I'm a retired crane operator from the Port of Charleston. This is a short clip of me working a Mearsk ship. Count them, a hatch cover and two containers in a little over 3 minutes.
They use to use manual twist locks a few years back. With manual twist locks we had 2 "top men" that would place the locks in the corners of the containers and the operator would lift them up in a man basket on the spreader for each tier. The lasher's would go behind the operator and lock them. Now they have automatic twist locks,they're place in the bottom of the container before lifting it to the ship and lock automatically when the operator sets the box down.
Hey guys great video.I represent Local 1248. We have some great operators as well. But we all know it takes team work. As operators you can't get the job done alone.
In 1980 we had the first operator to make 60 moves an hour. In 1991 we were the first to average over 40 moves an hour on a ship and in 2001 me and my partner were the first to average over 60 moves an hour, actually it was 64 moves per an hour. All single pics and the highest hour was 71 moves. All of this before you even knew what a container crane was and it was done with the old slow short cranes not the semi automated ones that you guys use.
We have 10 super post panamax(24 to 26 box's wide), 8 post panamax(18 box's wide) and 1 panamax (13 box's wide) We've been averaging those kind of numbers for the last 10 years or more going to trucks! We average in the mid to high 40's hitting chassis! In 1998 another operator and myself averaged 64.5 boxes an hour on the Mearsk Charleston with single picks and manual locks. Which means we had to to take the top men up for every tier to pull the locks out. My highest single hour was 72 moves.
It can be done. We don't utilize the anti swing on our cranes for one,which means we throw our boxes just like you would a drag line bucket. The majority of the time we land on flatbed trailers with the corners and the middle cut out, so we don't have to wait for the twistlocks to be removed before landing the box. We also have our bottom slowdowns adjusted very low,it's very easy to slam a truck if your not on top of your game. We used to work a lot of hours also,over 3000 a year.
There are a lot of things that you can do to safely cut corners also,if the top men will work with you,everyone has to be on top of their game. Experience is a big factor also,when you worked the hours we use to you got very good at it. We averaged 70 hour work weeks and ran 361 days a year,if you don't hone your skill working those kind of hours you need to find another job.
We had an operator hit 60 moves per hour working 20 ft box's in 40 foot cell's hitting chassis! We also include hatch covers,flat racks and over high moves in with our regular box count average. Our operators are state employed, work over 3000 hours a year and have a one year on the job training program before they get the classification. All we do are cranes and we do it a lot. I say we, I've been retired since 2006. It use to be that way, it's probably gone to hell by now.
Hey guys great videos. I represent ILA 1248 in Hampton Roads. I believe we have some great operators as well. But we all know it takes team work! Thanks to all the Locals in Hampton Roads for their great work !
i drive cranes in port of tauranga and i loaded 71.. 20fts , 3 straddles in a hour and half on the california mercury . no gaps between containers on deck.... unloaded n reloaded 42 40fts, 4 straddles in 28mins er brisbane... discharged 69 20ft n 40 fts below deck, non twin -lift spreader ,3 straddles 1.5 hours on the jeppsen maersk . it could be done if all is going well and your well rested
Thanks! But I would have to disagree about who has the better operators :) If you talk to any of the guys at Mearsk ask them about the production numbers in Charleston.
This is so cool!!! I don't know why I'm into these machines, but eh, I guess I don't really control my interests. How do these machines grapple onto the containers? I'm guessing some sort of magnet or something? I can't imagine someone being so coordinated with a very unpredictable piece of machinery. Any feedback appreciated!
I´m a gantrycrane opertator at APM Terminals Gothenburg. And my personal record i 56 moves in 1 hour from the deck on Emma Maersk. And when i did that i had all the help i could get with 5 straddle Carriers and 2 pinmans who took of the twistlocks. so i don´t Think u could have done over 60 moves an hour....NO WAY....
