HAMILTON, Ontario — The Canadian government will invest up to C$5 million in transloading facilities at the Port of Hamilton, aiding the transfer of steel products between marine, rail, and road transport. In all, the project by the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority will cost almost C$10 million and will address supply-chain congestion at the port. “As […]
Canadian National set a single-month record for movement of Western Canadian grain in October, the company said, moving more than 3.23 million metric tons. Canadian Pacific also set a grain-movement record for the month, moving 3.14 metric tons. This surpassed its previous best month by 100,000 metric tons. CN’s figure exceeded its previous best month, […]
LAREDO, Texas — With simultaneous ceremonies in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Kansas City Southern marked the start of construction on a second span of the International Railway Bridge across the Rio Grande. KCS CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer led the ceremony in Laredo on Monday, Oct. 31, while KCS de Mexico President Oscar del Cuento hosted […]
A Canadian Pacific heritage locomotive appears in Iowa in 2019. Steve Smedley Read more Canadian Pacific articles on Trains’ website. Canadian Pacific summary Canadian Pacific Railway Limited is a railroad holding company based in Calgary, Alberta. Its subsidiary Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CP) extends over about 12,700 route miles from British Columbia to New Brunswick, […]
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CALGARY, Alberta – Canadian Pacific reported double-digit growth in revenue and earnings in the third quarter, as overall volume grew 10% and intermodal and potash traffic set new records. “Throughout the year, we have said 2022 would be a tale of two halves and that is exactly how it is unfolding,” CEO Keith Creel said […]
MONTREAL – Canadian National set a new weekly tonnage record for Canadian grain the week of Oct. 16, the railroad announced Monday. CN move more than 806,000 metric tons of grain from Western Canada, eclipsing the previous record by more than 50,000 metric tons. The record, CN says, comes after CN posted its second-best September […]
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Canadian government on Thursday announced a series of steps to streamline shipping regulations and improve use of digital information in Canada’s supply chain, moves Transport Minister Omar Alghabra described as “a first step toward addressing recommendations by the National Supply Chain task force.” The moves announced Thursday, backed by a government […]
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Canada’s National Supply Chain Task Force has called for moves to address port congestion and expansion of interswitching — often referred to as reciprocal switching in the United States — among a series of immediate recommendations to address congestion in the nation’s supply chain. In a final report issued Thursday, the task […]
BERLIN — The Railway Supply Institute and its Canadian and European counterparts have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish future collaboration between the rail supply industry groups. The agreement between RSI, the Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers, and the European Rail Supply Industry Association, or UNIFE, was announced Tuesday at the InnoTrans trade fair. The […]
Union Pacific is booting Canadian Pacific out of the EMP domestic container pool. EMP, which rosters a 44,000-unit fleet of green 53-foot containers, is an interline intermodal partnership between UP and Norfolk Southern. CP, Canadian National, Kansas City Southern, and Florida East Coast also participate in EMP, which allows intermodal marketing companies to book loads […]
CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern continue to test interline moves linking Canada, the U.S., and Mexico as a prelude to eventual single-line service once their proposed merger is approved. The railroads have operated six or seven international intermodal trains from the Port of Lazaro Cardenas, on Mexico’s west coast, to Chicago, […]
