Question

Explain five factors you will consider in equipment selection for a container terminal

Answer 1

The following factors are considered for the equipment selection in container handling:

1.Container terminal task is to fulfill the inbound conatiner unloading and outbound conatiner loading.So these process are achieved only by the right container lifting equipment in right place.

2.Using of high profile dockside gantry crane that performs the proper function.

3.Specially designed for intensive container lifting and strong lifting capacity for the rail mounted gantry.

4.For optimising container storage use reach stackers and conatiner handlers.

5.Conatiner handlers having capacity to lift the both empty and loaded containers.

6.To check the lift tower extension and counter weight capacity for the container handler.