transtainer

Blend of trans- +‎ container; initially coined by the Pacific Coast Engineering Company (now Paceco) as a brand name.[1]

transtainer (plural transtainers)

1. A mobile gantry crane used for stacking intermodal containers within the stacking areas of a container terminal.
   • 1987, Ernst G. Frankel, Port Planning and Development, page 197:

     The transtainers (system A) are all assumed to have a 62ft span and to straddle a five wide stack.

   • 1993, M Ahmad, Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing 1993, page 300:

     Other parameters, such as the number of transtainers and portainers, have been found to be of secondary influence.

   • 2013, Khalid Bichou, Risk Management in Port Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Security:

     Containers are then removed from the train by a transtainer and placed on truck chassis attached to a tractor and hauled to container storage areas or ship departure areas.

• portainer