Patent ID: 7780390
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: B65G,G01V

Abstract:
1. A container inspection/cargo-handling method, comprising: moving a container on an automated guided vehicle or a truck chassis in circulation along a first circulation route that is only in a quay area where a container ship anchors and where the container is transferred to/from the ship; subjecting the container to radiation inspection while the container is moving in circulation along the first circulation route in the quay area; moving the container in circulation along a second circulation route between the quay area and a container stack yard where the container is stored, wherein the container is moved from the quay area to the container stack yard after subjecting the container to the radiation inspection in the quay area, and the container is transferred between the automated guided vehicle or the truck chassis moving in circulation along the first circulation path and another automated guided vehicle or truck chassis that moves along the second circulation path; and subjecting the container to the radiation inspection when the automated guided vehicle or the truck chassis, loaded with the container received from the container stack yard, is moving in circulation along the first circulation route in the quay area, wherein the container is transferred to the ship after the radiation inspection.