Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 12/2025
Collaborative robotics for project cargo transportation
Terminal operation The port industry faces a persistent challenge in the efficient handling of project cargo – those oversized, irregular loads that do not conform to conventional container standards. Wind turbine blades, transformer units, and heavy machinery components require expensive specialised equipment and extensive manual coordination, creating bottlenecks in terminal operations and driving up operational costs. At the Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services CML, a novel research project is now pioneering a new approach that could revolutionise the handling of such cargoes....