COFASTRANS is underpinned by decades of industry experience and backed by research.

View the technical papers and presentations behind the concept

• “Who Will Pay for a Port Productivity Revolution?” – G Rankine (2022). Association pour l’Avenir des Ports de Cherbourg-En-Cotentin. Cherbourg, France | View the presentation
   
   
  This presentation was delivered as a response to:
  “Who will pay for a port productivity revolution?” – Drewry (2015). The Medi Telegraph. | Read the article

 

• “Redesign options of large container vessels in order to comply better with the COFASTRANS system for loading/unloading from both sides” – LN Tsaganos (2020). National Technical University of Athens. Athens, Greece. | Read the thesis 

 

• “The Next Generation Terminal Layout” – G Rankine, Beckett Rankine (2019). TECH TOC Conference. Singapore | View the presentation

 

• “COFASTRANS (Container Vessel Fast Transhipment System)” – G Rankine, I Netherstreet, D Perez Romero, J Palmer (2018). PIANC-World Congress. Panama City, Panama | Read the paper

 

• “Benchmarking Container Terminal Performance” – G Rankine (2003). Container Port Conference. Rotterdam, The Netherlands | Read the paper

 

• “Next Generation Berth and Yard Layout” – G Rankine (2001). TOC Asia. Hong Kong | View the presentation | Read the background paper

 

• “Developing a Container Vessel Docking System” – G Rankine (1999). Keynote Paper at Seminar on Port Design & Operation Technology. Singapore

 

• “Innovative Terminal Design – Developing Docking Systems” – G Rankine (1999). TOC ’99. Genoa

 

• “Container Ship Docking” – G Rankine (1998). Ports and Terminals Group Conference. London, UK