Stacking up

Thursday, September 15, 2011
High-tech CSX hub takes intermodal to next level.    Companies like CSX are applying new approaches to increase the density and efficiency of new intermodal terminals.    These include stacking stored containers trackside, using cantilevered, wide-span electric cranes that can cross several tracks at once, employing advanced software to optimize the order of lifts, and automated gate systems that minimize queuing of truck traffic.    Much of the operations concept and technolo...
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