60 FOOT CONTAINERS in the near fututure

It also looks like 53 foot doubles might become a new standard.

 

where will this be standard?

 

If you read the article its mensions how effective it has been in reducing carbon in canada

 

Lol, yeah, to offset the carbon emissions from the oil sands.

 

does anyone else see this as a way to move more freight for the same price?

 

Frito Lay run some 57' vans down in TX

 

I doubt those 60' containers would see much of the city. Shipped from China, loaded on railcars, off the railcars to distribution centers, and that's it. The DC sends out to the stores in regular dry vans.
It's a good concept, but they'll probably have to be on the top stack on the container train, or on single cars, unless someone builds a well car that can take it. The biggest I have seen are the Gunderson 53'ers.

 

I think we will see euro cab overs here soon for that and trailers with 5 foot kingpin setback. View attachment 74942

 

Frito Lay runs 57' in most Midwest west markets. They run them here in Co. heading to Wyo. and S.D..

A few of the issues I see, as mentioned is going to be exceeding the length for some states, but also a lack of chassis, heck there is already a lack of 53' chassis in some markets. The UP shipped three dozen 53' chassis out of Denver 10 days before Thanksgiving. At last count, there were 30 inbound loads sitting on the ground waiting for chassis, customers are livid. We have two loads that are now a week late to be delivered. Until there is enough 60' chassis to go around, they would have to be shipped as a set, I see problems with the flat cars. They have already taken away some flat cars and repurposed them for use with the windmill blades. That extra 7', you would not be able to put two 60's combo's together, they would have to be separated by pups or similar, even spacing a 60' then a 53' then a 60' would create problems. Granted a train doesn't turn sharp, but they do go around curves, you'd have situations where you would only have 1 ft between containers. The upside to it for the rail, I guess it would be more aerodynamic on the train.

As for twin 53's, Swift, HVH and a couple of local pallet companies run twin 48's for some overnight hauls, but they are severely restricted on the hours they can run. They are not allowed between 6:30 am and 9:30 am in this area, it's not uncommon to see a setup parked waiting out rush hour before they can get in to town. If it's hot, they will send a bobtail to grab a trailer and split the set, but not always. Twin 53's would be no different, but again you would see them restricted on the hours they could run.