In depth discussion of the benefits of cycle loading with Twin Stack double stack container cars at the Port of Tacoma. Cycle loading is a practice where double stack container trains are unloaded and reloaded at the same time increasing productivity and saving labor expenses. Testimonials from John Gray President Intermodal Management Services who operates the Sea-Land Port of Tacoma facility and John Troyke, former CNW Intermodal Executive and current Greenbrier Intermodal field representative in Chicago.
At Sea-Land's Port of Tacoma facility, containers are unloaded from vessels originating in Asia and drayed trackside where they are cycle loaded as containers bound for Asia are unloaded. Twin Stack bulkhead double stack container cars are used increasing productivity and saving labor. The Twin Stack cars are built at Gunderson, Portland Oregon and marketed by Greenbrier Intermodal of Walnut Creek, CA. Both Gunderson and Greenbrier Intermodal are owned by The Greenbrier Companies of Lake Oswego, Oregon.
