What is the operational process of a container terminal? Upon a ship's arrival at the port, manned quay cranes take the containers from the ship. The quay cranes transfer the containers from the ship's hold and deck to vehicles, such as AGVs (automated guided vehicles).

What are the functions of a container terminal?

The range of functions of an inland container terminal is wide. It may serve as a cargo consolidation and deconsolidation centre, where containers are stuffed or stripped, sorted, packed and transported either to seaports or to inland destinations. The terminal may serve as a base for customs clearance.

What are container operations?

Containers are a form of operating system virtualization. A single container might be used to run anything from a small microservice or software process to a larger application. Inside a container are all the necessary executables, binary code, libraries, and configuration files.