Most reputable shipping companies use many other cargo-lifting equipment instead of top pickers for containers. The alternatives in logistics and shipping can meet different needs that facilitate operations at the port or shipping company, including cargo-lifting. If you don’t have top picks, you can opt for:

• Automated guided vehicles (AGVs): The driverless AGVs use technology such as lasers, cameras, and guide wires to move containers from one point to the next or to load, unload, and stack cargo.
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• Forklifts: They are powered trucks with two forks that lift and move cargo from one place to another within ports and freight companies. They come in diverse sizes and work best over short distances. The forklifts include pallet jacks, terrain lifts, and top pickers.
  
  
• Chassis rotators: These are heavy-duty forklifts for lifting and storing container chassis when creating space for more cargo. They are also known as chassis flippers that rotate when finding the correct position to place the containers.
  
  
• Material handlers: They are similar to cranes and work with their interchangeable attachments, such as bars and hooks, to wrap around cargo or lift containers for short-distance transportation within the seaports and shipping terminals.
  
  
• Container cranes: Another alternative to top picks is the cranes that are useful in loading and unloading cargo during intermodal shipping. They include harbor, shi[-to-store, gantry, and container-handling cranes.
  
  
• Reach stackers: The equipment is the best alternative for loading, stacking, and unloading containers.
  
  
• Side handlers: Handlers are overhead telescopic equipment that lifts and moves containers sideways. They grab the sides, bottom, or top of empty containers.
  
  

Straddle carriers: The equipment can stack up to four containers without the help of forklifts, top picks, and cranes.