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A reach stacker is a vehicle used for handling intermodal cargo containers in small terminals or medium-sized ports. Reach stackers can transport a container short distances very quickly and pile them in various rows depending on their access.
Rubber tyred gantry crane loading a 40 foot container Kuantan Port container yard with rubber-tyred gantry crane. Rubber tyred gantry crane. A rubber tyred gantry crane (US: rubber tired gantry crane)/ RTG (crane), or sometimes transtainer, is a wheeled mobile gantry crane operated to ground or stack intermodal containers.
A key advantage of industrial straddle carriers and reach stackers over most forklifts is the ability to load or unload a semi-trailer in a single operation, which can improve efficiency. [6] [7] Straddle carriers are also used for handling boats onshore. These are also often called travel lifts or travelifts.
Straddle carriers, sidelifts, reach stackers, or container lorries then manoeuvre underneath the crane base and collect the containers, rapidly moving them away from the dock and to a storage yard. Flatcars or well cars may also be loaded directly beneath the crane base.
Provides practical training for apprentices and the technical musterings [4] SAS Simonsberg – training in gunnery, anti-submarine warfare, communications, diving and seamanship [5] South African Naval College, Gordon's Bay – training college for naval officers. Maritime Warfare School, Simon's Town [6]
A reach stacker is a vehicle used for handling intermodal cargo containers in small terminals or medium-sized ports. Reach stackers are able to transport a container short distances very quickly and pile them in various rows depending on its access.
Travelling by road. The sidelifter loads and unloads containers via a pair of hydraulic powered cranes mounted at each end of the vehicle chassis.The cranes are designed to lift containers from the ground, from other vehicles including rolling stock, from railway wagons and directly from stacks on docks or aboard container ships.
A reach truck with a deployable tower mast holding a pallet A reach truck with a pantograph allowing the extension of the forks in tight aisles. Variant on a Rider Stacker forklift, designed for narrow aisles. They are usually electrically powered and often have the highest storage-position lifting ability.