The OOCL Rotterdam (capable of accommodating 8,063 TEU, 323m LOA and 42.8m BEAM) on the North East Asia A3 Central Service has set a new record within the Port of Melbourne and Australia for the highest container exchange in one single call – a total of 6,516 containers equating to 11,037 TEUs. The…
The ANL operated CMA CGM Ural with a nominal capacity of 10,622 TEU has broken another record at the Port of Melbourne with the highest TEU exchange in one call. On 22nd September the CMA CGM Ural berthed at Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) and completed an exchange of 8094 TEU surpa…
Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) in Melbourne, Australia has successfully lowered its power consumption and carbon emissions through the installation of LED lighting upgrades on all five automated quay cranes.   Led by VICT’s Engineering and Facilities team, the upgrade reduced overa…
Victoria International Container Terminal reached out to survivors of the massive bushfires in Victoria with a donation of 42 empty containers.   Thousands of families and wildlife were displaced by multiple fires that raged across large areas in Victoria from December last year up to March.  Prior…
As global trade continues to reel from the effects of COVID-19, the Port of Melbourne (PoM) sees signs of optimism with the arrival of CMA CGM Ural–the largest capacity container vessel to dock in Melbourne. The 299-meter long vessel made its maiden call to PoM in June 25, and was handled by Victor…
Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), the Australian unit of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) at the Port of Melbourne, has been recognized by the world’s oldest maritime publication, Lloyd’s List, for excellence in port management and infrastructure at the recent…
The 8063TEU capacity OOCL Seoul alongside at Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), Port of Melbourne, Australia. The vessel’s arrival signals Melbourne’s growing ability to match the performance of its peers, Sydney and Brisbane, to accept the larger capacity vessels now being introduced…
Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), Melbourne, is now the regular recipient of large container vessel calls, bringing the port into line with its peers on the east coast of Australia – Sydney and Brisbane – and delivering multiple benefits to importers and exporters. VICT was develope…