DA04_06052019 – Development of ship-to-shore automatic container cranes for small ports

Principle Investigator
Assoc.Prof. Ngo Quang Hieu
Host Organization
Can Tho University

Vietnam has great potential in developing seaport business as it has more than 3,260 km of coastline stretching from North to South, with a continental shelf area under sovereignty 3 times larger than the land area, with many large rivers and especially its geographical location close to international maritime routes. The amount of goods circulating through Vietnam’s seaports accounts for a large amount (over 90%). Among them, the amount of goods transported by containers through the ports is the highest and is increasing over the years.

To meet the needs of growing import and export of goods, seaports in Vietnam currently import a very large number of container cranes, especially cranes for loading and unloading containers from ships to shore. However, container loading and unloading control is still mainly controlled by humans, while container loading and unloading time to release ships is a very important factor in port services.

The project aims to develop a specialized anti-sway controller for container cranes in two ways: integrating algorithms into existing equipment and manufacturing new equipment. This device can be used to replace control systems with magnetic starters that are often damaged and have unsafe operation for small cranes in container yards to large cranes such as loading and unloading container cranes on container ships.

The anti-sway controller for container cranes allows the crane to operate automatically at high speed, meeting the requirement of less loading and unloading time than current container cranes, meeting the qualification requirements of operating staff (loading and unloading productivity does not depend on the level of operating staff) and meets the requirements for safe operation, avoiding labor accidents and damage to equipment as well as containers and goods in containers.

Principle Investigator
Assoc.Prof. Ngo Quang Hieu
Host Organization
Can Tho University

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