en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) and the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB), in partnership with UTC Transoceanic, are introducing artificial intelligence and digital rail technology to one of the most critical gateways for oversized cargo in the United States. UTC Transoceanic is a newly formed joint venture between New Orleans-based Transoceanic and Houston-based global logistics company UTC Overseas. The collaboration deploys AI-based rail clearance technology and utilizes the Palantir Foundry platform to build a real-time digital model of the NOPB rail network.

This partnership aims to address one of the biggest challenges in global logistics: safely and efficiently transporting oversized and heavy industrial equipment through the U.S. rail network. The customer-facing application, TEID-RDC, allows shippers to input cargo dimensions, weight, and railcar specifications into a digital platform to determine whether the cargo can pass through the rail network and recommend optimal routing options. The system is based on NOPB's "digital twin"—a real-time digital replica of the rail network that continuously tracks clearance information, bridge ratings, intersection geometries, and infrastructure conditions in real time.

This technology is particularly critical as data center construction and energy infrastructure development in the United States are rapidly growing. Large power transformers and electrical equipment weighing hundreds of tons are increasingly shipped through U.S. ports to inland destinations that heavily rely on rail transport. Beth Branch, President and CEO of Port NOLA and CEO of NOPB, stated that planning large-scale industrial shipments today can require weeks of engineering studies and coordination among multiple railroads before a customer knows whether a route is feasible. The technology UTC Transoceanic brings to New Orleans can provide answers almost instantly, a significant advantage for shippers, manufacturers, and project developers making multi-million-dollar logistics decisions. Gregory Rusovich, a shipping executive and founder of Transoceanic, added that cargo owners want certainty—they want to know early in the process whether a shipment can move, how it can move, and how quickly decisions can be made. By combining UTC Overseas' logistics expertise with New Orleans' unparalleled rail connectivity, UTC Transoceanic helps deliver that certainty.

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