Bulk – Floating crane – Evolution or revolution?
With landside operations becoming increasingly congested and land for expansion limited one solution is for terminal operators to move their operations to the water.
Peter van Schie reports
Moving terminal operations to the water might seem a silly idea but there are a lot of benefts to be gained.A case in point was the’battle’ that was raging in the port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands around 18 years ago, where two terminai operators -one was operating land-side bulk handling equipment while the other was operating floating grab cranes – were vying for the business of...