DOUBLE CYCLING OF CRANE AT CONTAINER PORT By Abhinav Lal

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 Double Cycling Why Double Cycling World Seaborne Trade By Types Of Cargo World Fleet Double Cycling Process

Case Of MICT
Financial Benefits Of Double Cycling Impact On Storage Space & Equipment

Operational Changes To Support Double Cycling

Economic Evaluation Of Double Cycling

Double Cycling
Double cycling is an operating technique that can

be used to improve the utilization of quay cranes by converting empty crane moves into productive ones. Instead of using the current method, single cycling, where all relevant containers are unloaded before any are loaded, with double cycling, containers are loaded and unloaded simultaneously.

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Crane DOUBLE CYCLING PROCESS

WHY DOUBLE CYCLING

World Seaborne Trade By Type of Cargo

3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 1995 2000 2005 2010 Container Bulk Crude Oil

Source:RMT2011,UNCTAD

World Fleet(DWT IN Mn)

500
450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1995 2000 2005 2010 Container Oil Tanker Dry Bulk

Source:UNCTAD2011

Case OF AMICT
Single Cycling
Crane productivity :

Double cycling(Proposed)
Crane Productivity:60

30 moves per hour Cost Per Moves:$100 Vessel turnaround time : 12 hours (1000lifts per call) Berth productivity : 60 moves per hour

Moves per hour Cost Per Move:$150 Vessel turnaround time:07 hours(1000lifts per call) Berth Productivity:100 moves per hour

(Source : Adani Mundra International Container Terminal)

Financial Benefit Of Double Cycling

During the trial at the Port Of Rottardam , the adjusted average time for a single

cycle was 1 minute and 45 seconds, and for a double cycle, 2 minutes and 50 seconds. Intercontinental freight rates are estimated at $.045 per TEU-km (Notteboom 2004). At this rate, each hour of idle vessel time costs the ship operator $10,000. The 40 second benefit of each double cycle is worth approximately $100. During typical operations, double cycling could provide approximately $350 per hour, saving about $15,000 on a large container vessel. With three cranes per vessel, this is comparable to the total crane operators wages for loading and unloading the vessel

IMPACT ON STORAGE SPACE AND STORAGE EQUIPMENT

Impact on Storage Spaces

Impact on Storage Equipment

OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO SUPPORT DOUBLE CYCLING

Loading Plans Load Sequencing Yard Storage Locations Stevedores Container Handling Equipment

Economic Evaluation Of Double Cycling

Vessel Productivity Crane Productivity Berth Utilization Landside Vehicles & Drivers Chassis

Special Thanks To

Capt.Yogendra Bhattacharya Capt.Sarabjit Bhutalia Nakul Malhotra Prakash Chandra