TTS

PORT

AND

MATERIAL

HANDLING

DIVISION

Cargo flow visualisation

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Meeting port cargo handling challenges worldwide

TTS Port Equipment AB is an internationally recognised leader in port and terminal innovation for both
RoRo (Roll-on, Roll-off) and LoLo (Load-on, Load-off) segments of the marine industry. Integrating over
40 years of practical experience with converging technologies such as automation, simulation, design,
and engineering of single or integrated systems, TTS Port Equipment has become the preferred choice
for customers worldwide
There is increasing pressure on
container terminal
management to find more
efficient methods of handling
containers and so increase
terminal capacity. Traditional
methods of managing these
pressures, such as physical
expansion or hiring additional
resources are often not feasible.
TTS Port Equipment AB helps
industry identify the solutions
that make a difference to port
efficiency and capacity.
Creating systems using proven
technologies, such as cassettes
and automated guided vehicles,
TTS is fast becoming recognised
by terminal operators as the
provider of ever more efficient
and productive means of
transporting containers.
Because of the inherent
complexity of port systems, and
the capital and construction
costs involved in port
modifications, advanced
simulation tools have been
developed and used intensively
by TTS in understanding and
testing equipment types,
configurations and layouts in
ports and terminals. Our clients
demands are thus met with
enhanced cost-efficiency.

The cassette system facilitates a simple and efficient means of

transporting containers for every operational process in modern
container terminals. Flexibility and confidence in the equipment
are two of many prerequisites fulfiled by this system

Improving capacity with simulation

State-of the-art cargo handling tailored to ports and terminals worldwide

TTS is employed by shipowners

worldwide to design cargo
holds for RoRo and RoPax
vessels. Those same
shipowners, together with port
and terminal managers, are
also using TTS to design
terminal layouts, especially
those concerning the interface
between vessel and quay.
Terminal operators have
recognised TTS Liftec as the

market leader for cassette

systems, and as their first
choice in advising on state-of
the-art cargo handling.
In short, over 20 years of
experience in the design and
supply of cargo access
equipment on both land and
sea, teamed with the
application of the latest
technologies, enables TTS to
provide customers with the

most appropriate advice and

the smartest solutions. The
deployment of the cassette
system, together with the use
of simulation tools, is central
to TTS thinking in that respect.
The use of simulation tools
quickly facilitates a realistion
of the most efficient layout
and cargo flow for a terminal.
For instance, when and how
an internal ramp could be used

instead of a double linkspan,

or how many cassettes and
translifters are needed to be
able to fulfil a given operation.
Factoring all considerations
into the simulation tool renders
the shortest turnaround time,
safest operation and lowest
maintenance cost on a project
before the first steel plate is
cut in the shipyard or any
environmental changes made.

Engineers and
designers from
leading suppliers
and universities
have striven to
perfect the optimal
transport solution

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Visualising solutions using advanced technologies

As experts in designing products, tools and complete equipment systems TTS Port Equipment
invests in the latest technologies, making extensive use of simulation tools to build and
reinforce our expertise and knowledge of port scenarios

The use of simulation tools

provides a fast and efficient
means to form an
understanding of specific
cargo logistics and to test
hypotheses based on the
requirements of modification.
The simulation of cargo

handling operations for both

ship and port consists of
building a representation of
the real world then testing
various patterns in a what if?
analysis. For example, the
method of double-stacking
containers on transporters

using cassettes, thus allowing

terminal managers the
possibility of moving twice the
capacity with the same
number of vehicles, has been
rigorously tested using
accurate simulation.
Also, providing the ability for

Actual RoRo scenario

Virtual RoRo scenario

Actual LoLo scenario

Virtual LoLo scenario

transporters to decouple the

cassette from its load of
containers can be proven
under simulation to further
increase productivity.