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A log cradle container is a specialized, 20-foot (6.10 m) open top and open-ended, intermodal container designed for carrying (or cradling) logs. This configuration allows it to be loaded from the open top by means of a loader and the logs can protrude from the ends. Like a regular 20-foot container it has eight twistlocks. From where the container is loaded with logs it can be put unto a truck and then on a flat wagon after a short road trip. At the end of the train journey it may be put on a truck to continue to a further destination. The use of the container saves unloading the truck, loading the flat wagon, unloading the flat wagon and loading a truck. In other words it can be handled like any other intermodal container.
This container was designed jointly by KiwiRail and Royal Wolf.
References
- harvesttech
- "New cradle containers revolutionise log transportation". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 2021-07-19.
- Log cradle container being loaded
- Royal Wolf
- "Ben R Buddo, Royal Wolf Holdings Ltd: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 2021-07-31.
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