The MTS allows the transportation of more containers in a single haul compared to the traditional single-trailer system. ICTSI now deploys short MTS (two or three trailers in a set) at the MICT Berth 5 for short-distance trips to and from Berth 6.
An MTS is composed of one tractor unit and several trailers. One MAFI tractor can handle multiple trailer sets in “ship-to-stack” mode. Meanwhile, an MTS made up of three trailers can transport containers to and from the wharf during vessel operation. In this mode, one tractor can haul a maximum of three 40-foot containers or six twenty-foot equivalent units in a single travel.
MICT first received 16 units of Houcon Holland custom-made trailer for the MTS which arrived on the ER Freemantle. After two weeks of intensive training, 14 select MICT prime move operators passed the Basic MAFI Tractor Product training.
A multi-trailer system (MTS), the newest and one of the most advanced equipment at the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) can simultaneously carry three forty-foot containers.