Automated terminals and container weight verification represent important new trends in container handling and Bromma now has nearly 400 crane spreaders in service or on order to automated terminals with 55 spreaders specified with Bromma container weight verification technology.
With container weight verification technology, containers are weighed from the spreader twistlocks during normal container handling operations, with accuracy to within 1%. This has both safety and planning benefits.
In general, terminals seeking to verify container weight have three options: identify weight from the weigh bridges, from the container crane, or from the spreader twistlocks. According to the company, terminals are increasingly specifying Bromma technology because weighing containers from the spreader twistlocks has several advantages including:
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