Cargo port is normally categorized into a "bulk" or "break bulk port" or as a "container    port".

The "bulk" or "break bulk ports" may handle one particular type of cargo or it may handle    numerous cargoes, such as coal,cement clinker,sulphur,grains, liquid fuels, liquid chemicals, wood, automobiles,    etc. and which are loaded or unloaded by different port cranes or material handling equipments or bulk handling    system,such as:

Portal cranes,Level luffing cranes,Jib cranes,Portal funnel crane,Kangaroo portal crane,Stationary fixed jetty    crane,Bulks cargo ship unloader,Ship loader,Mobile harbor crane,Gantry crane,Floating barge crane, and etc.

The container ports mostly feed container carriers and handle containerized cargo, which are loaded or unloaded by    different port container cranes or container handling equipments, such as:

Multi-purpose portal crane with simple spreader,Ship-to-Shore container cranes,Yard container cranes, Quayside    container gantry cranes,STS cranes,RMQC cranes, RTG cranes, RMG cranes,Rubber tyred gantry cranes, Rail mounted    gantry cranes, and etc.