Container handling system comprising a crane and a plurality of base elements which can be mounted on top of containers for supporting the crane and transporting the containers

摘要

A container handling system comprising a crane and a plurality of base elements. The base elements are designed for resting on containers and the crane is designed for being supported on containers or base elements. Containers can be transported on the base elements, which are preferably arranged to form a path. Also cranes, other base element etc. can travel on the paths. Base elements may be provided with rollers or the like and may comprise a turning unit for turning containers etc. about a vertical axis. The system may handle containers stored in a three-dimensional array by arranging base elements on top of containers, lifting containers onto base elements and moving containers across or along base elements to another location in the array. The array may be in a container yard or on a carrier vessel, where the handling system is part of its onboard equipment.

主权项

1. A container handling system comprising;
a crane; a plurality of base elements; and a three-dimensional array of standard size containers, each container having corner fittings,
wherein a first side of the base elements is configured to be removably mounted to a top side of a container using the container corner fittings and a second side of the base elements is configured to support at least one of other containers or the crane,wherein a series of base elements removably mounted on the containers form at least one path on which at least one unit chosen from the group consisting of cranes, containers and other base elements can travel to transport the other containers to a different location in the array of containers, andwherein the crane is configured to travel directly on too of the containers or on the second side of the base elements.