An apparatus and method transfer a shipping container from a first dockside unloaded position to a second transporting position. A horse-and-saddle assembly is mounted on a pair of transversely spaced rails, and includes a horse member with roller mechanisms cooperating with the rails. A saddle member includes a mounting frame capable of moving transversely upon the horse member. The saddle member is configured to carry the shipping container mounted thereon. A carrier suspended from an overhead monorail is movable along a track extending from the monorail. Once deposited in the saddle member mounting frame, the shipping container in the mounting frame is urged to a position from which lifting devices mounted onto the saddle frame raises the shipping container from the mounting frame. The shipping container is carried while suspended from the overhead monorail carrier to a desired transfer or storage location.

An improved method for controlling a lifting device, which moves a load along a first movement direction and along a second movement direction within a specified working area of the lifting device from a starting point to an end point. Individual movements are planned for the first movement direction and for the second movement direction, by which the load is moved on while avoiding a collision with a changed or newly specified obstacle.

An improved method for controlling a lifting device, which moves a load along a first movement direction and along a second movement direction within a specified working area of the lifting device from a starting point to an end point. Individual movements are planned for the first movement direction and for the second movement direction, by which the load is moved further along the movement directions and brought to a newly specified end point.

A quay crane including auxiliary equipment, which is equipment other than main equipment for performing main operations of the quay crane. The auxiliary equipment includes: a main equipment cooling device for cooling the main equipment; a loading and unloading lighting device for lighting a loading and unloading operation range of the main equipment; a room cooling device for cooling a room; and a room lighting device for lighting the room. If an operating condition of the main equipment or a room condition satisfies a predetermined electric power reduction condition while the quay crane is in operation, the auxiliary equipment that is keeping the operating condition of the main equipment or the room condition is put into a power saving mode in which the auxiliary equipment consumes less electric power than in a normal operation.

Provided is a safety lighting system for an overhead crane comprising a laser generator capable of generating a laser signal; and a crane control system having a programmable logic circuit; wherein the laser generator is integrated with the crane control system; and wherein the laser generator is operable to project a laser signal onto a surface corresponding to the position of the crane or crane components and a method of using the safety lighting system to determine when an object has crossed into a designated safety zone.

A boom extension device for a dockside container crane. A boom comprises a rear boom section (11) and a front boom section (12). The extension device comprises: an extension trolley tool (2) which is disposed below the rear boom section (11) and the front boom section (12) during an extension operation, and which comprises a wheel set (21), a trolley frame (22), a construction platform (23), and a movement track (24) disposed on the construction platform; a fits support frame trolley (31) disposed on the movement track (24) and used to carry a boom extension section (41) and guide the boom extension section (41) to move in a first direction; and a second support frame trolley (32) disposed on the movement track (24) and used to carry the front boom section (12) and guide the front boom section (12) to move in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in a first plane. Further included is an extension method for a boom of a dockside container crane. The invention reduces usage of heavy-duty equipment.

An STS crane (Ship-to Shore) includes a portal frame structure; a boom which has a portion extending on a ship's side as well as a portion extending on a quay side; a trolley moving along the boom; a hoisting mechanism which has a rope drum for hoisting ropes, whereby the hoisting ropes are routed from the rope drum through boom ends to the trolley; auxiliary trolleys which move along the boom on both sides of the trolley to support and/or tighten the hoisting ropes; and a folding joint on the boom portion extending on the ship's side for folding up the folding portion of the boom extending to the direction of the ship from the folding joint; whereby there are auxiliary trolley rails arranged for the auxiliary trolleys, these auxiliary trolley rails being separate from the trolley rails; and whereby the drive roping of the auxiliary trolleys is divided into two separate and independent drive ropings which have separate and independent drive mechanisms and which are on different sides of the folding joint on the boom.

A jacking tower installation system comprises a jacking tower having at least two forward and at least two rear legs, wherein each of the legs is supported on one of a plurality of support stands attached to and horizontally offset from the leg, the legs including dollies which enable horizontal movement of the jacking tower and lifts capable of raising and lowering the jacking tower clear of the sill beams of a cargo container crane, such that the legs of the jacking tower can be lifted and positioned over and lowered onto the sill beams.

The invention relates to a brake assembly (1) for securing a conveyor device, in particular a crane system (100), comprising a first brake device (7) which acts on a first drive element (3), a second brake device (8) which acts on a second drive element (5), a transmission device (4), in particular a gearbox, acting between the first and second drive element, a load sensor (13, 13′) which detects a load signal and passes same on to a controller (9), and the controller (9) is designed in such a way that, based on a load signal that exceeds an overload threshold, it initiates an emergency brake status and actuates the first and the second brake device (7, 8) in such a way that they act on the first and second drive element (3, 5) simultaneously within a first brake acting time, wherein one of the first and second brake devices is designed such that it acts on the first and/or the second drive element within a second brake acting time in a normal brake status, and the first brake acting time is shorter than the second brake acting time.

A method, a device, and a system for parking a truck accurately in a shore crane area are provided. A vehicle controller transmits a parking request for a truck to be parked. A main controller receives the parking request and acquires real-time point cloud data by scanning one or more lanes crossed by a shore crane using one or more LiDARs. The main controller clusters the real-time point cloud data to obtain a set of point clouds for the truck and applies an Iterative Closest Point algorithm to the set of point clouds and a vehicle point cloud model to obtain a real-time distance from the truck to a target parking space. The vehicle controller controls the truck to stop at the target parking space based on the real-time distance.