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Appendix A

Glossary of container terminal terms used in this thesis

Adaptability: capacity of CT operators to implement solutions, i.e., changes to shipping line schedules and fulfil other customer requirements.

Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV): is a mobile robot used highly in industrial applications, such as container terminal to move containers from point to point.

Berth: location in which ship is docked alongside a Quay to be loaded o unloaded at a Container Terminal.

Berth Assignment or Berth Assignment Plan: a document describing which Berth and machines are to be assigned to a specific Ship. This decision is based on Ship line schedule (Ship Data), Bay plan (no. of Containers to be loaded/unloaded), Contracts, Berth Availability and Resource Availability.

Bulk Cargo: is homogeneous unpacked cargo such as grain, coal or sugar.

Chassis: A frame with wheels and container locking devices to secure the container for movement.

Container Capacity: is used to determine the number of containers that can be handled with the current resources for the year (for a Port or Terminal).

Container freight station (CFS) A dedicated port or container terminal area, usually consisting of one or more sheds or warehouses and uncovered storage areas where cargo is loaded (“stuffed”) into or unloaded(“stripped”) from containers and may be temporarily stored in the sheds or warehouses.

Containerisation International (CI) magazine: is the premier source of high-level industry intelligence for the container industry.

Customhouse: A government office where duties are paid, documents filed, and so forth, on foreign shipments.

Demurrage: A penalty charge against shippers or consignees for delaying the carrier’s equipment beyond the allowed free time.

Dispatching: A method of generating scheduling in job shops whereby the decision about which job to progress next is made using simple priority rules whenever the workstation becomes available for further processing

Dry Port: a facility located in the hinterland or away from a body of water and operates many of the activities associated with a traditional port or terminal, such as: stripping and stuffing containers; receiving and dispatching goods and containers, temporary storage for an arriving ship, etc.

Dwell Time: time that a container waits in a terminal to be loaded or unloaded onto another mode of transport.

Gantry crane :A crane fixed on a frame or structure spanning an intervening space typically designed to traverse fixed structures such as cargo (container) storage areas or quays and which is used to hoist containers or other cargo in and out of vessels and place or lift from a vessel, barge, trucks, chassis, or train.

Heavy lift charge: A charge typically imposed when special lifting gear is required to handle a given piece of cargo, which may be of either heavy weight or of large dimensions (often referred to as “out of gauge” when dealing with container vessels).

Inland Container Depot is an organisation offering a total package of activities to handle and control container and general cargo flows between road, rail and waterways, and vice versa, resulting in maximum service for inland transportation at minimum costs.

Inland Container Depots: are interfaces between connecting modes of transportation.

Intermodal container terminal is a terminal where containers enter and leave by multiple means of transport, as trucks, trains, air cargoes and vessels (I/O transport means).

Operating Cost: Cost per time period for operating a piece of equipment, such as a Quay Crane, a ship, Straddle Carrier, Yard Crane, etc.

Pallet :A flat tray, generally made of wood, but occasionally steel or other materials, on which goods can be stacked. There are two principal sizes: the ISO pallet, which measures 1 x 1.2 meters, and the euro pallet at 0.8 x 1.2 meters.

Priority sequencing rules: the rules that specify the job processing sequence when several jobs are waiting in line at workstation

Rail-mounted gantry (RMG): Rail-mounted gantry crane used for container acceptance, delivery, and stacking operations in a container yard.

Service Time: time that ship is served may include down (time that is non productive stop time for lunch, maintenance, etc.

Spreader: A piece of equipment designed to lift containers by their corner castings.

Stack: physical arrangement of containers assigned according to yard layout.

Stevedoring charges: Fees for loading and stowing or unloading a ship.

Stowage: The method of placing cargo into a single hold or compartment of a ship to prevent damage, shifting, etc

Straddle carrier: Type of equipment that picks up and transports containers between its legs for movement within a container terminal.

Terminal handling charge (THC): A charge made for a service performed in a terminal area typically referring to handling associated with receipt, delivery, or inspection of cargo via land-based operations.

Terminal productivity : deals with the efficient use of labour, equipment and land. A means of quantifying the efficiency of the use of these resources. Limits on the productivity of a container terminal may be imposed by either physical or institutional factors or a combination of both.

Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) container size standard of twenty feet. Two twenty-foot containers (TEUs) equals one FEU. Container capacity is often measured based on TEU as well as container port or terminal throughput capacity.

Tired mounted gantry (RTG) :Gantry crane on rubber tires typically used for acceptance, delivery, and container stacking at a container yard.

Turnaround time: the time it takes between the arrival of the vessel or train and its departure.

Yard Location: a cell in a container stack according to Container Characteristics. There are several types of Stacks, for example a hazardous stack or reefer stack, etc.

Note: Compiled from various sources: UNCTAD, Interviews, Webster’s Dictionary, Chapman’s Seaman’s dictionary, various trade and industry brochures and http://en.wikipedia.org.

Appendix B

Table B1 - Technical information of TMGC used in CONCOR

Project No :K100-K1031-General Crane Specifications

Rated load40 tonnes

Width(mm) 7+1 containers (27000 mm)

Height (mm) 4+1 Containers (15240 mm)

Container Range 20’ & 40’ retractable flipper

2-Speed

Main Hoist 20 m/min (40 Ton)

40 m/min (empty spreader)

Trolley 75 m/min

Gantry 90 m/min

3-Electrical Equipment

Control Voltage 220 VAC

Main Voltage 415 VAC, 50 HzTable B2 - Technical Information of RMGC used at CONCOR

Project NO: K 063 FELS1-Lifting capacity

Rated load under spreader 40 tonnes

Lift height 9.5 m

Span 22.5 m

Outreach from Rails (both sides) 7

2-Speed

Main Hoist 20 m/min (40 Ton)

40 m/min (empty spreader)

Trolley 75 m/min

Gantry 90 m/min with empty spreader

25 m/min with rated load

3-Electrical Equipment

Control Voltage 230 VAC

Main Voltage 480 VAC, 50 HzBoard Particulars of Bogie Container Flat Wagon

The design of the wagon has been optimised to achieve lower tare weight, thereby having a higher payload.

The wagon has been designed for transportation of 2896mm(9’-6”) high series I ISD containers at operating speed of 100 kmph.

The wagon is provided with single pipe gradable release Airbrake System with two stage automatic load sensing advice and wheel type hand brake.

The wagon loaded with 2896mm (9’-6”) high ISO Containers when standing on straight and level track is within the maximum moving dimensions of standard class locomotives.