Konecranes benefit from US rail focus
Konecranes is playing its part in helping North America to get more intermodal. It has just received its first order from CSX Intermodal Terminals for three rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to help improve cargo flow from rail to truck.
America is definitely homing in on how rail can improve port infrastructure. Port freight projects across the US have just been awarded US$79m in TIGER IV infrastructure grants with the emphasis on getting freight off the roads by improving rail infrastructure.
CSX Corporation has a transportation network that covers 23 states – its most recent addition to the network is the APM Terminal at Portsmouth, Virginia, which recently gained direct on dock access to the CSX railroad – now far along in the process of streamlining box movements to the Midwestern US.
Konecrane’s new RTGs will play their part at an as yet undisclosed location in the CSX network stacking and moving containers from rail to truck and vice versa. The cranes use the latest differential GPS technology for container yards and they feature autosteering – which helps improve safety and increase productivity.
Jost Daemmgen from Konecranes, said to Port Strategy: “CSX is an important player in the rail and especially in the intermodal industry in the US and North Americas. Therefore we are very proud of being chosen to supply Konecranes’ advanced lifting equipment to their terminals. It is a pleasure and uplifting challenge to work with such a structured and motivated team and we are looking forward to a long term partnership with CSX.”
The cranes are due for delivery in June 2013.
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