Project members: J.B. Klaassens, G. Honderd, H.R. van Nauta Lemke
The Jumbo Container Crane (JCC) project is a part of the FAMAS (First, All Modes, All Sizes) program, initiated by the Centre of Transport Technology (CTT) in 1996. The goal of the program is to develop a new generation of container terminals capable to handle all modalities of all sizes with an equal service level. This concerns all modalities, including the within ten years coming Jumbo Container Vessel. Vessels with a capacity of eight to ten thousand TEU (Twenty Feet Equivalent). To accomplish the program's goal, a highly automated terminal will be developed. Handling containers with a throughput of 500.000 TEU a year or more can only be done economically and efficiently by robotizing stacking and terminal transport. The goal of the JCC project is to develop container cranes which can handle a Jumbo Container Vessel within 24 hours (see the figure below). The JCC project has the following participants: NELCON B.V., ECT, Siemens Nederland N.V., Transport Technology group of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology of Delft University of Technology), and the Control Systems Engineering group.
The Control Systems Engineering group contributes with the following research activities:
