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Grain cart to grain hopper trailer Corn combine harvester unloading into grain cart Two combines unloading into 2 chaser bins. A chaser bin, also called grain cart, bank out wagon or (grain) auger wagon, is a trailer towed by a tractor with a built-in auger conveyor system, usually with a large capacity (from several hundred to over 1000 bushels; around 15 tonnes (33,000 lb) is average).
Steel towers, riding on wheeled trucks, supported girders that spanned the railroad tracks. Along these girders ran a carriage which could move toward or away from the dock face. This in turn carried a large walking beam which could be raised or lowered; at the dock end of this was a vertical column with a large scoop bucket on the end. A ...
Wind turbine towers being unloaded at a port Stevedores on a New York dock loading barrels of corn syrup onto a barge on the Hudson River.Photo by Lewis Hine, circa 1912. In shipping, break-bulk, breakbulk, [2] or break bulk cargo, also called general cargo, are goods that are stowed on board ships in individually counted units.
Roll-on/Roll-off car carrying ship being boarded by articulated haulers at the Port of Baltimore RoRo ports and inland waterways of the United States. Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...
Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (e.g., rail, ship, aircraft, and truck), without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes. The method reduces cargo handling, and so improves security, reduces damage and loss, and ...
Automated truck loading systems (ATLS) is an automation system for trucking.They are used in the material handling industry to refer to the automation of loading or unloading trucks and trailers with product either on or without pallets, slip sheets, racks, containers, using several different types of automated guided vehicle systems (AGV) or engineered conveyor belt systems that are ...
The state legislature created the Indiana Port Commission in 1961 to research and act upon opening maritime ports on Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline as well as the Ohio River. [1] Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor opened in 1970 and is located on Lake Michigan at the intersection of U.S. Route 12 and Indiana State Road 249. [2]
In May 1984, Indiana Harbor was the largest ship to ever enter the harbor at Ludington, Michigan and delivered 45,000 tons of limestone to Ludington's Dow plant. [4] It also set another record the following year with 50,090 tons of limestone. [5] In August 1986, Indiana Harbor broke the Lake Erie record for loading coal, 52,000 tons, at Toledo ...