@amatossoto We didn't have skew,list,tilt and anti sway on our cranes, we have real operators,not crane drivers. Even on our newer super post panamax cranes we disable those features because they're to slow ,we average over 40 an hour with out them. You guys will never run with us, the ILA is more worried about dragging the job out,trying to get that work through and getting that double OT.
I understand that it's possible at some Ports,but not from where I'm from. The Port of Charleston's Crane Operators are non-union, so our hourly wage is lower than almost every other port in the nation.
We had ILA on the ground and on the deck. The cranes belong to the Port not the shipping company so State Port Employees operate the cranes. My personal best is 74 moves, single picks off the deck.
@amatossoto You mean like the MSC Bruxelles 9200 TEU By The way, I'm not union and never have been,thats why I'm retired already. if I was union I'd had to wait till I was 62, I'm 47 now and have been retired since 2006,you do the math. So you weren't supporting me in any way.I spent 25 years on the water front, Sept. of 1981 to Dec. of 2006.When I started containerization was just starting to take off, Sealand had just started going with 40 ft containers and still had mostly 35ft containers.
to you non union brothers who said our west coast move count is low, I say B.s. check out Scotty squeeze on RUclips, 87 dirty foot containers out from down below a china shipping ship in one and half hours.
Hi, Great vid, always very interested in this stuff. I have a question though. I assume the containers just sit on top of each other below deck in the cells, but above deck, are the twist locks manually attached, opened and closed by a person or can that be done by the crane?? Thanks.
No, I was a crane operator,not a lasher. Crane operators at the Port of Charleston are non union. We don't drive trucks,we don't lash,we don't tend hatch, we operate cranes and only cranes.
If anyone else operates one of these cranes, please let me know how u go about getting a job as an operator. Which companies hire and use container cranes.
I'm an overhead crane operator now but only a 10 ton gantry crane. How do I go about finding a job running a dock/container crane. I heard the pay is much better.
Balony's?? Oh! you mean the umbilical cord, LOL! Again,you don;t know what your talking about. I have just under an hour of this run saved upload time was over 600 minutes when I last checked,I'm to busy for that shit! I'll upload some more of it when I have time.
I am just a student and have no experience but since no one answered I'd take what I've seen as reference: I've seen two twenty foot or one fourty foot containers can be loaded at the same time. The loading itself took about 1-1.5 (1:30) minutes. So without moving it would take (2500TEU÷2=175 40'/min=175minutes(or 262.5)=3hours(or 4(.3)hours) for the containers). With moving and with thought of the other cranes I'd say it's 5-7 hours loading time, while turnaround being 5-6.
@amatossoto Long Beach!! Shit You boys think 30 an hour twin picking is big numbers. Your union is to busy milking the clock to get any serious work done. FACT, when I was pulling boxes the port of charleston had the 2nd fastest production rate in the WORLD, Hong Kong was 1st. You guys are so slow you have to put 5 cranes on a ship to accomplish what we do with 2! Get back with me when y'all take the training wheels off and we'll talk. LOL
Can't drive. LMFAO! Shows what you know. Amateurs "drive",lever pullers "drive". Professionals are referred to as operators,you'll learn that if you ever get a chance to work with real operators. That particular crane was 20 years old when this was taken,so with an old,slow crane I was pulling 60 moves an hour with hatch covers. Thats the difference between a "driver" and an Operator!
They use to use manual twist locks a few years back. With manual twist locks we had 2 "top men" that would place the locks in the corners of the containers and the operator would lift them up in a man basket on the spreader for each tier. The lasher's would go behind the operator and lock them. Now they have automatic twist locks,they're place in the bottom of the container before lifting it to the ship and lock automatically when the operator sets the box down.
Great work. It's all about timing and your feel for the crane.
Hey guys great video.I represent Local 1248. We have some great operators as well. But we all know it takes team work. As operators you can't get the job done alone.
