CN announced a C$20 million (USD 16 million) investment in the expansion of its cold supply chain capacity to help producers and distributors of chilled or frozen foods grow their businesses in North American and overseas markets.
“CN was the first railway to introduce highway-to-rail conversion of reefer service in transborder markets. Our high-quality cold supply chain service has been embraced by the marketplace. We are now adding capacity to grow and help Canada’s food processing industry gain and maintain access to new domestic and international markets,” JJ Ruest, executive vice-president said.
To accommodate growth, CN is acquiring 200 more domestic, 53-foot temperature-controlled containers, which will add to the current fleet of containers circulating inside North America.
CN is also acquiring 32 electrical generators to move 40-foot international marine reefers to and from CN-served ports on CN intermodal trains. The power packs provide economies of scale by connecting up to 17 international marine reefers at a time.
CN, in collaboration with other railway companies, offers cold supply chain rail services between Canada-United States-Mexico, as well as between Canada and overseas markets.
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