The two ASCs arriving in Brisbane.

Kalmar has commenced phase two of the DP World Brisbane Automatic Stacking Cranes (ASC) project with the arrival of two cranes at the port. 

The shipment carrying two new nine-wide ASCs arrived at DPW on schedule and in perfect condition.

The two ASCs were transported fully erected from China to Australia and have been unloaded in Brisbane.

This delivery is an addition to seven existing ASC modules.

"The arrival of the vessel carrying two fully-erected ASCs was really impressive. DP World and Kalmar staff alike were excited to watch as the vessel pulled into the port," says Jyri Saarijoki, project director, Kalmar.

"The successful shipment of fully erected cranes from China to Australia with efficient delivery onto the terminal is an important milestone for Kalmar and validates the method as an efficient and proven concept."

The delivery of the two Kalmar ASCs marks the fourth successful fully erected ASC shipment from China to Australia.

To date, Kalmar has provided DP World in Brisbane with 16 Kalmar ASCs and 16 Kalmar shuttle carriers integrated with the Navis N4 terminal operating system.

The two new ASCs bring the number of modules servicing container trade to eight, and increase capacity by 14% to 720,000 TEUs.