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Port of Felixstowe in the UK.
A screen shot of HIT’s nGen Operation Monitoring System.
hardly be matched by any port in the region, and comprises
testament to the success of the extensive use of technology to
improve efficiency through innovation.
most recently, ngen has been put to use at Best, a new
semi-automated deep-water container terminal in Barcelona,
spain. it is the first semi-automated terminal in the hPh
network and will soon be followed by Brisbane container
terminals in australia, which will be operational by the end of
the 2012.
using ngen to run its fleet of automatic stacking carriers
and quay cranes, Best is the most technologically-advanced
container terminal in southern europe, and is sure to be a
terminal of reference regarding productivity and efficiency
in europe. Best also has the largest on-dock rail facility in
southern europe and with 1,000 metres of quay and a 16.5
metre draught is capable of serving multiple mega-vessels
simultaneously. The ngen operating system will increase both
efficiency and productivity at Best when servicing mega-
vessels. in July 2012 the terminal successfully achieved a
productivity rate of 30 moves per crane per hour.