Automation is rapidly gaining ground in container terminals of all sizes. However, until now, one area of container handling has still required manual work, often in dangerous conditions. Stevedores ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] The development of self-driving trucks and how they might one day revolutionize the shipment of goods inland has been widely reported.

This past February, two automated straddle carriers were deployed as part of an automation pilot project at BNSF’s Logistics Park Kansas City (LPKS) Intermodal Facility. The straddle carriers can ...