Rotterdam Maasvlakte II terminal set a loading record last month on the Madison Maersk with 17,152 TEU loaded, including ten high above deck stowage. APM Terminals has released the drone footage of the remotely-controlled ship-to-shore (STS) gantry cranes. The cranes move containers between the vessels and the landside fleet of 62 battery-powered Lift-Automated Guided Vehicles (Lift-AGVs) which transport containers between the quay and the container yard, including barge and on-dock rail facilities.
The Lift-AGV’s also represent the world’s first series of AGV’s that can lift and stack a container. A fleet of 54 Automated Rail-Mounted Gantry Cranes (ARMGs) then position containers in the yard in a high-density stacking system. With the wind-generated electricity, terminal operations are free from CO2 emissions or pollutants and are also considerably quieter than conventional diesel-powered facilities. It is a multi-modal hub to reduce truck traffic in favor of barge and rail connections to inland locations.
The construction began in May 2012, with the first commercial vessel call in February 2015.
During 2015-16, the terminal operating system will be fine tuned. The 86 hectare (212 acre) deep-water terminal features 1,000 meters of quay, on-dock rail and eight fully-automated electric-powered STS cranes, with an annual throughput capacity of 2.7 million TEU. On completion, the terminal will cover 180 hectares (445 acres) and offer 2,800 meters of deep-sea quay (19.65 meters/64.5 feet depth), with an annual throughput capacity of six million TEUs. The facility was constructed on land entirely reclaimed from the North Sea.
Source: APM Terminals
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