Concept PresentlycontainersarehandledbyRTGcranes.Thecontainersarestackedone overtheothermakingselectiveretrievalimpossible.Thecranehandlesthe containerinalldirectionsvizX,YandZplanes.Further,containersareliftedby thecranebylabourintensiveslingingandonlyonecontainerhandledatanypoint oftimeinablockofabout300nos.of40feetcontainers.Allofthesetogether limitthethroughput. TheproposedtechnologyreplacestheRTGcranebyastructuredsystemwithno limitationsonstackingheightandwithprovisionforselectiveretrieval.The technologysuggestssimplepullandpusharrangementoverrowsofballs reducingthepowerconsumptionpercontainerhandling.Thetechnologyfurther providesforspecificequipmenttohandlemovementineachdirection(X,Y&Z planes)improvingthethroughputandmaximizingtheusagefactorofequipment. Thenumberofcontainerstobehandledatanypointoftimeisover10fora similarconfigurationofRTG.

Inshorttheadvantageousoftheinventionarespaceeffectiveby140%,low capitalandoperationcostat70%and40%,improvedthroughputbyover300% forsimilarcapacityofRTGbasedterminal Thepatentapplicationpapersarepublishedandyoucanviewthesameby visitingWIPOsiteandprovidingtheinternationalapplicationnumber PCT/IN2009/000137 http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/fetch.jsp?LANG=ENG&DBSELECT=PCT&SERVER_T YPE=1910&SORT=41273502 KEY&TYPE_FIELD=256&IDB=0&IDOC=1792881&C=10&ELEMENT_SET=B&RESULT= 1&TOTAL=1&START=1&DISP=25&FORM=SEP0/HITNUM,B ENG,DP,MC,AN,PA,ABSUM ENG&SEARCH_IA=IN2009000137&QUERY=(FP/PCT/IN2009/000137 Tohelpyouunderstandtheadvantagesofourinvention,Imsummarizingthe challengeswiththepresentsystemsandalsohowourinventionaddressesthese andmore. Whatarethepresentissuesincontainerterminaloperation? 1. Thestackedheightcangoupto5heights,whetherthecontaineris stuffedonesorempty,asthisfactorisdecidedbythedesign considerationsofhandlingequipment,givingthebestfigureof29000 TEU/Ha

2. Containersarestackedoneoverotherandwhencontainer requiredisatbottomorintermediatelayer,theretrieval(diggingin operation)isunwieldy,selectiveretrievalisimpossible 3. ThehandlingRTGcranedoesallthehandlingmovementsbeit lifting,orlateralorlengthwise.Thisseverelylimitsthroughput. 4. Thetotalpowerrequirementisabout380kWforaRTGcrane 5. ARTGcranedrawsabout100,000litresofdieselannuallyadding thatmuchcarbonfootprint 6. Labouraccountsforover60%ofhandlingtimeandcost 7. SinceRTGdoesallfunctionsinhandlinganybreakdownthrowsthe systemoutofgearandcallsforcostlylabourintensiverepairs 8. Sincetheterminalisspreadoveracresoflandinhaphazard manner100%surveillanceisimpossible 9. Theabovesituationisnotconducivetomodernfiredetectionand protection 10. FormovementofRTGhighlevelofhousekeepingisrequired 11. EstimatedlifeofRTGcraneisaround15yearssinceexposedtosalty environmentandtoachievethiscostlyleadprimerandzincrichpainting isperiodicallyrequired. 12. Containerlifeandpaintlifewillbereducedsinceexposedtosalty environment Howourinventionaddressesthechallengesaboveandalsooffersadditional benefits? 1. Stackheight:handledbysystem;noconstrainsonstackheight;can goupto10heightsforstuffedandupto12heightsforemptycontainers, thespaceutilizationcanbeimprovedto45000TEU/Ha 2. Selectiveretrievalisachievedbyintroductionofaddressedstorage slotsinstructure 3. Thehandlingissplitintocomponentsandsharedbythree equipments,liftingbyelevator,lengthwisebyanumberoftransfer modulesandlateralbyanumberofpowerarmsimprovingthe throughputconsiderably 4. Thetotalpowerrequirementforasimilarconfigurationis180kW 5. Employscheapandecofriendlyelectricpower 6. Labourshareinhandlingcostandtimeisbroughtdowntolessthan 15%

7. Sincethesystemoperatesonmoduleandlooppattern,nosingle pointoffailure.Furthernewunitreplacementforcriticalequipmentis introducedtoprovideforsuchcontingencyandanybreakdownis plannedtobesetrightinlessthananhour 8. Sincetheterminalisinmodulepattern,100%surveillanceis achievableatalltimes 9. Theabovesituationisconducivetomodernfiredetectionand protectiontechnologyandsameistobeinstalled. 10. Thesystemisalmostprotectedenvironmentandneedsminimum housekeeping 11. Thestructuresformagoodpercentageofinvestmentandthe projectedlifeisover25years 12. Thecontainersanditspaintinglifegetsextendedduetoprotected environment Thanks. S.Venkatraman