TORONTO, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR)(NYSE: CNI)
will launch EcoRide in April 2011.
EcoRide is a new container chassis expected to reduce fuel
consumption in CN's trucking of containers to and from its
intermodal terminals by eight to 10 per cent.
The EcoRide chassis, developed in collaboration with a Canadian
supplier, is equipped with a series of features that reduce fuel
consumption, hence greenhouse gas emissions: side skirts to reduce
aerodynamic drag, a weight 15 per cent less than conventional CN
chassis, and low-rolling resistance tires on each axle instead of
the normal four tires per axle. CN will debut this new chassis in
Ontario.
Click on http://www.cn.ca/en/cn-ecoride-container-chassis.htm to
view a picture of CN's innovative EcoRide chassis.
Jean-Jacques Ruest, CN executive vice-president and chief
marketing officer, said: "CN stands for innovation and is
continuously looking for ways to reduce its energy consumption and
carbon footprint. After the successful launch last year of
EcoTherm, our new greener insulated container, the CN team started
to explore other opportunities to provide customers better supply
chain solutions that reduce carbon emissions.
"CN's next steps in environmental innovation will include
testing hybrid container cranes, in-terminal hybrid trucks, and
energy efficient generators. CN is deploying the hybrid shunt
trucks in ground switching of containers on chassis at our Brampton
Intermodal Terminal this month."
Kraft Canada, a major CN
intermodal customer, is taking a comprehensive approach to its
sustainability program. "We are working very closely with CN to
develop a low carbon supply chain," said Craig McLaughlin, vice-president, supply chain,
for Kraft Canada. "We appreciate that CN continues finding new ways
to be more energy efficient. CN is aligned with Kraft's focus on
those suppliers that deliver the most value, which includes great
service, innovation and reduced carbon emissions."
Click on
http://www.cn.ca/en/cn-ecotherm-container-ecoride-chassis.htm to
view a picture of CN's EcoTherm container (left) and EcoRide
chassis (right).
For shipments moving more than 1,000 miles, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency says intermodal transport cuts fuel
use and greenhouse gas emissions by 65 per cent, compared with
truck transport alone.
Ruest said: "Our new intermodal chassis and other energy-saving
initiatives underscore CN's commitment to improve supply chain
sustainability and to further strengthen the inherent environmental
benefits of our rail service offering."
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain information included in this news release constitutes
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United
States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and under
Canadian securities laws. CN cautions that, by their nature, these
forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and
assumptions. The Company cautions that its assumptions may not
materialize and that current economic conditions render such
assumptions, although reasonable at the time they were made,
subject to greater uncertainty.
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performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors which may cause the actual results of performance of
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forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the
effects of general economic and business conditions, industry
competition, inflation, currency and interest rate fluctuations,
changes in fuel prices, legislative and/or regulatory developments,
compliance with environmental laws and regulations, actions by
regulators, various events which could disrupt operations,
including natural events such as severe weather, droughts, floods
and earthquakes, labor negotiations and disruptions, environmental
claims, uncertainties of investigations, proceedings or other types
of claims and litigation, risks and liabilities arising from
derailments, and other risks detailed from time to time in reports
filed by CN with securities regulators in Canada and the
United States. Reference should be made to "Management's
Discussion and Analysis" in CN's annual and interim reports, Annual
Information Form and Form 40-F filed with Canadian and U.S.
securities regulators, available on CN's website, for a summary of
major risks.
CN assumes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking
statements to reflect future events, changes in circumstances, or
changes in beliefs, unless required by applicable Canadian
securities laws. In the event CN does update any forward-looking
statement, no inference should be made that CN will make additional
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other forward-looking statement.
CN - Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway
subsidiaries - spans Canada and
mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the
Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports
of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New
Orleans, and Mobile, Ala.,
and the key metropolitan areas of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth,
Minn./Superior, Wis.,
Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St.
Louis, and Jackson, Miss.,
with connections to all points in North
America. For more information on CN, visit the company's
website at www.cn.ca.
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