For some time now, ports have increasingly been moving on from traditional bulk handling functions to an ever-widening range of complex services.  Mobile loading machines in this environment offer much greater deployment flexibility than conventional stationary port handling units.  Contrasting with ship unloaders, portal and cable cranes, Terex Fuchs loading machines can be deployed at once, can travel and are available without any preparation. Wherever general cargo and other loads must be picked up and positioned with precision, mobile loading machines offer definite advantages.  Using hydraulic loading facilities, bulk material, for example, can be picked up by a clamshell grab directly at the ship's side without any trimming and set down on a heap spot-on, but also directly into the body of a truck or another hull.  Here, loading machines specifically designed for port handling work, like the MHL 585, have a reach of 21 m and permit unloading across ship's sides of up to 8 m high. In this respect, the loading cycles can be precisely controlled even with heavy loads and ? relative to the loading cycles of heavy-duty cable cranes ? are a whole lot faster. Loading machines for port handling