container-record

Felixstowe sets box record

The Port of Felixstowe set a new record for the number of container moves in a 12 hour shift with the recent call of the Maersk Sarnia. A total of 3,431 exchanges were completed on the vessel and in a 12 hour shift, 602 moves were completed by an individual Quayside Gantry Crane, the equivalent of more than 50 moves per hour, at an overall speed of 182 moves per ... [+]