Many do not operate top loaders or a similar piece of heavy equipment called a straddle carrier.

Kalmar's sixth generation straddle carrier is an innovative piece of machinery.

And what is a straddle carrier?

Their three dimensional position is fed into a computer, so that the straddle carrier knows exactly where to go to pick up. It's glitch free!

In 1967 Belotti introduced the first container handling straddle carrier with side lifting capability.

Grappler lift, which is very similar to a straddle carrier except it grips the bottom of a container rather than the top.

The more efficient operation of the straddle carriers, for example, saves about a litre per hour of fuel.

A new generation of Isoloader designs include straddle carriers, rubber tyred gantries.

A spreader can be used on a container crane, a straddle carrier and with any other machinery to lift containers.

Initially, five Kalmar straddle carriers will be used, operating between the ship-to-shore cranes and the stack.

"Furthermore, it is possible to control the hoist movement in the new straddle carrier with more precision meaning that working cycles are faster.

Having used Sisu straddle carriers since the early 1980s, it is currently one of Sisu's biggest customers in the market.

The straddle carriers, the towering tractors that move the steel containers around the site, still run on relatively dirty diesel .

Although these can self load, they are more often loaded or unloaded at the port with a straddle carrier or reach stacker.

Lift from rail car and move by straddle carrier or top pick to place of rest on the quay (storage, move and placement)

The Port of Copenhagen is expecting delivery of two new straddle carriers in July.

This business led to the Gerlinger Carrier Company, a manufacturer of both straddle carriers and forklift trucks.

These include container cranes, straddle carriers, tower cranes, and overhead travelling cranes.

While terminal tractors are relatively inexpensive when compared to straddle carriers, they have one main disadvantage in that they cannot handle grounded containers.

Together with the new Shuttle Carrier(R), we now have an unparalleled range of straddle carrier machines.

Some types of vehicle (such as straddle carriers, large shovel loaders and some large quarry vehicles) often have poor visibility from the cab.

Straddle carrier drivers operate a vehicle with a lifting frame to unload, shift and stack containers on a wharf or at a timber yard.

Cargo handlers may also work ashore, in cranes or other plant, such as straddle carriers, fork trucks and clamp trucks.

Ships’ derricks; cranes, including cable cranes; mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane.

APSDS can handle the variety of mobile equipment used in container facilities, such as forklifts, straddle carriers etc.