Editing Container crane (section)

== Operation ==
[[File:Container ship loading-700px.jpg|thumb|All of the containers on the ''Rita'' have been loaded by cranes similar to this one, in the Port of [[Copenhagen]]]]
[[File:Patrick Port Botany.jpg|right|thumb|A [[MAN SE|MAN AG]] container crane belonging to [[Patrick Corporation]] at [[Port Botany]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]].]]

The crane is driven by an operator who sits in a cabin suspended from the trolley. The trolley runs along rails located on the top or sides of the boom and girder. The operator runs the trolley over the ship to lift the cargo, usually containers. Once the spreader locks onto the container, the container is lifted, moved over the dock, and placed on a [[Container chassis|truck chassis (trailer)]] to be taken to the storage yard. The crane also lifts containers from chassis on the dock to load them onto the ship.

[[Straddle carrier]]s, [[sidelift]]s, [[reach stacker]]s, or container [[Truck|lorries]] then manoeuvre underneath the crane base and collect the containers, rapidly moving them away from the dock and to a storage yard. [[Flatcar]]s or [[well car]]s may also be loaded directly beneath the crane base.