TERMINAL AUTOMATION -- A STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS

Today automated container handling is not a realistic total alternative to manually controlled operations. Rather, it is a tool to be employed in conjunction with conventional handling methods given the right operational circumstances. Even so, the development, installation and successful operation of handling equipment to be used in this semiautomated fashion calls for a high standard of management expertise particularly in the sphere of handling equipment selection. So say a number of terminal operators around the world who are either presently operating semiautomated handling systems or who, like International Transportation Services and Matson Terminals in the USA, are in the process of introducing them.

• Corporate Authors:

  Cargo Systems International

  Arun House, 201-205 High Street
  New Malden KT3 4BH, Surrey,   England 

  Cargo Systems Publications Limited

  McMillan House, 54 Cheam Common Road
  Worchester Park, Surrey KT4 8RJ,   England 
• Authors:
  • Mundy, M
• Publication Date: 1979-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 72
• Serial:
  • CARGO SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Deutsche Bahn AG

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cargo handling; Cargo handling equipment; Container handling; Container terminals; Containers; Intermodal terminals; Management; Marine terminals; Mechanization; Planning; Terminal operations
• Old TRIS Terms: Management planning; Terminal facilities
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310488
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 22 1980 12:00AM