Calculating the costs – labour, productivity and terminal capacity
One of the more intriguing questions that the ILA-USMX standoff over automation is whether that ...
This year, the port of Tianjin revealed that automation had provided a boost to the efficiency of its rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes. From the 15 moves per hour controlled by human workers, the terminal achieved 20 using automated cranes connected to the Sany Marine’s H-Move2.0 system.
A 33% productivity increase is certainly impressive. One human operator can control six RTGs simultaneously, with what is termed an ‘intervention rate’ – the number of times a human is needed to become involved in ...
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