Today in BCT we had thrilling experience while loading MSC EYRA. ALL of our four STS cranes were working on the same vessel, first time in BCT history.

Over the year BCT has invested in various items including: built 2 railway access roads; a new SANY reach stacker; 2 tugmasters with 45’feet trailers; 3 various small forklifts; container optical character recognition system; 2 reach stacker VGM systems.

A new record has been set on MSC AKERDIJK when in one hour 107 moves were recorded.

Total throughput in 2016 was 262’822 TEU, which is a increase +11,7% on figures of 2015.

MSC has started calling at BCT with an additional service BALTIC LOOP 7, with port rotation: Bremerhaven-Rotterdam-St Petersburg-Riga-Bremerhaven.

MSC Santhya called at BCT on the 30th March 2016 under new MSC service Baltic Loop 7. Having a length of 237m, makes the MSC Santhya the largest container vessel to call at the port of Riga.

BCT has gone live with Navis’ N4 terminal operating system version 3.1, making it the first container terminal in Europe, Middle East and Africa to implement this system. Major benefits from this version are enhancement in yard planning, gate movements, EDI, reduction in equipment idle time and yard congestion.

BCT is to be the first container terminal worldwide to go live with Navis’ N4 version 3.1 which was released in October this year and is an upgrade on the current v2.6 and includes unique features such as weighing system integration API and visual web-based and touch-aware crane driver’s user interface.

Further extension of BCTs warehousing capacity is planned such that the existing capacity of 20,000sqm will be doubled through the addition of two new warehouses. The first stage of the project is to include new rail access to both warehouses, one of which is planned to be heated.

A new ship-to-shore container crane, produced by Sany, was commissioned at BCT in November 2015. Lifting capacity of 45t under spreader, an outreach of 44.5m and a lift above quay level of 34m. This is the 4th STS crane at BCT – this will allow for servicing of larger vessels and will also significantly speed up operations at the terminal.

BCT is currently in the process of updating its TOS software to NAVIS N4. Major benefits from implementing NAVIS N4 are enhancement in yard planning, gate movements, EDI, reduction in equipment idle time and yard congestion. The above functions will improve effectiveness in the terminals overall operations. Commencement of NAVIS N4 is planned for December 2015.

A  new 45t gantry crane has been acquired, consequently increasing effectiveness in the discharging and loading process. The crane will go into service in June 2015.

As from April 2015 X-press Feeders are calling at BCT on a weekly basis.

Construction has been completed on a new insulated and heated general cargo warehouse with a storage area of 5,400 square meters, thus bring our total warehousing facilities to over 20,000 square meters.

BCT has initiated construction works of a new insulated and heated general cargo warehouse with a storage area of 5,400 square meters that will increase an efficiency of rail mode dispatch and provide quicker cargo distribution. In 2012 BCT has implemented an „in house” developed general cargo management informational system that will allow significantly decrease a paper document amount and optimize a real warehouse operational process.

In November a new 45t reach stacker commenced operation in the terminal increasing effectiveness in the performance of the loading and discharge processes as well as the overall terminal.

A new warehouse project - lightweight hall - of available storage space of 725 sq.m has been finished successfully.

BCT have implemented an Automated Container Operation System, which is a next step in terminal automation concept. This system allows to automate vessel and rail operations process. It utilizes a modern OCR technologies as well as image capturing and processing algorithms.