New record for Maasvlakte II
APM Terminals’ Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam is already setting records with its loading operations even though its only been officially open since April.
The terminal recently set a record loading the Madison Maersk container vessel with 17,152 teu, including ten high above deck stowage.
Maasvlakte II ushers in a new era in port innovation utilising eight remotely-controlled STS gantry cranes.
These cranes move containers between 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.
The terminal’s power requirements are provided by wind-generated electricity, enabling terminal operations, which produce no CO2, emissions or pollutants, and less noise pollution.
It’s constructed on land entirely reclaimed from the North Sea and has been designed as a multi-modal hub to reduce truck traffic in favour of barge and rail connections to inland locations.
The 86 hectare deep-water terminal features 1,000 metres of quay and on-dock rail with an annual throughput capacity of 2.7 million teu.
At planned full build-out, the terminal will cover 180 hectares and offer 2,800 metres of deep-sea quay with an annual throughput capacity of 6 million teu.
By Anne-Marie Causer
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