COFASTRANS offers a more sustainable alternative to conventional container handling throughout the lifecycle of the berth.
- Integrating indented berths with existing ports means additional land reclamation and dredging is limited, and marine life remains undisturbed.
- Port layouts are more compact, which means the distances for offloading vehicles to travel are reduced, saving fuel for cargo-handling vehicles, while more cargo can be handled in a smaller coastal strip.
- The new Ship to Shore Portal Cranes (SSPCs) have four hooks and can place double the number of lifting spreaders over each ship. In addition to loading and offloading cargo faster, this design means less cranes are needed, resulting in less maintenance and less steel is used in manufacturing them.
- Quicker cargo handling leads to less time for ships in the port, which means vessels can travel at lower speeds between ports, saving fuel and lead to reduced carbon-emissions.
- As the ships would be able to carry out more journeys per year, the number of new ships commissioned annually could potentially be reduced – therefore saving their material use.
