Founded over a hundred years ago, Gottwald Port Technology GmbH, now a member of the stock-exchange listed Demag Cranes Group, took a decision twenty years ago to concentrate exclusively on products for material handling in ports and terminals. The company is acknowledged as being the inventor of the Mobile Harbour Crane and is also the pacesetter in the automation of container handling.

The range of products currently includes Mobile Harbour Cranes and such derivatives as Portal Harbour Cranes and Floating Cranes,  Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) for horizontal container transport, Automated Stacking Cranes (ASCs) and Wide Span Gantries (WSGs). In addition, there is the navigation and management software developed in-house for operating and interlinking AGVs and ASCs, in particular. And finally, state-of-the-art  simulation and emulation technology assists terminal planning, design and performance assessment even before the first cut of the spade.

The products are equally suited to operation in maritime and inland terminals and, depending on needs and the chosen configuration, work seamlessly together. The connection is made through the latest in software programming.

The tremendous increase in container and bulk transport and, as a result, the volume of cargo handled in almost every port, has necessitated, firstly, faster cargo handling and, secondly, significantly improved use of space. It was for this reason that we have almost doubled the hoisting speed – the single most important performance factor in the loading and unloading of vessels – achieved by our Generation 5 cranes compared with the previous generation. At the same time, we have improved our advance order programme for Mobile Harbour Cranes and considerably reduced production lead-times. Based on its successful Mobile Harbour Crane technology, Gottwald has developed and, quite literally, launched, Floating Cranes. Floating cranes, which are currently experiencing a renaissance, have short delivery lead-times, especially when they are based on the modular Mobile Harbour Cranes, make additional quay space unnecessary and neatly navigate around the entire problem of approvals procedures.

Apart from the benefits to a terminal generally associated with automating container transport, stacking and retrieval, Gottwald's ASCs offer far improved stacking density and faster working speeds. One-over-five stacking solutions, coupled with variable stack widths, rapid storage and retrieval, ensure high volumes and fast speeds in the container stackyard while maximising space usage. In the field of automated horizontal container transport, Gottwald is currently introducing its latest development, the Lift AGV. The Lift AGV combines Gottwald's proven AGV technology – several hundred of which are in use – with innovative features enabling container transport to be decoupled from storage processes. This not only reduces the number of vehicles required by around half, it significantly increases productivity.

The logistical interlinking of individual machines and entire fleets of machines using smart software is playing an increasingly important part. In this context, Gottwald spares no effort to ensure its own software can be easily integrated in superordinate TOS software. The part played by software in influencing productivity in terminals is generally underestimated. It is, indeed, the software that makes a considerable contribution towards improving handling rates in container terminals. After all, only software can efficiently link the processes in maritime and inland terminals. With its range of products, incorporating both hardware and software, Gottwald makes a decisive contribution to sustainable improvements in terminal productivity and to preventing quay congestion.

　　德国高华（Gottwald）口岸手艺无限公司建立已有百年之久，当今是上市公司Demag起重机团体的成员公司。二十年前高华起头集合尽力开辟口岸船埠所需的物料搬运产物。公司发了然挪动式口岸起重机，是以而著名全国。高华同时仍是集装箱搬运主动化体系的先导。

　　高华的产物规模今朝包含挪动式口岸起重机及相干派出产物，包含用于程度集装箱运输的口岸起重机、浮式起重机及主动导向车（AGV），主动化聚积起重机（ASC）及宽跨距龙门体系。别的，公司还供给海运及办理软件来停止室内的AGV及ASC操纵及互联。进步前辈的摹拟仿真手艺在完工前辅佐了口岸计划、设想、机能等各方面的评价。

　　高华产物顺应于海运及陆上抗口操纵，按照客户需要挑选恰当的设置装备摆设。各装配间的共同操纵经由过程软件名目停止，做到了松散有用。

　　集装箱及散装货色运输急剧增加，减轻了各口岸货色搬运使命，使得更快的货色搬运及空间的杰出应用逐步成了燃眉之急。是以，高华经由过程利用第五代起重机，晋升了起升速率。起升速率是船只货色装卸中最为主要的机能身分。同时，高华改进了挪动式口岸起重机的挑撰法式，极大地削减了出产间的时候距离。依托胜利的挪动式口岸起重机手艺，高华开辟并推出了浮式起重机。浮式起重机配送距离时候短，今朝处于回复阶段。特别当浮式起重机在组合挪动式口岸起重机的根本上停止操纵时，节流了船埠空间，顺遂处理了一切的题目。

　　高华的主动化聚积起重机岂但改良了船埠的主动化集装箱运输、聚积及检索效力，还进步了聚积密度，加速了任务历程。1-5种聚积计划，可变的聚积宽度，疾速的存储及检索保障了集装箱堆场的高容量及高速率，同时完成了空间的最大化利用。在主动化程度集装箱运输方面，高华推出了其最新开辟的主动晋升导向车（Lift AGV）。Lift AGV连系了高华的进步前辈AGV手艺（几百台高华AGV正在利用中）及立异的科技，使得集装箱运输从存储法式平分离了出来，岂但将所需车辆的数目削减了一半，还极大的进步了出产效力。 　　在单一个机制与整体机制团队的智能互联系统方向，矫捷的工具阐扬了相当包括的影响。高华尽心竭力而为地改进其工具风险管理工作指标体系，使其更最易于优势互补入等的船埠管理风险管理工作指标体系（TOS）工具。该工具在改进船埠产出打球待定方向阐扬的工作难以只有，及天地全面发展了集包装箱船埠的搬货打球待定。仅用1项工具风险管理工作指标体系便能使用地下载链接国内海运及马路上船埠的搬货西式。经途环节供求平衡题材终产物，包括工具及硬件配置，高华各关口无限卡司为船埠产出打球待定的可传承成长发育、避开各关口网络堵塞，网络响应过慢或许卡死产生了庞大汽车的进献。