53-foot containers

Borderlands Mexico: DP World launches Mexico-to-US intermodal rail service

Global container terminal operator DP World is launching an intermodal service to transport finished vehicles by rail from Mexico to the United States and Canada.

The company said it will implement an industry-first solution based on using 53-foot intermodal containers with racking systems to transport finished vehicles by rail beginning June 1. 

DP World’s “cars in containers” service arrives as North America’s automotive logistics sector faces shortages in roll-on/roll-off and multilevel...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dp-world-launches-mexico-to-us-intermodal-rail-service

FedEx Logistics charters vessels to move China exports, rail containers

A truck backs up to a vessel so the container can be lifted off and loaded.

The freight logistics arm of FedEx has chartered three small vessels to deliver specialized intermodal containers and goods made in China to a small port in California to bypass congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the company announced late Thursday.

The vessels will use the Port of Hueneme, about 60 miles north of the LA-Long Beach complex, to discharge their loads. 

FedEx Logistics is renting dedicated vessels so it can transport 53-foot containers manufactured in China that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-logistics-charters-vessels-to-move-china-exports-rail-containers