Container port animation - how a shipping container port works - logistics training

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An animation of a simplified container port. Not to scale and illustrative only.
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Learn more about how container ports work and some standard operations and activities which take place inside a container port or terminal.
See reach stacker, heavy duty forklifts and gantry cranes handling containers and loading a vessel.
Learn about the different storage and container management areas of the terminal and their purpose and see our container terminal in action.

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This animation is part of our How Ports Work course.

learnlogistics

This helped me learn about ports for my Minecraft city thanks!

mr.bark

I study x-ray, i'm not even that interested in this stuff but my adhd decided to watch this and now I'm absolutely fascinated. I'm also thinking about how cool of a video game this would be, like a mobile game, where you have to load up truck by colour coordinating the truck colour with container colour and managing multiple ships coming in and out and having to move around stacks of containers to make room for move containers moving in and having to manage the in and out of containers on ships and trucks.

Kupkaik

I watched this to find out how to layout a port in TheoTown, and I can say that this is extremely informative and useful.

gabrielgamer

Thank you for this explanation. My only comment is that it would be very unusual for an inbound truck to drop a loaded outbound 40' container and then load 2 x 20' inbound reefer containers since these would likely be loaded containers. Highway weight limitiations in the USA restrict the weight bearing capacity to haul 2 loaded reefers on a single chassis. Also depending on the reefer type you may not be able to move 2 loaded reefers because the generator type may not be configured to do this. (belly mount vs nose mount reefer generators)
Lastly, unless you were planning to lift the containers off of the chassis for unloading you could at most only unload the rearmost container at a dock and could not monitor nose mounted reefer controls due to the lack of space between the 2 containers. This is why hauling 2 x 20' loaded reefers is not done.
It may also be useful to note that only anysizer chassis are capable of hauling a 40 and combination of 2 x 20' containers. these are not the most common type of chassis and are usually only owned by private carriers not pool chassis providers. Further, anysizer chassis don't claim to be able to handle 2 x loaded 20' containers.
Your examples are good for basic port understanding but the complexities of chassis matching are a major issue that is being downplayed and might make a very useful addition to this operations overview.

BruceLouthan

As a Integrated Logistics and Management student, this video really helps me in understanding how the port works. Thanks!

khairiazmiishamuddin

Imagine every coast city has this kind of equipment

novaprime

This was very helpful. I am writing a story where one of the characters works at a port like this and I wanted to understand how it worked so thank you very much for uploading this.

TheDaphinator

This is a very, very educational operational system of the container of how it is Layout. More easly to understanding it, Thanks.

donnellturner

Am I a persona that has to know how this works? No
Am I an expert on the matter? No

Do I loved this animation and do I have learned something new? ABSOLUTELY

themodernwarfarehistorian