Some 13 RMG container-handling cranes will be delivered to BNSF’s Memphis and Kansas City intermodal terminals. The parties have agreed not to disclose the total value and other details of the order, which was completed in June.
BNSF, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is investing to expand the capacity of its railway network and intermodal facilities due to rapidly increasing container volumes. Intermodal transportation involves more than one mode of transportation (for example, rail and truck).
BNSF’s current cranes will be replaced by new, much larger and more efficient ones.
The cranes are all-electric and will, thus, have a low environmental impact, according to Konecranes. “They are also equipped with Regenerative Network Braking units that enable energy, released during lowering the load or during braking, to be fed back to the local grid, instead of being wasted in braking resistors,” it added.
The RMGs span 42.6m and can lift 40t containers one-over-five high. They will be used for the transfer of containers between stack, rail cars and road vehicles.
