Cargo Business Newswire

Friday, January 31, 2014

ITS upgrades truck positioning system for ship-to-shore cranes

In order to meet the demands of the next generation of larger and faster ship-to-shore cranes, International Terminal Systems has announced a new upgrade to the ITS Truck Positioning System.

The company said its newest TPS system, proven in the working terminal environment, promotes greater efficiency by consistently positioning the truck at the right place at the right time, before the spreader arrives. The system reportedly eliminates the time typically wasted when STS crane operators wait for the correct trailer alignment.

"We believe the operators should be free to concentrate on the business of moving containers and that the system should be simple, reliable, maintainable by the on-site staff and automatic in every way," said Richard Lambert, managing director of ITS.

The company says ITS TPS is a simple, rapid method of positioning single and multiple trailers for truck and crane transactions. The system works with intervention from the crane or truck driver—the self-starting system accurately positions trailer chassis under the quay crane for load and discharge by stopping the container in the correct position for the spreader and the chassis in correct position for the container.