Straddle carrier

Straddle-carrier

A straddle carrier is a non road going vehicle for use in port terminals and intermodal yards used for stacking and moving ISO standard containers. Straddles pick and carry containers while straddling their load and connecting to the top lifting points via a container spreader. These machines have the ability to stack containers up to 4 high. These are capable of relatively low speeds (up to 30 km/h or 18.6 mph) with a laden container. The workers that use this machinery sit at the very top seated facing the middle as they can see behind them and in front of them. Straddle carriers can lift up to 60 t (59 long tons; 66 short tons) which equals up to 2 full containers.

Gallery

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  Straddle carriers at work at the Port of Melbourne, Australia
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  Straddle carriers at the Port of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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  Straddle carriers or SK as known at Northport, Malaysia.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Straddle carriers.

• "Speeding Up the Handling of Lumber with the Straddle Truck". Scientific American. 7 February 1920. Archived from the original on 2010-12-30. 
• Combilift Straddle Carrier
• Liebherr straddle carrier

Intermodal containers
Overview	Containerization Intermodal freight transport Bureau International des Containers ISO 6346 (BIC code) Twenty-foot equivalent unit
Transport	Container ship Double-stack Flatcar Well car
Handling	Container terminal Container crane Reach stacker Rubber tyred gantry crane Sidelifter Straddle carrier Twistlock Container spreader
Types	Refrigerated container SECU Tank container
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