Kansas City Southern Re-Launches Intermodal Service between New Orleans and Dallas
April 25 2018 - 11:30AM
Business Wire
Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today a new
weekly intermodal service between the Port of New Orleans (Port
NOLA) and Wylie, Texas, beginning in May 2018. The previously
offered intermodal service in this lane had been discontinued
following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
“KCS is pleased to re-launch this intermodal service between New
Orleans and the growing Dallas import market,” said KCS executive
vice president and chief marketing officer Brian D. Hancock. “In
our continuing quest to be the most customer-focused transportation
provider in North America, KCS is providing options to our
customers in both the U.S. and Mexico through port services and
transit options for supply chains from Asia, Latin America and
Europe.”
KCS’ David L. Starling Wylie Intermodal Terminal opened for
operations in 2015, serving domestic and international intermodal
customers. The Wylie Intermodal Terminal has an automated gate
system with high definition imagers, optical character recognition
and biometric driver identification. It also has 1,500 parking
spaces, 400 container stack spots, enhanced traffic signals,
specific turn lanes, two 5,000-foot intermodal tracks, and by the
end of 2018, will have an annual lift capacity of over 342,000
units.
“The return of the Kansas City Southern weekly intermodal
service helps us capture greater market share and optimize
throughput, with the ultimate goal of providing the best service
possible to our customers,” said Brandy D. Christian, Port of New
Orleans president and CEO, and New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
Corporation CEO. “This new intermodal service strengthens Port
NOLA’s position as a seamless freight gateway, and we look forward
to growing business with KCS.”
Port NOLA is a deep-draft, multipurpose port with on-dock rail
service at the center of the world’s busiest port system -
Louisiana’s Lower Mississippi River. Connected to major inland
markets and Canada via 14,500 miles of waterways, six Class I
railroads and the interstate highway system, Port NOLA is the ideal
gateway for containers and breakbulk cargo. A growing network of
ocean carriers, along with services like container-on-barge, make
Port NOLA the superior logistics solution. On February 1, 2018,
Port NOLA acquired the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, a Class
III switching railroad with the primary mission of serving the
Port, our Class I rail partners and local industry.
Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., KCS is a transportation
holding company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico
and Panama. Its primary U.S. holding is The Kansas City Southern
Railway Company, serving the central and south central U.S. Its
international holdings include Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A.
de C.V., serving northeastern and central Mexico and the port
cities of Lázaro Cárdenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a 50 percent
interest in Panama Canal Railway Company, providing ocean-to-ocean
freight and passenger service along the Panama Canal. KCS’ North
American rail holdings and strategic alliances are primary
components of a railway network linking the commercial and
industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
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Kansas City SouthernC. Doniele Carlson,
816-983-1372dcarlson@kcsouthern.com
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