel.
The phase 3 expansion will be undertaken in two steps – phase A and B. Equipment acquisition will include the addition of three ship-to-shore gantries to the existing five, 10 more ASC’s to the existing 20 and nine more ACC’s to the existing 11.
The expansion plan represents a response to the fast growing Victorian and Tasmanian markets where demand is outstripping supply, and where capacity is particularly required to serve the larger vessels now being progressively introduced in key Australian liner trades.
VICT, situated at Webb Dock outside the air draft constrained East Swanson Dock where other terminals operate, was always intended to spearhead Melbourne’s efforts to accept higher capacity vessels.
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