You’ve heard of self-driving vehicles. How about self-operating cranes? Union Pacific (UP) acquired five new wide-span cranes that are integrated with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and can operate semi ...

Norfolk Southern has contracted with Cargotec subsidiary Kalmar for four Kalmar SmartPower rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs) equipped with process automation technology. Delivery is scheduled to be ...

GPS-guided cranes enable swifter cargo transfers in intermodal terminals, and automated optical scanners quickly and reliably identify trailers, containers and trucks as they enter and exit a transfer ...

The Georgia Ports Authority has ordered eight rail-mounted gantry cranes from Konecranes as part of a recently started construction project to expand the Port of Savannah’s on-dock intermodal yard.

Intermodal cargo is booming at the nation’s ports. The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach both reported record levels of cargo. Georgia's Port of Savannah hit its highest annual volume ...

MINOT, N.D. — They’re ramping up the intermodal “ramp” at Minot, N.D., a key piece of what could become very important as an international launching pad for specialty crop growers and exporters. Greg ...

The intermodal container business has allowed many companies to shift longer-haul freight to rails in the face of tight capacity and a driver shortage. But in recent years, Schneider and a handful of ...

In the expanse of northwest Ohio farmland, Jim Wymer’s closest neighbor is a CSX intermodal container hub. It’s the only one like it in the world, a pass-through for hundreds of thousands of freight ...

Next time you open a bottle of Chilean wine — or wear a shirt from Bangladesh or watch a flat-screen TV from South Korea for that matter — toast Malcom McLean. Thanks to McLean, a North Carolina ...

The heat builds up for more and better ways to deal with shrinking truck capacity, the clogged conditions of U.S. highways and an answer to driver shortages. Some Class 1 railroads are taking on the ...