A retired crane instructor shared videos documenting what it's like loading hulking cargo ships. Crane operators are typically dock workers with decades of experience. The role is precise and ...

A large cargo ship hit a tall overhead crane in a Taiwanese port on Thursday, sending it smashing into another crane and then into a pile of shipping containers. A large cargo ship hit a tall overhead ...

Two new ship-to-shore container cranes have arrived at Jaxport’s Blount Island Marine Terminal, expanding the port’s capacity to handle larger vessels as part of a state-backed modernization push. The ...

A container ship crashed into a crane at a port in Taiwan on Thursday, damaging a second crane, sending heavy cargo containers tumbling onto a dock and prompting workers to run for safety, a video ...

EVERETT — A barge carrying a pair of 200-foot-high cargo cranes is due to dock at the Port of Everett next week after a 1,400-mile ocean journey from Los Angeles. The towering green cranes should be ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – PortMiami is taking its container handling capabilities to new heights Monday with arrival of four new Super-Post Panamax cranes. The new cranes are arriving Monday after a 60-day ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Cranes that rank among the largest in the U.S. were shipped into the San Francisco Bay this morning. The cranes will allow the Port of Oakland to handle massive container ...

The Port of New Orleans has received four new 100-foot-gauge container gantry cranes that it says will increase efficiency of operations. The cranes arrived Thursday at the Napoleon Avenue Container ...

There was a time when shipping containers were just used for cargo, but these days, they're used for everything from housing to restaurants and urban farms. While these steel boxes have proven to be ...

A 1,200-pound Rhode Island man was hoisted by crane from his Providence nursing home, packed into a modified cargo container and shipped to a hospital on the back of a flatbed truck after the nursing ...