Container Securement Working Group Container Securement Objective Identify

Container Securement Working Group

Container Securement Objective: • Identify solutions for automating the securement of containers moving in double stack train service Business Case: • Safety exposures • Eliminate ascends / descends / traversing on rail car • Current processes – 1 Million ascends / descends per week • Efficiency gains • Automation

Container Securement Interim solutions: Semi Automated IBCs: • Removes IBC storage on railcar • Decreases railcar ascends/descends/traversing • Can be applied / removed from ground level • Removes locking / unlocking process • Currently utilized in port environments • Requires testing for use in rail environment IBC Carts: • Removes ascends / descends • Efficiency gains in the securement process • Currently utilized in some rail environments

Container Securement Long Term Solutions – Moving To Automation: Container Integration: • Automated / Integrated locking systems • Suppliers currently in the market • “Nested” container design • Requires testing Rail Car Design: • Opportunities exist • Benefit a long way off – 50 year assets Robotics: • Evolving / Interim approaches • Requires testing

Container Securement Next Steps: • Funding required to develop / test identified solutions • Where will the funding come from? • Funding would move the working group to a Task Force • Task Force would test, develop, and report potential solutions • Legal concerns of picking / assisting specific suppliers? ?