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Blok Container Systems (BCS) has developed a new system to lift four or six empty containers in a single block. The intention is to improve safety for terminals and shipping lines.

With bigger vessels up to 20,000 TEU and higher container throughput up 75 % since 2005, peaks of a[ds_preview]ctivity are putting terminals under increasing pressure worldwide. That is why new port handling systems are required to match the demands of vessel size and the efficiency boosting alliances that have been made by the shipping lines BCS stated.
»Moving relatively light empty boxes, which represent over 20 % of total in port container moves often one by one with powerful cranes and vehicles is incredibly inefficient,« said BCS Sales and Marketing Director Selwyn Rowley.

»By deploying Blok‘s of containers linked with Blok-Locks and specially developed Spreaders and Trailers of the company, the whole container handling system can be speeded up using existing cranes and terminal infrastructure. That could save money, speed up vessel turnaround, ease congestion and make the whole operation safer on land and sea,« he added.

»This is a rare project in which the whole industry will benefit from improved safety and commerce, with minimal changes in infrastructure and practices required,«, Martin Clive-Smith, CEO of BCS pointed out.