Method for buffer crane operation in cargo container handling
AssigneePaceco Corp.
InventorsToru Takehara, Philip Alexander Tam, Sun Huan Huang, Hans G. Vosskamp
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Abstract
A method for buffer crane operation for supplementing a quay crane operation and formed to operate thereunder with a landing deck for supporting a multiple of cargo containers in buffer operation above dockside cargo transport operations and for moving cargo containers therebetween by means of a dedicated crane engaged with said landing deck.
Claims7
A method for dockside buffer crane cargo container handling in combination with a quay crane, the steps comprising
- providing an independently movable elevated platform formed for independently traveling dockside and having a multiplicity of cargo container landing positions disposed on a landing deck portion thereof for landing a multiple of containers individually and randomly on said positions
- providing a dedicated crane engaged with said platform and arranged for top engagement transfer of containers between said platform and cargo container truck transporters located alongside or below said platform,
- positioning said platform dockside under said quay crane,
- moving containers by said quay crane between said landing positions on said landing deck and shipboard cells of a dockside berthed ship, and
- moving containers by said dedicated crane between said landing positions and said cargo container truck transporters concurrently with the movement of containers by said quay crane.
A method for dockside buffer crane cargo container handling in combination with a quay crane located on a dock, the steps comprising
- providing an independently movable elevated platform formed for independently traveling dockside and having a multiplicity of cargo container landing positions disposed on a landing deck portion thereof,
- providing said platform with a dedicated crane engaged therewith and arranged to transfer containers between said landing deck and cargo container truck transporters located alongside or below said platform,
- providing guides for landing cargo containers on said landing positions,
- providing openings in said landing deck surrounding said landing positions,
- providing a worker deck disposed below and proximate to said landing deck,
- positioning said platform dockside under said quay crane,
- moving containers by said quay crane between said landing positions and shipboard cells of a dockside berthed ship,
- moving containers by said dedicated crane between said landing positions and said cargo container truck transporters concurrently with the movement of containers by said quay crane,
- performing portions of said dedicated crane container handling by automated control,
- performing interbox connector installation and removal operations through said openings in said landing deck by workers standing on said worker deck while containers are temporarily positioned on said platform, and
- independently moving said platform to each operational position of said quay crane on said dock as said quay crane moves along said dock to unload the length of a container ship.
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