Rubber tyred gantry crane

Intermodal transport equipment

Published in Jason Monios, Rickard Bergqvist, Intermodal Freight Transport and Logistics, 2017

Rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTG) are equipment for the yard handling of standard containers. They are a very common part of handling systems in large ports, container terminals and container storage yards. RTGs are an efficient solution when straddling multiple lanes of containers. Their advantage over rail-mounted gantry cranes (RMG) is that they can be moved to different locations more easily (Figure 2.11).

Carbon-efficient scheduling problem of electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes in a container terminal

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Published in Engineering Optimization, 2022

Sumin Chen, Qingcheng Zeng

Yard operations are handled by yard cranes. Rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) are the most popular yard cranes because of their flexibility and productivity. However, since they are driven by diesel fuel, RTGs are among the main sources of CO2 emissions in container terminals. For example, in Ningbo port (China), the fourth largest container port in the world, the RTGs together consume 30,000 tons of diesel fuel every year and contribute to severe air pollution, coming second only to vessel exhaust emissions (World Shipping Council 2018).

Rubber tyred gantry crane

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