Rubber tyred gantry crane is an important equipment widely used in ports, container yards and logistics centers. As a highly flexible crane, RTG crane has extremely high maneuverability because it is equipped with rubber tires and can move freely in a wide area without relying on fixed tracks.

Conventional gantry cranes are used for installation on roads or railways. It lowers a cable connected to a hook point on the storage container. The gantry crane then lifts the container and moves it further for stacking or loading onto a trailer for shipment. Rubber tyred gantry cranes also work on a similar principle. The difference is that the entire device can be moved from one location to another.