Bellingham Shipping Terminal to reconnect to BNSF main line

BNSF Railway (BNSF), North America’s largest intermodal rail, GMXT, the largest operator of freight rail services in Mexico and JB Hunt Transport Services Inc, one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, are to cooperate in a new intermodal rail service linking Mexico with the US. The trains are routed via the Eagle Pass, Texas border crossing.

Lowell, Ark, based JB Hunt, which is one of the US’s largest trucking, intermodal and logistics services companies, is to buy the brokerage operations of BNSF Logistics, which is a business unit of BNSF Railway.

Mi-Jack Products has produced an RTG crane with a single cantilever for BNSF in the United States.

Recent developments in the gantry crane market include RCI’s expansion in the RTG sector, the growing use of gantry cranes at intermodal terminals in the US, and a concept for hybrid E-RTGs.

Vessel sharing is creating a landside challenge in Los Angeles and Long Beach

US railroads are moving more containers than before, but train speeds haven’t kept pace with volumes.