{"id":7763,"date":"2009-04-18T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2009\/04\/18\/hawk-eye-to-aid-accident-prevention\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:36:16","slug":"hawk-eye-to-aid-accident-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/equipment\/hawk-eye-to-aid-accident-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawk eye to aid accident prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fitted to transfer cranes at the MOL-operated Tokyo International Container Terminal in Japan, the Hawk Eye system uses a microwave sensor in the upper part of the crane to measure distances between the crane and the upper part of the tiered containers.<\/p>\n<p>Sensors in the lower part of the crane measure the distance between the crane and other cranes, and the crane and vehicles, and limit the crane&#8217;s maximum speed within that distance as needed to prevent contact accidents<\/p>\n<p>Developed by MOL subsidiary Nihon Engineering Co, Ltd, MOL claims this is the first such monitoring system in the world to use a microwave sensor. The developers have applied for a patent on the technology.<\/p>\n<p>The developer opted for microwave over other available technologies because it is less susceptible to weather, compared with conventional radar and ultrasonic sensors, and it measure longer distances more reliably.<\/p>\n<p>MOL plans to introduce the Hawk Eye system at its operated container terminals in succession, as part of ongoing group-wide efforts to ensure the safety and reliability of container loading\/unloading operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitsui OSK Lines has adopted an innovative crane safety monitoring system to help prevent accidents at its terminals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":7764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,63],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-7763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-equipment","category-products-services"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7763","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=7763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7765,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7763\/revisions\/7765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7763"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=7763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}