2020年6月，奥克兰港（POAL）跨运车（SC）第一期自动化项目正式启动。截至9月，由24台增强型手动跨运车和27台新型自动化科尼诺尔跨运车（A-STRAD）组成的车队已成功为26艘集装箱运货船提供服务。

In June 2020 the first phase of the Ports of Auckland’s (POAL) straddle carrier (SC) automation project went live. By September, 26 container ships had been successfully serviced by the blended fleet of 24 enhanced manual SCs and 27 new automated Konecranes Noell Straddle Carriers (A-STRADs).

手动跨运车车队配备了能够与TBA集团的TEAMS设备控制系统无缝协作的额外的安全控制系统。新型软件确保利用单一管理系统监督整个车队（无论是手动还是自动）的操作情况。科尼集团设备与TBA集团集装箱码头和设备软件协作，以便模拟、测试和升级等尽可能实现无缝操作，即刻优化系统性能。

The fleet of manned SCs were equipped with additional safety control systems that work seamlessly with TBA’s TEAMS Equipment Control System. The new software ensures the entire fleet (whether manual or automated) can be supervised using one management system. Konecranes equipment and TBA’s terminal and equipment software work hand-in-glove so that simulations, testing and ramp-up are as seamless as possible. In this way optimal system performance is swiftly achieved.

全手动跨运车车队（多台跨运车已使用10年之久）与27台新型自动化科尼诺尔跨运车（A-STRAD）结合使用时，港口操作模式和基础设施需要进行几项关键的更新。第一阶段的执行事项包括建造由A-STRAD操作的新型车门，设立跨运车与A-STRAD之间的“信号交换”区域。作为全球首创，这一发展是团队关注的重点领域。

Blending an entirely manual fleet of SCs (many already 10 years old) with the 27 new A-STRADs required several key changes to the port’s operations and infrastructure. The first stages of implementation included building the new truck gates operated by the A-STRADs and setting up an interchange area for the “handshake” between the SCs and A-STRADs. As a world-first this development was a key focus area for the team.

本项目需要具有灵活性，端到端自动化的解决方案，通过科尼集团（作为一流的自动化系统供应商）、港口码头软件开拓者TBA集团和POAL团队（由操作、基础设施、IT和系统专家组成）之间的精诚合作得以施行。

The project has demanded a flexible, end-to-end automation solution executed through agile cooperation between Konecranes, as premier automation system provider, port terminal software pioneer TBA Group and POAL’s team of operations, infrastructure, IT and systems specialists.

“科尼集团与TBA集团大举拓展合作的队伍，志在满足我们的特定需求，施行POAL的高标准方案。我可以坦言道，他们的自动化举措,能够达到可控的和定制的步骤,，因而成为我们的最优解决方案。我们坚信，我们的合作关系将为之后的自动化推广工作取得进一步的丰硕成果。”奥克兰港自动化项目经理Ross Clarke对此有感而发。

“Together Konecranes and TBA are a great team. They worked hard to address our specific needs and took POAL’s high standards comfortably in their stride. I can honestly say that their approach to automation, reaching it in manageable and tailored steps, was the optimal solution for us and we are confident the partnership will yield further great results for the rest of our automation roll-out,” concluded Ross Clarke, Programme Manager – Automation, Ports of Auckland.

POAL在这一阶段采用自动化的首要目的是提高集装箱码头的装卸能力，并将集装箱码头的年吞吐量从约900,000 TEU/年提升到1.4 M TEU/年。POAL是新西兰最为繁忙的进口港。集装箱码头与科尼集团之间的合作关系有助于在整个升级过程中可靠性不受影响，同时确保集装箱的装卸效率。

POAL’s primary aim for converting to automation in this phase is to increase the terminal’s capacity and move the annual terminal throughput from circa 900,000 TEU/year to 1.4 M TEU/year. POAL is New Zealand’s busiest import port. The cooperation between the terminal and Konecranes ensured container handling efficiency while reliability was not compromised throughout the ramp-up.

科尼集团自动化水平运输总监Ralf Konnerth对此表示：“在与奥克兰港（POAL）团队的密切合作期间，我们将港口的相关区域打造成前所未有的信号交换区域。该区域不断变化，不设围栏，配备自动防故障装置。这一创新系统确保在手动跨运车和自动化科尼诺尔跨运车（A-STRAD）之间实现堆叠倒料，大幅节省客户的建筑工程成本。”

Ralf Konnerth, Director of Konecranes Automated Horizontal Transport, commented, “In close cooperation with the POAL team, we designed the port’s sectors first-ever dynamic, fenceless and fail-safe interchange area. The innovative system allows stack shuffling between manual SCs and A-STRADs and saves the customer substantial costs in civil works.”

本项目是科尼集团港口自动化举措的一部分。其中，集装箱码头以可管理的方式提升工作效率和安全性。从智能化到全自动化，这一举措包括监督操作和远程操作，以平稳推行自动化方案。港口自动化举措适用于所有集装箱装卸设备品牌。全自动化可能是最终目标，但未必一定是。灵活性才是关键。

This project is part of Konecranes’ Path to Port Automation, where container terminals improve productivity and safety in manageable steps. From smart features up to full automation, the path can include supervised operation and remote operation to smoothly introduce the power of automation. The path to port automation applies to all container handling equipment brands. Full automation can be the final goal, but it doesn’t have to be. Flexibility is the key.