| Indoor workshop with runway beams |
Overhead Crane |
Manufacturing, warehouses, assembly and maintenance |
| Indoor building with limited headroom |
Low-Headroom or Underslung Crane |
Existing factories and restricted-clearance workshops |
| Outdoor yard without building support |
Gantry Crane |
Steel yards, precast plants and construction sites |
| Lifting required both inside and outside a building |
Semi-Gantry Crane |
Workshops with adjacent outdoor handling areas |
| Movement between different work zones without rails |
Rubber-Tyred Gantry Crane |
Precast components, modules and heavy equipment |
| Localized lifting at one workstation |
Electric Hoist or Jib Crane |
Machine loading, maintenance and assembly |
| Container transfer between ship and quay |
Ship-to-Shore Crane |
Container terminals |
| Container stacking along fixed rail routes |
Rail-Mounted Gantry Crane |
Rail terminals and high-density container yards |
| Flexible container stacking between yard blocks |
Rubber-Tyred Container Gantry Crane |
Container terminals without fixed yard rails |
| Container lifting and horizontal transport |
Container Straddle Carrier |
Ports and intermodal logistics yards |
| Molten metal, explosive gas, bulk materials or cleanroom handling |
Special-Purpose Crane |
Steel, petrochemical, waste, semiconductor and automated plants |