FACILITIES
BEST has one of the most modern facilities
in the Mediterranean
in the Mediterranean
STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY
Currently, it has 13 Super Post-Panamax dock cranes, 54 automated cranes (ASC) and 34 Shuttle Carriers, operating along 1,500 meters of dock with a draft of 16.5 meters in depth.
80 (Ha) WITH 27 AUTOMATED BLOCKS
BEST has a storage area of 80 (ha) with 27 automated blocks.
STRATEGIC SITUATION
The installations have one of the most modern doors system in Europe, and one of the biggest rail terminals in a maritime terminal of containers, with eight dual-gauge railways (iberian and UIC), connecting BEST daily with different points of Spain and south France.
OPERATIVE SYSTEM nGen
The terminal is managed by the nGen (Next Generationt Terminal Management System) operating system developed by the Hutchison Ports group and, in the case of Barcelona, it has been adapted to the particularities of the new semi-automated operating model.
2,750 REEFER CONTAINERS
BEST has the capacity to store and monitor 2,750 refrigerated containers.
NEXT PHASE
Once the expansion has finished, the machinery will increase until reaching the 80 automated cranes (ASC), distributed in a total of 40 automatic blocks of storage of containers.
+2500000
TEU PER YEAR220
MPH VESSEL PRODUCTIVITY+40
MPH AVERAGE CRANE PRODUCTIVITY+2800
ENTRIES AND DEPARTURES OF TRUCKS PER DAY30
MINUTES SERVICE TIME PER TRUCK16
TRAINS PER DAYCHARACTERISTICS
| TODAY | NEXT PHASE | |
|---|---|---|
| QUAY (m) | 1,500 | |
| DEPTH (m) | 16.5 | |
| AREA (ha) | 79 | 100 |
| BLOCKS | 27 | 40 |
| QUAY CRANES | 13 | 18 |
| ASC | 54 | 80 |
| SHUTTLE CARRIERS | 34 | 45 |
| RMG | 2 | 5 |
| REEFER PLUGS | 2,750 | 4,000 |
| RAIL (m) | 8 rails / 750m | |
EQUIPMENT
BEST has implemented the latest technological advances,
making it one of the most modern terminals in the Mediterranean.
making it one of the most modern terminals in the Mediterranean.
SUPER POST PANAMAX
- Boom typology: gooseneck
- Electrical power
- Spreader twin lift with system for container separation
- Lifting height: 42 m and 47 m
- Outreach on waterside: 64 m
- Portal width: 35 m
- Max. Load: 61 tonnes (under spreader), 70 tonnes (under hook)
- Lifting system: telescopic spreader: 20’, 40’, 2×20’, 45’
- Quantity: 13
- Provider: ZPMC/ABB
AUTOMATIC STACKING CRANES
- ASC block:50 TEU long, 9 TEU wide, 5+1 TEU high 2 ASC per block
- Electrical power
- Lifting height: 18 m
- Portal width: 29 m
- Max. Load: 40 tonnes
- Lifting system: telescopic spreader: 20’, 40’, 45’
- Quantity: 54
- Provider: KONECRANES/TMEIC
STRADDLE CARRIERS
- Typology: Shuttle Carriers
- Diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric technology
- Lifting height: 6,3m (1+1 TEU)
- Max. Load: 50 tonnes
- Lifting system: telescopic spreader: 20’, 40’, 2×20’, 45’
- Max. Speed: 30 km/h
- Quantity: 34
- Provider: KALMAR
RMG
- Electrical power
- Rotating trolley
- Lifting height: 10,5m
- Portal width: 41,44 m (8 rail tracks)
- + cantilever of of 15 m
- Max. Load: 40 tonnes
- Lifting system: telescopic spreader: 20′, 40′, 45′
- Quantity: 2
- Provider: KONECRANES
REACH STACKERS
- Stacking height: 5 TEU
- Jib reach: 4 rows
- Telescopic spreader: 20′, 40′
- Max. Load: 45 tonnes
- Quantity: 8
- Provider: TEREX
TERMINAL TRACTORS
- Quantity: 9
- Provider: TERBERG and MAFI
FORKLIFTS
- Max. Load: 8 of 2,5 tonnes.
- 14 of 3,5 tonnes, 1 of 18 tonnes and 1 of 40 tonnes.
- Quantity: 26
- Provider: HYSTER and CATERPILLAR
