The Container Yard Operation (Offered in Arabic Only)

Course details

Course Outlines:

• Introduction: direct and indirect delivery; functions of storage
• Principles of container yard design, layout and facilities
• Container yard layout and operational features for chassis/trailer transfer systems
• Container yard layout and operational features for lift-truck transfer systems
• Container yard layout and operational features for straddle-carrier direct systems
• Container yard layout and operational features for straddle-carrier relay systems
• Container yard layout and operational features for rubber-tyred yard gantry systems
• Container yard layout and operational features for rail-mounted yard gantry systems
• The yard address system
• Allocating storage zones and sections
• Factors affecting space allocation
• The storage operation information system
• Operational procedures and practices for imports and exports
• Operational procedures and practices for in-terminal and interchange movements
• Safety and security rules relating to the container yard.

Course Objectives:

This Unit is designed:

• To describe the storage operation and to explain its importance in container terminal operations.
• To describe the principles of container yard layout and facilities.
• To describe the container yard address system.
• To describe the import and export stacking rules and practices.
• To discuss the planning of container yard operations.
• To describe the movement of containers into and out of storage and the related information and administrative systems.