By the 1980s, shoreside gantry cranes were capable of moving containers on a 3-minute-cycle, or up to 400 tons per hour.
If we could duplicate the gestalt, even our featherweights could move containers.
The idea is to move containers out of the New York port as quickly as possible by train or barge to regional distribution centers.
Carialle's image stopped in the hold as Keff began to move containers out of the way.
They are introducing new rail technology, such as so-called intermodal systems that move containers by road and rail.
The streets are crowded with moving containers.
Several of the men jumped down in the hold to activate the tracks and move containers closer to the hatch so the crane could pull them up.
The Greek is impressed by Frank's caution, suggesting they only move clean containers for a while.
But he said American ports were moving and screening containers at a rate consistent with the current threat alert level of yellow, for elevated.
Straddle carrier, a large vehicle used to move containers around shipping ports.