Rubber Tyred Gantry

Rubber Tyred Gantry

A Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) is a mobile gantry crane used for stacking shipping containers within the stacking areas of a container terminal. RTG's are used at container terminals and container storage yards when straddling multiple lanes of rail/road and/or container storage, or when maximum storage density in the container stack is desired.

External links

* [http://www.portvision.eu/BrowseKb.aspx?groups=15 RTG database at www.portvision.eu]


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