You're very welcome. Good luck with the new job.

Brengun...Me too !!!! i spent alot time in and out of Tilbury and Felixstowe doing box work back in the day ,renewed my licence, took my CPC Etc and Im looking at these vids and thinking the same.Still im hoping to get a job in the near future,once this Covid 19 craps over.Got to search out company thats going to be patient with an old fart like me.(58)

Steve Sutherland that's not all. Sometimes we get sent in to some container storage yard or other to pick up an empty, the number for which we then have to call in. If we call in and give an erroneous number they know that box number is a wrong un. I believe it's a database of equipment numbers which the lines offer to their preferred hauliers, so all parties know what equipment is in use in which country. Either way it's quite a feat to keep on top of I should imagine.

Thank you :-)

Well I appreciate your visit anyway. Its nice to meet you, albeit virtually :)

Hi Peter. We have a similar system for Southampton Container terminal on the south coast. Where you take an online awareness video and assessment test. Sadly none of the UK container terminals have a standardised method of issuing port ID/authority. So each port requires a different set of hoops to jump through before you can access the container terminal.

Hello, thanks for getting back to me, regarding port access cards. Ours are issued by the Port Authority, - State Government-(or actually their preferred contractor). It is called a "Maritime Industry Security Card".(M I S C). This includes a federal and state police check. They have something similar for airport workers. Usually, the employer will pay for it, or, if you prefer, you can pay for it then claim the cost back when you put in your tax return at the end of the financial year, which is what I always did. Thanks again for showing us your system, I found it very interesting. I noticed similarities to our container wharves hear. The newest port was called," Hutchison wharf", and their cranes are also remotely operated. But there are always plenty of people running around in "utes" who can contact the office if you have a problem. At Hutchison, you have to stand in a 3 sided shelter with a swipe screen and a pressure mat which you must remain on until the crane is well clear of your truck. I always found DP World to be the worst wharf for delays. This is the one where you park next to the row of containers so you cannot get out of your truck, once you are out of the parking area and on the wharf area. Your London Gateway looks to be the same as Hutchison, except there is no shelter/swipe screen where you stand. Best wishes, Peter Cunningham.

Hi Peter. Gateway is actually a DPWorld port funnily enough. What I failed to mention in the video is we have a similar system to the pressure mat in a three sided shelter, but ours is in the guise of a gadget called a 'Presence' button. Which the driver must hold whilst the container transaction takes place. To 'prove' his location while the crane operates. No button? No box. Yeah we have the guys in the Utes too. But they're thin on the ground so a call to terminal control would always be the first action in case of a problem. The Ute would roll up a little afterwards. By the way its super interesting hearing how things work in Australia so thanks so much for jumping in. I hope the other container guys are enjoying hearing things from your perspective too.

Thanks for the kind words Paul. I do have some dashcam footage from a visit to Trinity Terminal at Felixstowe as it goes. I'll see if I can stitch a vid together this weekend. Watch this space..

I'[[ be looking out for it as I'm heading there Monday morning for the first time ;-) Once again, thanks very much for your time on this. All the best! Paul

Paul Johnson true

Interesting question when you bear in mind the crane is computer operated, so no crane driver to see exactly where I've stopped. All I did was 'touch parked' as if I were backing onto a regular loading bay (READ: A controlled collision into the wall behind me =) and then pulled forward a couple of inches. Worked for me :-)

@@HGVMe ... There are yellow lines painted on all the bays, so you know exactly how far to reverse

You get the slot number only when you present yourself at the port. Previous to that we are given only a VBS (Vehicle Booking System) number. This VBS gets us onto the port, where an on port computer terminal then informs us of our slot number. Which in London Gateway is directly adjacent to where it landed off the ship.

Thats a very good question which I can't answer as its never happened to me. There is an intercom where we stand whilst the crane loads the box onto our trailer, direct through to the container control office. I'm sure that would be the first call to make.

Pretty sure an operator based in a central office controls crane for the proportion of the lift over the haulier, outside of the fenced off area.

The cranes have sensors/cameras to assist in the loading on to trailers, as well as taking off of the trailers. You have to press a. Large red emergency button. If anything goes wrong you release the button. This stops the crane immediately. An operator will then talk to you through an intercom. I believe a member of security/staff assist, will attend to resolve issues. This was the most computer oriented driven Dock site I delivered/collected from. It was very daunting but the safest I felt in any port.

No mate. I didn't know how to change date on my dash cam. 🤣

@@HGVMe Ok thanks

@@HGVMe great content keep up the good work.

Yes mate. For Trinity and also for 8/9 Berth (AKA Languard). Check my other videos.