In 1980 we had the first operator to make 60 moves an hour. In 1991 we were the first to average over 40 moves an hour on a ship and in 2001 me and my partner were the first to average over 60 moves an hour, actually it was 64 moves per an hour. All single pics and the highest hour was 71 moves. All of this before you even knew what a container crane was and it was done with the old slow short cranes not the semi automated ones that you guys use.
We have 10 super post panamax(24 to 26 box's wide), 8 post panamax(18 box's wide) and 1 panamax (13 box's wide) We've been averaging those kind of numbers for the last 10 years or more going to trucks! We average in the mid to high 40's hitting chassis! In 1998 another operator and myself averaged 64.5 boxes an hour on the Mearsk Charleston with single picks and manual locks. Which means we had to to take the top men up for every tier to pull the locks out. My highest single hour was 72 moves.
It can be done. We don't utilize the anti swing on our cranes for one,which means we throw our boxes just like you would a drag line bucket. The majority of the time we land on flatbed trailers with the corners and the middle cut out, so we don't have to wait for the twistlocks to be removed before landing the box. We also have our bottom slowdowns adjusted very low,it's very easy to slam a truck if your not on top of your game. We used to work a lot of hours also,over 3000 a year.
There are a lot of things that you can do to safely cut corners also,if the top men will work with you,everyone has to be on top of their game. Experience is a big factor also,when you worked the hours we use to you got very good at it. We averaged 70 hour work weeks and ran 361 days a year,if you don't hone your skill working those kind of hours you need to find another job.
We had an operator hit 60 moves per hour working 20 ft box's in 40 foot cell's hitting chassis! We also include hatch covers,flat racks and over high moves in with our regular box count average. Our operators are state employed, work over 3000 hours a year and have a one year on the job training program before they get the classification. All we do are cranes and we do it a lot.
I say we, I've been retired since 2006. It use to be that way, it's probably gone to hell by now.
Hey guys great videos. I represent ILA 1248 in Hampton Roads. I believe we have some great operators as well. But we all know it takes team work! Thanks to all the Locals in Hampton Roads for their great work !
Quite graceful in an odd way.
This is my dream work)))
i drive cranes in port of tauranga and i loaded 71.. 20fts , 3 straddles in a hour and half on the california mercury . no gaps between containers on deck.... unloaded n reloaded 42 40fts, 4 straddles in 28mins er brisbane... discharged 69 20ft n 40 fts below deck, non twin -lift spreader ,3 straddles 1.5 hours on the jeppsen maersk . it could be done if all is going well and your well rested
Thanks! But I would have to disagree about who has the better operators :) If you talk to any of the guys at Mearsk ask them about the production numbers in Charleston.
thats awesome, so quick, how good is the money doing this work???
You must call maintenanced people, you have one pulley with broken bearing... Please Safety for life!
This is so cool!!! I don't know why I'm into these machines, but eh, I guess I don't really control my interests. How do these machines grapple onto the containers? I'm guessing some sort of magnet or something? I can't imagine someone being so coordinated with a very unpredictable piece of machinery. Any feedback appreciated!
twistlock
I´m a gantrycrane opertator at APM Terminals Gothenburg. And my personal record i 56 moves in 1 hour from the deck on Emma Maersk. And when i did that i had all the help i could get with 5 straddle Carriers and 2 pinmans who took of the twistlocks. so i don´t Think u could have done over 60 moves an hour....NO WAY....
awesome
@amatossoto We didn't have skew,list,tilt and anti sway on our cranes, we have real operators,not crane drivers. Even on our newer super post panamax cranes we disable those features because they're to slow ,we average over 40 an hour with out them. You guys will never run with us, the ILA is more worried about dragging the job out,trying to get that work through and getting that double OT.
I understand that it's possible at some Ports,but not from where I'm from. The Port of Charleston's Crane Operators are non-union, so our hourly wage is lower than almost every other port in the nation.
you're awesome!
