Sitting in a rattling cage -- 110 feet in the air -- is Bill Galea's job description. He's a container crane operator at the Port of Oakland, the fifth busiest container port in the country. Cars, ...

The recent surge of container traffic at the Port of Baltimore’s piers has caused congestion on the docks, most notably for truckers, who often spend hours waiting for their cargo in long lines on ...

OSHA has published a new fact sheet to improve crane operation safety in marine terminals. The publication, "Radio Communication Can Assist Container Gantry Crane ...

“It takes many hours of being in that seat and repeating the same task over and over again to be proficient — it doesn’t happen overnight,” said Scott Reeves, who’s in charge of training ship-to-shore ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Firefighters work to free a crane operator ...

It takes a smooth and practiced hand to load container ships at Port Houston. With two joysticks and myriad buttons, crane operators must hoist cargo over the side of an expensive vessel and onto an ...

Maria Adame has worked as a longshoreman crane operator for over 20 years. Sitting on her perch 160 feet above the Port of Los Angeles, Maria Adame gently maneuvers her crane as she offloads ...