Use of high capacity lifting equipment and multicell storage to cut turnround time at ports; mechanical equipment available for container handling includes special purpose rail-mounted cranes designed for high-speed container handling and is designed to straddle quayside rail tracks and provide 30-ft reach on landward side or 75-ft landward reach; multistory container park is used to hold outgoing containers at inland terminals; benefits of containers can be summarized as safer, faster, easier transmission of goods under full security conditions from one place to another.
Container handling for international traffic
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 123 , n 5
1967
4 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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