Container terminals in river ports

Abstract

This paper deals with some problems concerning development concepts and equipment of container terminals in river ports, especially for Serbian ports located on river Danube. Paper discusses comparative data concerning transshipment and flow of containers in selected relevant European ports. The research focuses on the development of Serbian container terminals as parts of logistic systems and gives the basic concepts that should be the basis for river ports terminals in future. Results of simulation model of terminal are presented for two developed concepts terminals. The paper presents the analysis of technical parameters of quayside container crane suitable for Serbian river terminals as a principal subsystem in the whole terminal system, and also gives the proposal for crane’s structure, kinematics of reeving, lifting capacity and some preliminary control tests.