Port Economics, Management and A comprehensive analysis of the port

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CONTENTS ‣ III. PORT

Automated Guided Vehicles
and Automated Stacking
Cranes
TERMINALS ‣ Chapter 3.8 –
Terminal Automation ‣
Automated Guided Vehicles
and Automated Stacking
Cranes
 Theo Notteboom, Athanasios
Pallis and Jean-Paul Rodrigue
(2022) Port Economics,
Management and Policy, New

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Terminal (LBCT). 218 illustrations. ISBN

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An important component of container terminal automation concerns

horizontal movements, which includes flows between the docks and the
stacking yards. Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) are able to carry
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containers between dockside and the stacking yards using various
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sensors and positioning systems to properly navigate. They are almost
exclusively electric with a charge of about 6 to 8 hours and a power Follow @pemp2021

down mode when not in use. Charging is usually achieved by swapping

 their batteries with a charged pack, while the uncharged pack is being
recharged. CONTENTS

Automated Stacking Cranes (ASC) are able to automatically load I. PORTS & MARITIME
containers from both ends of the stacking yard. On the quayside, SHIPPING
containers can be brought and retrieved by AGVs while on the gate side II. CONTEMPORARY PORTS
they are usually brought and retrieved by chassis and trucks. Each III. PORT TERMINALS
stacking yard contains at least two ASC; one for quayside operations IV. PORT GOVERNANCE
and the other for gate side operations. During low activity cycles, such as V. PORT COMPETITION
nighttime, ASCs usually reposition containers in light of the anticipated VI. PORT PERFORMANCE

activity, such as an inbound ship to be loaded with a series of containers VII. PORT POLICIES &

that are easier to retrieve sequentially. DEVELOPMENT

VIII. PORT MARKETS
IX. CASE STUDIES

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