Transportation Engineering Report 11 2.0

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SHIP’S TANKS, VIA THE CARGO

PIPING SYSTEM TO THE MAIN

SHIP’S MANIFOLD USUALLY

SITUATED AMIDSHIPS, ON

EITHER PORT OR STARBOARD

SIDE.

ITEM #4: GENERAL CARGO

HANDLING EQUIPMENT

WITH REGARD TO

GENERAL CARGO, ALSO

REFERRED TO AS BREAK BULK

CARGO, ALMOST 90 PERCENT


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OF ALL SUCH CARGO IN MOST

LINER CARGO TRADES TODAY

IS CONTAINERIZED. MEAN-

WHILE THE SYSTEM OF

DOCKERS HANDLING CARGO

WILL CONTINUE, BUT

DOUBTLESS EVERY EFFORT

WILL BE MADE TO EXPAND THE

A1READY EXTENSIVE USE OF

VARIOUS TYPES OF

MECHANIZED CARGO-HAND-

LING EQUIPMENT. GENERAL

CARGO IS HANDLED BY


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CRANES ON THE QUAY,

FLOATING CRANES OR BY THE

SHIP'S OWN CARGO GEAR.

ATTACHED TO SUCH LIFTING

GEAR IS A SHACKLE WHICH

LINKS THE CRANE OR DERRICK

WITH THE FORM OF CARGO-

HANDLING EQUIPMENT BEING

USED. FOR MOST LIFTS A

HOOK IS USED.


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ITEM #5: PORT/TERMINAL

CARGO HANDLING EQUIP-

MENT

A LOT OF TERMINAL OR

PORT CARGO HANDLING

EQUIPMENT IS PROVIDED TO

FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF THE

CARGO TO AND FROM THE

SHIP'S SIDE AND THE TRANSIT

SHED, WAREHOUSE, BARGE,

RAILWAY WAGON OR ROAD

VEHICLE. THESE INCLUDE

TWO-WHEELED HAND BAR-


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ROWS AND FOUR-WHEELED

TRUCKS EITHER MANUALLY OR

MECHANICALLY PROPELLED,

AND MECHANICALLY OR

ELECTRICA1LY PROPELLED

TRACTORS FOR HAULING

FOURWHEELED TRAILERS. RO-

RO TRAILERS ARE MOVED BY

TUG-MASTERS OR RO-RO

TRACTORS. THERE ARE ALSO

BELT CONVEYORS MECHA-

NICALLY OR ELECTRICALLY

OPERATED, OR ROLLERS, ALL


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YARDS. THEY ARE MANUALLY

DRIVEN, AND TYPICALLY ARE

CAPABLE OF LIFTING A

CONTAINER 4 CONTAINER-

HEIGHTS HIGH (ONE – OVER-

THREE).

ITEM #14: CHASSIS AND BOMB

CARTS

CHASSIS ARE THE

WHEELED PLATFORMS UPON

WHICH CONTAINERS ARE

PLACED FOR TRANSPORT.


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CHASSIS CAN BE EITHER

FLATBED TRAILERS, WHICH

ARE MEANT FOR TRANSPORT

ALONG ROADS AND

HIGHWAYS, OR BOMBCARTS,

WHICH ARE DESIGNED ONLY

FOR YARD OPERATIONS.

BOMBCARTS ARE MUCH

EASIER TO LOAD, FROM THE

PERSPECTIVE OF A CRANE

OPERATOR.


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WITHIN THE YARD. THEY CAN

BE EITHER RUBBER-TIRED, AS

SHOWN IN THE PHOTO, RAIL

MOUNTED, OR FIXED. ONE

COMMON TRADE NAME FOR

THIS EQUIPMENT IS THE

TRANSTAINER.

ITEM #17: TOPLIFTS, SIDE

PICKERS, STACKERS

THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT

IS USED FOR CONTAINER

SORTING AND HOSTLER


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LOADING WITHIN THE YARD.

TYPICALLY, THEY CAN REACH

4+ CONTAINERS HIGH.

ITEM #18: BOX TRAILER

AS OPPOSED TO THE

ABOVE-DESCRIBED VEHICLE

TYPES, THE BOX TRAILER DOES

NOT HAVE FLEXIBLE TAR-

PAULIN SIDES BUT IS COM-

PLETELY SURROUNDED BY A

STABLE METAL OR STEEL

CONSTRUCTION. THE CLOSED


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UNIT OFFERS IMPROVED

STABILITY AND CARGO SECU-

RING FOR DIFFERENT TYPES

OF PACKAGING. BECAUSE ITS

SIDES CANNOT BE OPENED,

ONLY LOADING AND

UNLOADING FROM THE BACK

OF THE VEHICLE IS POSSIBLE.

THIS REQUIRES A FIXED RAMP

OR A MOVABLE RAMP FOR THE

CARGO TO BE MOVED IN OR

OUT OF THE BOX TRAILER.


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ITEM #19: FREIGHT TRAIN

TRAINS ARE CAPABLE OF

TRANSPORTING A LARGE

NUMBER OF CONTAINERS

THAT COME FROM SHIPPING

PORTS. TRAINS ARE ALSO

USED FOR THE TRANS-

PORTATION OF WATER,

CEMENT, GRAIN, STEEL, WOOD

AND COAL. THEY ARE USED

BECAUSE THEY CAN CARRY A

LARGE AMOUNT AND

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ROUTE TO THE DESTINATION.

UNDER THE RIGHT CIRCUMS-

TANCES, FREIGHT TRANSPORT

BY RAIL IS MORE ECONOMIC

AND ENERGY EFFICIENT THAN

BY ROAD, ESPECIALLY WHEN

CARRIED IN BULK OR OVER

LONG DISTANCES.

ITEM #20: RORO

ROLL-ON / ROLL-OFF

(RORO OR RO-RO) SHIPS ARE

VESSELS DESIGNED TO CARRY


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