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An intermodal terminal under construction in North Baltimore, Ohio, will be “one of the most environmentally friendly and technologically advanced freight terminals in the country,” according to CSX Corp.

A key cog in the Class I’s $842 million National Gateway double-stack corridor between Mid-Atlantic ports and Midwestern markets, the Northwest Ohio Terminal is scheduled for completion in 2011.

The facility will feature “ultra-efficient” cranes installed by Hans Kuenz GmbH to reduce energy consumption and emissions, CSX said. While transferring containers between trains and trucks, the cranes will use electric motors and store energy from crane, trolley and hoist decelerations.
 
The terminal also will feature optical cargo scanners at inbound and outbound gates to minimize truck idling, lighting systems with high-pressure sodium bulbs to reduce energy consumption and “light pollution,” and environmentally friendly, recyclable steel ties supplied by NARSTCO, according to CSX.