Method of loading/unloading containers in a port facility

The method for loading and unloading containers in a harbor facility, according to the preceding claim, wherein, for parking in a location of the buffer area located under a crane, the path assigned to a vehicle, depending on the exact location under the crane assigned to same, is calculated so as to cover a minimal distance compatible with the capacities and characteristics of the vehicle, in particular its steering radius and its length and without passing under an adjacent crane.

The method for loading and unloading containers in a harbor facility, wherein the path assigned to an empty vehicle is calculated taking into consideration the possibility of entering into/leaving a location under a crane on both sides of said crane.

An arrangement of the functional elements of a harbor facility comprising:

• a plurality of ship-to-shore cranes placed perpendicular to the direction of the quay, automated container stacking/unstacking gantries, communication lanes for container transport vehicles including passageways under each ship-to-shore crane, parallel traffic lanes located between the cranes and access roads to the automated gantries, as well as buffer areas for parking the container transport vehicles in transit, wherein the cranes are spaced apart so that the container transport vehicles placed under a crane and leave it without passing under the adjacent crane, and wherein said buffer areas are formed by locations arranged under the cranes and/or on the traffic lane proximate to the cranes.