CONTAINER CRANE WITH CANTILEVER ARMS FOR MANHEIM'S CONTAINER DEPOT

Steadily increasing traffic since Mannheim's container depot was opened in 1968 has made it necessary to add a second crane. The German Federal Railway's first cantilever-arm container crane went into operation there on May 15, 1974. The development of the Mannheim facility is described.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This publication is available in English, German, French and Spanish editions.
• Corporate Authors:

  Hestra Verlag

  Holzhofallee 33, Postfach 4244
  6100 Darmstadt 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Loeffler, W
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 521-524
• Serial:
  • Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Hestra Verlag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Container handling; Containerization; Intermodal terminals
• Identifier Terms: Deutsche Bahn; Deutsche Bundesbahn
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083068
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1975 12:00AM