Paceco Corp has designed a buffer station for the latest container cranes that are equipped to handle two 40/45ft containers simultaneously. So far as is known, Paceco Corp has not itself built any Portainers equipped with a twin hoist system for 40/45fts, as supplied by ZPMC to Jebel Ali and Qingdao Qianwan. However, a Portainer built by daughter company Paceco España for Maersk in Algeciras was the original test crane for Bromma’s first “Tandem” spreader, starting in 2001.
A growing number of operators is examining the use of cranes with heavier SWLs to take not only two 40fts at the same time but perhaps also four 20fts, using two twin 20 spreaders. Leaving aside major unresolved issues for the ship-crane interface, especially for accessing the cells, there are also issues for the crane-yard interface, particularly if the crane does not ground the containers but the terminal uses tractor/trailer sets (IMVs)....
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