A high bed for twistlock solution

At present these platforms are repositioned with every crane move but they could be shifted on to the crane leg to great benefit.

This would reduce crane travel distance and could be combined with a backreach trolley to lift off the box. However this will add to the overall weight of the crane and put pressure on the gantry rail with considerations needed for stress and crane capacity.

Other issues surrounding twistlock platforms are on the way to being resolved. “While the machine can deal with 95% of the twistlocks around today, there are still the other 5% that we are working on tools for, but actually in getting a machine in place we’d talk to everyone and find out what kind of twistlocks were handled and adapt to those conditions,” says Lars Meurling of Bromma.

It’s also a two way street with the shipping companies. Mr Meurling expects that when the lines see the higher efficiency rate, they will adapt what is onboard to suit the equipment.