COFASTRANS is underpinned by decades of industry experience and backed by research.
View the technical papers and presentations behind the concept
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- “A container handling revolution from ship to stack” – H Oja, T Vallas, G Rankine (2024). TOC Europe conference. The Netherlands. | View the presentation recording on LinkedIn
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- “Who Will Pay for a Port Productivity Revolution?” – G Rankine (2022). Association pour l’Avenir des Ports de Cherbourg-En-Cotentin. Cherbourg, France | View the presentation
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- This presentation was delivered as a response to: “Who will pay for a port productivity revolution?” – Drewry (2015). The Medi Telegraph. |
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- “Redesigning mega containerships to accommodate cargo handling from both sides: a techno-economic study” – L.N Tsaganos, V.W Nevsimal, N. Tsouvalis, D.V Lyridis (2021). Annual Conference of Marine Technology, Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology. Athens, Greece. | Read the paper
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- “Redesign options of large container vessels in order to comply better with the COFASTRANS system for loading/unloading from both sides” – LN Tsaganos (2020). National Technical University of Athens. Athens, Greece. | Read the thesis
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- “The Next Generation Terminal Layout” – G Rankine, Beckett Rankine (2019). TECH TOC Conference. Singapore | View the presentation
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- “COFASTRANS (Container Vessel Fast Transhipment System)” – G Rankine, I Netherstreet, D Perez Romero, J Palmer (2018). PIANC-World Congress. Panama City, Panama | Read the paper
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- “Benchmarking Container Terminal Performance” – G Rankine (2003). Container Port Conference. Rotterdam, The Netherlands | Read the paper
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- “Next Generation Berth and Yard Layout” – G Rankine (2001). TOC Asia. Hong Kong | View the presentation | Read the background paper
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- “Developing a Container Vessel Docking System” – G Rankine (1999). Keynote Paper at Seminar on Port Design & Operation Technology. Singapore
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- “Innovative Terminal Design – Developing Docking Systems” – G Rankine (1999). TOC ’99. Genoa
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- “Container Ship Docking” – G Rankine (1998). Ports and Terminals Group Conference. London, UK