Container terminal comprising at least one ship crane (9) for loading and unloading a container ship (21), at least one handling crane (11) for loading and unloading a land vehicle such as a truck or a railway wagon with a container loop (1) being a circuit for automated guided vehicles (13) arranged on at least two levels of different elevation, so that in the area of the ship crane (9) a roadway 15 can be arranged underneath and parallel to the container loop (1) and there are no crossings between the entrance and exit of the roadway (15) and the container loop (1).

The availability of a container crane or a dock is improved. A cargo handling method includes steps of: moving a lighter 601 to a different dock, the lighter 601 carrying a freight container wheeled platform 501 loaded on the lighter 601, the freight container wheeled platform 501 carrying a container 401 placed on the freight container wheeled platform 501 in a container yard; and unloading the freight container wheeled platform 501 from the lighter 601 to the different dock.

The availability of a container crane or a dock is improved. A cargo handling method includes steps of: moving a lighter 601 to a different dock, the lighter 601 carrying a freight container wheeled platform 501 loaded on the lighter 601, the freight container wheeled platform 501 carrying a container 401 placed on the freight container wheeled platform 501 in a container yard; and unloading the freight container wheeled platform 501 from the lighter 601 to the different dock.

The offshore jack-up has a hull and a plurality of moveable legs engageable with the seafloor. The offshore jack-up is arranged to move the legs with respect to the hull to position the hull out of the water. The method comprises moving at least a portion of a vessel underneath the hull of the offshore jack-up or within a cut-out of the hull when the hull is positioned out of the water and the legs engage the seafloor. A stabilizing mechanism mounted on the jack-up is engaged against the vessel. The stabilizing mechanism is pushed down on the vessel to increase the buoyant force acting on the vessel.

A modular building system or storage system can include a number of stacks of container, each stack being positioned within a frame structure having uprights and a horizontal grid disposed above the stacks. The grid can include substantially perpendicular rails on which load handling devices can run. Containers having functions associated with a number of residential or commercial uses are moved in to and out of the stacks by the robotic handling devices running on the grid. The containers disposed in the stacks are selected by function on demand by a user, the building being reconfigurable to take into account required uses.

A system and method for intermodal container transport that utilizes swarm intelligence and the autonomous locating, lifting, supporting and moving via robots working in conjunction. A port central command locates and releases robots to the container location and then transports the container to its destination.

A multimodal transportation interworking system at least comprises: a rail system; a cargo vehicle (31), which may be movably disposed on a rail beam of the rail system (30); a transfer apparatus (32), for transferring a goods loading device (33) from a transportation tool to the cargo vehicle (31) and loading onto the cargo vehicle, or unloading the goods loading device (33) from the cargo vehicle and conveying the same onto the transportation tool; a processor, which is connected to the cargo moving device (31) and the transfer apparatus (32) so as to control the transfer apparatus to transfer the goods loading device, and after the goods loading device is secured onto the cargo vehicle, to control the cargo vehicle to move on the rail beam.

A multimodal transportation interworking system at least comprises: a rail system; a cargo vehicle (31), which may be movably disposed on a rail beam of the rail system (30); a transfer apparatus (32), for transferring a goods loading device (33) from a transportation tool to the cargo vehicle (31) and loading onto the cargo vehicle, or unloading the goods loading device (33) from the cargo vehicle and conveying the same onto the transportation tool; a processor, which is connected to the cargo moving device (31) and the transfer apparatus (32) so as to control the transfer apparatus to transfer the goods loading device, and after the goods loading device is secured onto the cargo vehicle, to control the cargo vehicle to move on the rail beam.

A vehicle for moving a container containing a hoisting device for hoisting the container from a first position, to hold it in a stored position at the bottom side of the vehicle and to lower the container from the stored position to the second position; a frame supporting the hoisting device; a first guide and second guide attached for guiding the vehicle along a first path in a first horizontal direction, and along a second path in a second horizontal direction transverse to the first direction; wherein the vehicle is arranged to run, in a first mode, along the first path if the first guide engages with the first path and the second guide is spaced apart from the second path, and, in a second mode, along the second path if the second guide engages with the second path and the first guide is spaced apart from the first path.

Disclosed is a multi-level container storage system including a storage module including racks for storing containers, and a high-bay container storage. At least two tracks arranged in a first distance from each other in the vertical direction. The system includes a container handling apparatus capable of moving at least one container in three directions. The container handling apparatus includes a stacker crane including a carrier support for a carrier device of the container handling apparatus. The carrier device includes a handling mechanism for gripping, lifting, lowering, and releasing at least one container and is arranged to be moved out of and into the stacker crane, and into and out of the storage module, respectively, along one of the tracks of a rack, wherein the handling mechanism is arranged to move at least one container at most the first distance.