CHICAGO, IL,
March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - CN
(TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today the relocation of its forest
products transload operation to North America Stevedoring Company,
LLC's operation at the Port of Chicago to improve supply chain efficiencies
for lumber customers.
The new transload facility is located roughly 13 miles south of
downtown Chicago at 9301 South
Kreiter Ave. North America Stevedoring receives direct rail service
from CN's nearby Kirk Yard in Gary,
Ind., with trucks accessing the terminal from Interstate 90.
The new transload is larger than the one it replaces and features
more than 200,000 square feet of indoor storage as well as outdoor
space.
CN is completing a US$141-million
rehabilitation and facilities addition project at Kirk Yard.
Jean-Jacques Ruest, executive
vice-president and chief marketing officer of CN, said: "With the
integration of the major portion of the Elgin, Joliet
and Eastern Railway into CN, we have a unique opportunity to avoid
Chicago rail congestion by
relocating our forest products reload facility to a site near Kirk
Yard. This will deliver better, more cost-effective supply service
to our customers.
"Served daily by CN, the new transload operation is closer to
both Western Canadian lumber mills as well as Chicago-area markets receiving lumber via CN.
This improves transit times and inventory management for our
customers, underscoring CN's commitment to deliver innovative gains
in supply chain efficiencies."
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, 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
SOURCE CN