Patent ID: 9452900
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: B65G

Claim Text:
1. A container terminal comprising: a quay crane; first and second storage lanes where containers are to be placed in predetermined positions, and a field located adjacent to the storage lanes; a first yard crane configured to straddle the first storage lane and movable in a longitudinal direction; a second yard crane configured to straddle the second storage lane and movable in the longitudinal direction; a circulating transport vehicle which circulates between the quay crane and the first and second storage lanes and is configured to transport a container; first and second shuttle vehicles which are different from the circulating transport vehicle and configured to each transport a container by moving back and forth in the field located adjacent to the storage lanes in the longitudinal direction; the first storage lane, the first shuttle vehicle, the second shuttle vehicle, and the second storage lane arranged in this order as neighboring storage lanes and shuttle vehicles; a first transfer area in which the circulating transport vehicle transfers a container, the first transfer area being provided outside one end portion of the first and second storage lanes; a single transfer stand with a hoist tool configured to lift the container up and down only, wherein the transfer stand straddles a route shared by the circulating transport vehicle and the first shuttle vehicle and a route shared by the circulating vehicle and the second shuttle vehicle, and is fixed to the first transfer area and transports a container between the circulating transport vehicle and the first and second shuttle vehicles in the first transfer area through use of the hoist tool; and the transfer stand includes a moving mechanism configured to move the hoist tool crosswise in a direction substantially perpendicular to a traveling direction of the first shuttle vehicle and the second shuttle vehicle so that the transfer stand transfers a container between the circulating transport vehicle and one of the first shuttle vehicle and the second shuttle vehicle, wherein at least one storage lane includes two end portions and wherein the container terminal includes a first transfer stand and a second transfer stand provided outside both end portions of the at least one storage lane, the first transfer stand is configured to transfer a container between the circulating transport vehicle and at least one shuttle vehicle, and the second transfer stand is configured to transfer a container between the at least one shuttle vehicle and a foreign chassis.