The BLOK Spreader is a product from BLOK Container Systems (BCS), who claimed that it \u201ccould save the maritime industry billions of dollars\u201d.<\/p>\n
It allows for four empty shipping containers to be lifted and transported onto quaysides as a single block, potentially easing congestion in container ports all over the world as well as lowering emissions and saving billions across the sector, BCS said.<\/p>\n
Selwyn Rowley, who co-founded the company two years ago and is its director of sales and marketing, described the spreader as \u201ca major innovation that is going to change the maritime sector\u201d and said that multiple container handling could \u201crevolutionise\u201d port handling systems.<\/p>\n
\u201cContainer terminals charge at least \u00a3100, and often much more, a lift, so the potential savings created by being able to move four [containers] at a time rather than one run into the billions,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n
Mr Rowley claimed that BCS has interest from ports across the globe plus a lot of International Maritime Organization nation members.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are confident that this is going to have a huge global impact,\u201d he said, adding that more efficient handling at ports is needed and that time savings are vital to permit slower sailing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has the potential to be a game-changer for ports in the longer term,\u201d commented Jim O’Boyle, Councillor for Coventry City Council in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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