{"id":6274,"date":"2026-04-14T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2026\/04\/14\/electric-container-handlers-get-a-charging-upgrade\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:22:04","slug":"electric-container-handlers-get-a-charging-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/americas-greenport\/electric-container-handlers-get-a-charging-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric container handlers get a charging upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The partnership integrates hands-free charging technology with electric port equipment at the ITS terminal, enabling 24\/7 opportunity charging for a Taylor Machine Works container handler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis deployment is an important step to demonstrate that hands-free charging is a critical enabler for ports seeking to meet long-term zero-emission operations,\u201d said Polly Crispin, senior business development manager at Rocsys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking with ITS and Taylor allows us to show how hands-free charging performs under real-world conditions, reducing downtime, improving operational efficiency and supporting the transition toward safer and zero emission terminal operations.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charging efficiency<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The deployment addresses operational bottlenecks associated with port electrification, including inefficient charging workflows, safety risks and underutilised infrastructure, supporting the transition to zero-emission terminal operations.<\/p>\n<p>At the centre of the deployment is a Taylor ZLC-996 electric, human-operated container handler equipped with the Rocsys Smart Cover, enabling automated connection with the Rocsys hands-free charging device.<\/p>\n<p>The system supports repeatable opportunity charging cycles within active terminal operations, ensuring consistent uptime for electric port equipment.<\/p>\n<p>The Rocsys Platform combines hardware, software and service capabilities, including operational monitoring and integration with terminal IT systems, to enable scalable port electrification.<\/p>\n<p>By reducing friction in charging processes and improving safety, the solution is designed to support high-throughput environments where efficiency is critical to expanding zero-emission operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocsys and International Transportation Service (ITS) have deployed hands-free charging at the Port of Long Beach, advancing scalable port electrification and zero-emission operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,46],"tags":[2551,2552,637,23,610,1838],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-6274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americas-greenport","category-energy-technology-greenport","tag-automated-charging","tag-hands-free-charging","tag-port-electrification","tag-port-equipment","tag-port-of-long-beach","tag-rocsys"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6276,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6274\/revisions\/6276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6274"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=6274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}