# Norfolk Southern adds six electric cranes at Austell intermodal terminal

Norfolk Southern Railway is installing six fully electric cranes manufactured by Kuenz Cranes at its Austell, Georgia, intermodal terminal, converting part of the facility to stacked-container operations. The $21 million project will double throughput to 100,000 containers annually and is expected to be completed by the end of 2023.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-01-27
- Where: Austell, Georgia, United States
- Value: $21.0M
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 100,000 containers annually; 650,000 lifts per year
- Products: intermodal container handling services
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [Norfolk Southern Railway](https://endata.com/companies/27213.md)
- [Kuenz Cranes](https://endata.com/companies/68131.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [progressiverailroading.com](https://www.progressiverailroading.com/RailPrime/Details/New-cranes-at-NS-Austell-intermodal-site-to-double-throughput--68451), 2023-01-27: "Adding the cranes will turn the Austell site into a partial stacked-container facility, which will help double throughput to 100,000 containers annually."

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