Benefits Assessment

Pre-Feasibility Analysis in Three Phases

Overhead, Light-rail Container Transfer Systems – Initial Planning Steps

Site-Specific System Plans

Custom EagleRail system plans
for each port:

Developed using both GoogleEarth and site visits Integrated with port, rail, and land-use master plans

Integrated with port, rail, and land-use master plans

Designs based on:

  • Container origin and destination points (‘nodes’)
    Times of travel

  • Average and peak volumes for each system segment and node

  • Long-term growth rates

  • System route alternatives and potential obstacles

  • System phasing

Deliverables are EagleRail performance specifications and system designs & maps

CapEx and OpEx Estimating

Preliminary estimates to design, build, operate, and sustain the EagleRail system:

Capital Expenditures

  • Engineering design and permits

  • Procurement and delivery

  • Equipment

  • Software and integration

  • Real estate

  • Set-up & testing

  • Commissioning

Operating Expenditures as a simple cost-per-move

  • Staffing and security

  • Licensing

  • Power usage

  • Long-term maintenance

  • Insurance and administrative

Possible financial structures

Benefits-Cost Analysis (BCA)

Quantifying all system benefits and costs (economic, social, environmental, operational):

Alternative development, analysis, and comparison

Net present value for all benefits and costs by stakeholder group

  • Port and terminal growth enabled

  • Avoided and delayed CapEx

  • Intermodal terminal KPI’s

  • Operational efficiencies

  • Asset utilization

  • Freight velocity and fluidity

  • Highway congestion avoided

  • Air quality

  • Decarbonization

  • Safety & other social factors

  • Financial returns on investment

Increase terminal ground slot velocity by reducing dwell time

Reduce touches-per box on terminal

Decongest the terminals by keeping trucks off-dock

Enlarge the effective port zone with integrated off-dock sites

Supporting Operational KPIs and Objectives

Keep long-haul, over-the-road trucks outside the terminal gate with fast transfer to remote gates, off-dock at highway interchanges.

Reduce short haul trucks on the terminal by shuttling directly from industrial parks and near-dock storage yards.

Keep empty-return containers off terminal, delivering them just-in-time for ship loading.

Eliminate security queues with in-line, overhead X-ray and radiation detection as containers enter and leave the terminal through security zones near-dock.

Fast, automated, truck-less movement between port terminals for ship-to-ship transfers.

Fast, automated, truck-less movement between the port terminals and near-dock rail terminals.

Calculating Environmental Impact: Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

ESG Rated: 60% Less Energy Used and 70% Less Emissions Generated

Many port communities are in challenging environments. ​
Beyond GHG emissions, any reduction in truck pollutants positively impacts Quality of Life and Life Expectancy for such communities from the reduction of Asthma and breathing diseases and improved road safety​

An estimated 17,000-20,000 people die each year from exposure to transportation pollutants. ​
Even if freight rapidly shifts to using EV Trucks, their use does not address the increasing congestion which will continue to exacerbate the emissions from idling passenger vehicles in gridlock traffic

Top of Rail Can Outfitted with Solar Panels to Reduce Grid Draw by 20%+

The system, by thoughtful technology efficiency and port operational design, runs containers under the track as slung weight for ease and speed of attachment, higher, more stable cornering speeds and a narrower track footprint.

Which leaves the top of track open for the latent benefit of solar panel options, which can reduce the draw off most local grids in the 20%+ range.