Steel Reefer Racks and Reefer Safety Tunnels  For APM Terminal-Maasvlakte II

In 2015,  APM Terminals, part of the Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group, for the extension of the reefer racks. Activities concerned the realisation of reefer racks and reefer tunnels, including the related civil work and electrotechnical installations. 

Realisation:2015
Reefer Racks: 20
Reefer Safety Tunnels:43

DESCRIPTION PROJECT

• Client: APM Terminals Nederland
• Contract type: Main contractor
• Supplying and mounting 20 reefer racks
• Supplying and mounting 43 reefer safety tunnels
• Execution reefer rack:
- Design according to EN 1090
- Single sided plug-ins
- 9 containers wide (rows), 5 containers high

• Execution civil and electrotechnical work:
- Replacing 160 kVA transformers by 2500 kVA
 transformers
- Adjusting power and rail system main switchboards
 from 400A to 4000A
- 60 distributors with power
- Reefer and service wall sockets
- Lighting
- Grounding 

Reefer racks APMT Maasvlakte ll Container Terminal

APM Terminals (APMT) is a globally operating terminal organization that handles the transhipment of approximately 2.5 million containers per year in the port of Rotterdam alone. Steel Construction supplied the reefer racks for the APMT Terminals container terminal on the Second Maasvlakte. The terminal is one of the most advanced, sustainable and efficient of its kind. The total project covers approximately 180 hectares, with 2.8 kilometers of deep-sea quay and 500 meters of inland waterway quay. The terminal was put into operation in December 2014. The terminal is distinguished by a high degree of automation, including quay cranes, storage cranes and vehicles, and has a capacity of at least 4.5 million TEU. The terminal can handle all modalities, including the new generation of container ships such as the Maersk Triple E class. In January 2011, Witteveen+Bos was commissioned to draw up the civil engineering design and tender documents for the terminal and to provide support during the tender process. Witteveen+Bos was then engaged for management and supervision during the construction of the first phase, which lasted two years. The TigeR combination (GMB, Dura Vermeer and lmtech) was responsible for the construction of the infrastructure.

Steel Construction supplied a total of 80 reefer racks for the APMT Terminals container terminal on the Second Maasvlakte. A reefer is a sea container for goods that need to be shipped refrigerated. The containers are easily accessible during storage in the port via a reefer rack. A basic design of a reefer rack consists of a main supporting structure with multiple floors provided with slatted floors. The floors are surrounded by fencing and accessible via a staircase. Partly because of the installation of the reefer racks in a maritime environment, hot-dip galvanizing was chosen as a surface treatment.

Construction time:
May 2015
 
Photographer:
R. van Leeuwen (File Reefer Racks_001 and Reefer Racks_002)