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Container Terminal Planning Layout & Design Considerations

Cutting your Cloth

Many new container terminals are built to a tried and tested formula, particularly by the big global operators. Benedict Young talks to two experts on the different rationales and approaches.

Oslos Ormsund Terminal - 9 wide (+1 lane) RTGs
Oslos Ormsund Terminal - 9 wide (+1 lane) RTGs

While P&O Ports historically have a preference for straddle carrier operations, Hutchison seems to prefer trucks and yard gantry cranes. "The manner in which containers are handled is crucial to their success and they're not in the business of carrying out a raft of experiments, " says Jonathan Tyler, director of Royal Haskoning regional maritime office.

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Oslos Ormsund Terminal - 9 wide (+1 lane) RTGs

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