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Automated terminal starts in Singapore

by Jean-François Tremblay
April 24, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 17

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Credit: LTH Logistics
LTH’s facility can handle containers without direct human contact.
A photo of LTH’s liquid chemical handling facility in Singapore.
Credit: LTH Logistics
LTH’s facility can handle containers without direct human contact.

LTH Logistics has opened a highly automated liquid-chemical-handling facility in Singapore. An operator sitting in a control room runs the facility, which is fitted with overhead cranes made by the Finnish firm Konecranes. Equipment can load and unload containers of chemicals without direct human intervention. Sensors position the tanks and detect any swaying of the contents during handling. The facility is the first of its kind in Asia, Konecranes claims.

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