FEBRUARY 2022 | PORT DOCKSIDE NEWS


LIEBHERR SUPPLIES 3 RAIL MOUNTED GANTRY CRANES TO CSX INTERMODAL NORTH CAROLINA


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iebherr Container Cranes has supplied three fully automated Rail Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes to CSX Carolina


Connector Intermodal Terminal (CCX) in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, which comes with a Liebherr Remote operator Stations (ROS) for supervised moves. The Liebherr RMGs have a span of 165 ft. (50.292m), a lift height over rail of 50


ft. (15.24m) and cantilevered outreaches both sides with a safe working load of 40 long tons (40.6 tons). Within the span, the machines will work five rail lines and a four-high, five-wide container stack, with a further two rail lines under one of the cantilevers. Truck handling will take place under the other cantilever in a dedicated truck transfer area. Container handling on the stack is


fully automated and in line with terminal safety procedures, picking and placing from the rail cars is carried out remotely using supervised moves. Truck handling employs a combination


of manual and supervised moves. The RMGs will operate on both domestic 53’ wide top pick containers and ISO containers, handling single and double stacked rail cars.


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