Cranes are widely deployed for lifting and moving heavy objects in dynamic environments with human coexistence. Suddenly appeared workers, vehicles, robots can affect the safety of cranes. To avoid possible collisions, cranes must have prediction ability to know how dangerous situation is. In this paper, we address issues bridge based on its online physical states control model. Due swing paylo...

Container unloading/loading at marine container terminals (MCTs) is a key logistic process, to which some research efforts have been addressed by using mathematical programming models formulated in a deterministic-static environment. Vice versa, DES models in a stochastic-dynamic environment are well capable of representing the entire process. Hence, simulation results to be an effective planni...

Abstract In order to ensure the safe operation of cranes, from perspective definition inherent risk, evaluation index risk cranes was established. The interval hierarchy analysis method with better fuzziness used determine weights, scores different levels, and use integrated establish a grading model, which divided into four levels according critical value. Application model two for example ana...

This paper pertains to advanced automation of the load transfer process using overhead cranes. Overhead cranes are widely used in various areas of industry, including manufacturing, construction, shipping, etc. Load transfer operations using overhead cranes have to be performed fast and safely. As such, these operations are handled by expert operators however, the demand for an automatic consis...

We isolated and characterized microsatellite loci for the red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) from a microsatellite-enriched database, which was obtained using high-throughput sequencing technology. We designed primer sets for 445 microsatellite loci and after initial screening, 34 loci were genotyped in 31 red-crowned cranes. The number of observed alleles ranged from 3 to 10. Observed and exp...

During the past 15 years, China has established more than 300 nature reserves. Many of the wetland reserves have been created primarily to protect endangered cranes. This paper summarizes the status of 22 nature reserves, 13 for breeding cranes and 9 for wintering cranes. The nature reserves have often been established in areas heavily populated or intensively used for economic purposes. Many r...

A variety of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are commonly used to measure the performance in a container terminal. The assessment proposed this article, and also possible compare different assets under same conditions, driven by reliable data available publicly. Therefore, benchmark KPIs outlined article refer total teu handled year major physical resources terminal, i.e., quay length, gantry...

The handling of containers in port logistics consists of several activities, such as discharging, loading, gate-in and gate-out, among others. These activities are carried out using various equipment including quay cranes, yard cranes, trucks, and other related machinery. The high inter-dependency among activities and equipment on various factors often puts successive activities off schedule in...