An autonomous freight or container barge 40 for conveying freight 6 about a shipping container terminal (10, Fig 2) comprises at least one load handling device (16) with a load handler 44 and laser reflector target element 52. Autonomous guided barge 40 also comprises a loading area 42 for holding freight 6 delivered by load handling device 16, a positioning system (46) for determining relative positions of the loading area 42 and a load handler 44 of load handling device 16. A propulsion system 48, 49 for guiding the autonomous guided barge 40 according to the relative positions such that loading area 42 is positioned to receive freight 6 from the load handler 44, is also included as is a positioning sensor 50. An associated control system is also disclosed.
Freight barge
2022-02-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Impact of Differential Pricing on Barge Freight Transportation
Online Contents | 2003
|