Patent ID: 6652211
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: B65G,B66C

Abstract:
A buffer straddle crane for cargo container handling comprisingan elevated platform forming a landing deck where a multiple of containers can be landed on predetermined landing positions and temporarily stored by a quay crane when they are removed from shipboard or where containers picked off ground level transporters can be landed until they are picked up by the quay crane for transport to a ship, said platform having at least one opening in said landing deck where containers can be lowered and raised therethrough, said platform being supported by motorized transport wheels for independent all-direction movement, said buffer crane having a low profile whereby it can be positioned underneath said quay crane to receive cargo containers therefrom as well as from said container transporters and whereby said quay crane can extract containers therefrom and said buffer crane can deliver containers therefrom to said transporters, and a cargo container handling straddle crane mounted on rails disposed on the fore and aft edges of said platform and having container lifting apparatus arranged to transfer containers between said various predetermined landing positions on said landing deck and said transporters located underneath said platform through said opening in said landing deck.