GDYNIA's Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) recently won Gold and Bronze Innovation Awards for its exceptional port projects
Baltic Container Terminal wins gold and bronze port innovation awards
GDYNIA's Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) recently won Gold and Bronze Innovation Awards for its exceptional port projects and undertakings in Poland's transport sector.
BCT's design, production and use of a cross-beam for loading and unloading heavy, large cargoes into containers, won the gold while a new IT system, TOPIK, a module for planning and management of work in the terminal, won the bronze.
BCT received the awards during the Transport Innovations Forum organised by the Centre for Analyses of Transport and Infrastructure Foundation and the Polish Foundation for Management Promotion, with the participation of domestic and foreign partners.
Honourary patrons of the forum were the Polish Ministry of Regional Development, the European Commission, the Marshal of the Malopolska Region, the Office of the Mayor of Krakow and the Polish Chamber of Commerce.
BCT technical director Kazimierz Giczkowski designed and manufactured the cross-beam, a device that optimises cost and time for loading goods. Its overall dimension is similar to the size of a container door, and with a maximum net weight that can be put into a container.
The device cuts loading and unloading time, and allows work without moving a container from a platform. Before the introduction of the cross-beam, unloading and loading of large cargoes were among the most difficult tasks at BCT.
Meanwhile, BCT Information Technology designed and implemented the TOPIK system. It is capable of generating comprehensive reports and managing terminal operations, both in-house and outsourced work, said the BCT statement.
