CPKC Provides 1,000 Refrigerated Intermodal Containers – Fleet Administration

Canadian Pacific Kansas Metropolis added 1,000 new, 53-foot, refrigerated intermodal containers to its community to greater than double its present fleet and produce extra transport choices to clients utilizing the increasing Mexico Midwest Categorical (MMX) collection intermodal service.

CPKC stated, in a press launch, that MMX is North America’s first single-line rail service providing for refrigerated shippers from the Midwest to Mexico, a market at present served by vans.

The corporate stories that single-line haul efficiencies, mixed with seamless crossborder service, make CPKC intermodal transit instances aggressive with over-the-road vans. Changing vans to rail reduces emissions and makes highways safer, based on CPKC.

“Since being launched, MMX has offered truck aggressive service, delivering precisely what we promised and executing what many stated couldn’t be completed,” stated Jonathan Wahba, CPKC senior vice-president of gross sales and advertising and marketing, bulk and intermodal. “This growth of our state-of-the-art reefer gear provides extra clients the answer they should convert to rail.”

Gasoline Effectivity

The common intermodal prepare takes greater than 300 vans off the highway, based on CPKC, and produces 7% decrease greenhouse fuel emissions than vans. Freight trains are 4 instances extra gasoline environment friendly than vans and may transfer a ton of freight 500 miles on one gallon of gasoline, the corporate acknowledged.

Reefer Items

CPKC stated the brand new refrigerated containers are a part of its TempPro options that guarantee merchandise that require temperature safety are transported safely in a quick, dependable, and fuel-efficient service that brings extra competitors to North American provide chains.

The MMX temperature-controlled service will transfer recent and frozen produce, baked items, sweet, and different meals merchandise northbound and beef, hen, and pork to southern markets.

Linking Markets

The MMX Sequence debuted with trains now linking Chicago, Kansas Metropolis, Texas markets, Monterrey, and San Luis Potosi. MMX trains provide third-day service to/from Laredo, fourth-day service to/from Monterrey, and four-and-a-half-day service to/from San Luis Potosi. MMX, based on CPKC, gives a transit time of 98 hours from Chicago to San Luis Potosi.

In April, CPKC introduced new multi-year agreements with each Schneider and Knight-Swift Transportation for intermodal transportation providers alongside the CPKC single-line north-south hall.