With two new ship-to-shore
gantries achieving up to 45
moves an hour using double lift, the
focus in the port of Beira has turned
to the back of port operations in
order to improve productivity.
Cornelder de
Mozambique
(CdM) is
expanding the
container yard
to 13 000 TEUs,
and 144 reefer
points. This will take capacity to
450 000 TEUs next year.
It is also investing in new
information technology, according
to Jan Laurens de Vries,
commercial manager for the port
of Beira.
Stacks will be planned by the
port rather than the vessels.
“This will allow us to optimise
the way we plan the yard and
position each stack,” he says.
Productivity of the reach stackers
is also being
improved
through a system
which shows
the driver on a
screen inside the
cab the position
of the container to be lifted or the
space in which the container is to
be placed.
“These are some of the
incremental improvements over the
years which have led to increased
productivity,” he says.
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45 Container moves per hour at Beira port.
