Unit 5: Handling Equipment 2

  • Unit 5: Handling Equipment 2

    This second unit on container handling equipment looks at the other container handling equipment you will see when visiting a terminal as well as the different types of internal transfer vehicles that move containers between the different areas of a terminal.

    • Part A: Mobile Cranes
      Part B: Internal Transfer Vehicles
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    • Part A: Mobile Cranes

    • This section looks at the different types of mobile crane that may be used in a container yard. These include heavy lift top picks, forklift trucks, reach stackers and empty handlers.



    • Handling Equipment 2: Part A SCORM package

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    • Part B: Internal Transfer Vehicles

    • In this section you will look at the different types of internal transfer vehicles that are used to move containers around a terminal including tractor trailers and multi trailers, roll trailers, shuttle carriers and AGVs.


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    • Tutorial

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    • Unit Resources

    • Key Terms: automatic guided vehicle (AGV / auto-guided vehicle), barge quay crane, bobtail, bombcart (terminal chassis / terminal trailer), chain lashing, chassis (trailer), chassis system, cloverleaf socket (star lashing fitting), cone (cone fitting / stacking cone), container attachment, counterweight, empty handler, external truck (road truck), fifth wheel, forklift pocket, forklift truck (FLT / heavy lift forklift truck), forks, gooseneck attachment, gooseneck pocket, grapple arms, interchange frame, lift AGV, lock on, lorry (truck), MAFI (roll trailer), mast, maximum load limit, multi-trailer, non-locking cone, pin lock cone, rated capacity, rated load value, reach stacker, resulting safe working load, road chassis (road trailer), road tractor, roll wheel, rotary (rotating) spreader, safe working load (SWL), shunter (terminal tractor / tug), shuttle carrier, side guides, sightline, telescopic boom, terminal tractor trailer (terminal truck), tilting spreader, top pick, tractor, unaccompanied trailer, working load limit (WLL).