Container crane productivity and double cycling debate
Two US academics claim container terminals can cut port time by 10% by implementing crane double cycling*.
Eliminating empty crane spreader travel has long been recognised as an opportunity to improve crane and port productivity, but implementing “double cycling” - where a crane unloads an import container and returns to the vessel with an export container - has proved difficult for terminal operators in practice....
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