ARTG System Version 2.0

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Brand / Supplier

Konecranes

Technology Category

Remote Control

Automation

Supplier Location (Closest Office)

New Zealand

Applicable Industries

Ports

Brief Description:

The Konecranes ARTG system version 2.0 offers great new advantages for operators of container terminals using RTG cranes. Foremost among these is how it can be retrofitted to any brownfield container terminal. Truck handling is automated, with remote supervision. One remote supervisor can operate up to five ARTGs simultaneously.

Key Features and Other Technical Information:

The system can fit any container stack envelope because it uses space very effectively.

Risk & Hazard

Relevant Risk Environment

Container yards

Operations near overhead / gantry cranes

Relevant Hazard

Mechanical

Relevant Risk Scenarios

Machine vs Machine

Machine vs Person

Hierarchy of Control

Elimination

Use Cases

Remote Crane Control:
‍The system can be implemented to achieve remote crane control. This removes the operator from the potentially dangerous area.

Case Study

World-first Konecranes Automated RTG (ARTG) system takes Indonesian container terminal Pelindo III into the future

Related Company

Pelindo III

Industry

Ports

Location

Central Java, Indonesia

Source Article

https://www.konecranes.com/sites/default/files/2019-02/Konecranes_6340_TPKS%20ARTG%20Case%20Study_6340_4p_v5.pdf

Summary & Insights

Pelindo III is an Indonesian State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) that manages 43 ports throughout 7 provinces in Indonesia.
Terminal Petikemas Semarang (TPKS) in Semarang, Central Java, is the second-largest container terminal in the Pelindo III Group, and approximately 70% of its container traffic consists of international cargo.
The terminal has extended the world’s first commercially operated fleet of Konecranes Automated Rubber Tired Gantry (ARTG) cranes with nine new ARTGs, as it boosts the safety and efficiency of its steadily expanding operations.