What brand of crane is this? My favourite is bromma. Very durable and dont seem too shaky as other crane.
We had ILA on the ground and on the deck. The cranes belong to the Port not the shipping company so State Port Employees operate the cranes. My personal best is 74 moves, single picks off the deck.
@amatossoto You mean like the MSC Bruxelles 9200 TEU By The way, I'm not union and never have been,thats why I'm retired already. if I was union I'd had to wait till I was 62, I'm 47 now and have been retired since 2006,you do the math. So you weren't supporting me in any way.I spent 25 years on the water front, Sept. of 1981 to Dec. of 2006.When I started containerization was just starting to take off, Sealand had just started going with 40 ft containers and still had mostly 35ft containers.
to you non union brothers who said our west coast move count is low, I say B.s. check out Scotty squeeze on RUclips, 87 dirty foot containers out from down below a china shipping ship in one and half hours.
Hi, Great vid, always very interested in this stuff. I have a question though. I assume the containers just sit on top of each other below deck in the cells, but above deck, are the twist locks manually attached, opened and closed by a person or can that be done by the crane?? Thanks.
Great video. Would love to do this. What type of certification does it require to do this?
@marc4626 When I retired the base pay was around $55,000 a year,but overtime would put you over 6 figures.
No, I was a crane operator,not a lasher. Crane operators at the Port of Charleston are non union. We don't drive trucks,we don't lash,we don't tend hatch, we operate cranes and only cranes.
How do you get into that position?? Want to get into port cranes like this but having a difficult time finding out how
If anyone else operates one of these cranes, please let me know how u go about getting a job as an operator. Which companies hire and use container cranes.
I'm an overhead crane operator now but only a 10 ton gantry crane. How do I go about finding a job running a dock/container crane. I heard the pay is much better.
Balony's?? Oh! you mean the umbilical cord, LOL! Again,you don;t know what your talking about. I have just under an hour of this run saved upload time was over 600 minutes when I last checked,I'm to busy for that shit! I'll upload some more of it when I have time.
thats true
And who might that be?
Jealous! I know my shit! You can't say the same.
Well,I wouldnt brag about that. Check my video out UNION LA/LB Cali USA West coast!!!!Non union lame!!!!
Try to come TPP malaysia. I want see whos the power crane operator.
Hi!, i'm a engineer student and i need a little info:
how long does it take to Unload a 2500 TEU containership??
greetings!!
Matias.
I am just a student and have no experience but since no one answered I'd take what I've seen as reference: I've seen two twenty foot or one fourty foot containers can be loaded at the same time. The loading itself took about 1-1.5 (1:30) minutes. So without moving it would take (2500TEU÷2=175 40'/min=175minutes(or 262.5)=3hours(or 4(.3)hours) for the containers). With moving and with thought of the other cranes I'd say it's 5-7 hours loading time, while turnaround being 5-6.
No its impsa not bromma. My bad.
is it true container crane operators make up to 200k a year?!
Yes
@PR0BL3MAT1K LOL! Had to snatch em and go man! I'd rather be home playing with the wife then deepside playing with the ILA.
It's a Hyundai, super post panama.
@amatossoto Long Beach!! Shit You boys think 30 an hour twin picking is big numbers. Your union is to busy milking the clock to get any serious work done. FACT, when I was pulling boxes the port of charleston had the 2nd fastest production rate in the WORLD, Hong Kong was 1st. You guys are so slow you have to put 5 cranes on a ship to accomplish what we do with 2! Get back with me when y'all take the training wheels off and we'll talk. LOL
Can't drive. LMFAO! Shows what you know. Amateurs "drive",lever pullers "drive". Professionals are referred to as operators,you'll learn that if you ever get a chance to work with real operators. That particular crane was 20 years old when this was taken,so with an old,slow crane I was pulling 60 moves an hour with hatch covers. Thats the difference between a "driver" and an Operator!