The $250 million investment at the Port of Brisbane went live with the servicing of the Kota Lestari vessel on February 5 and 6. The vessel is the first to be stevedored using a new semi-automated container handling operation.
Under the new system, manned shuttle carriers transfer containers from the quay crane to a waterside exchange area at the front of a module serviced by automated stacking cranes (ASC).
Brisbane will have seven operating modules each serviced by two ASCs once the system is fully operational by May. The existing terminal will remain operational until the full transition is completed.