Canadian Pacific Kansas City Southern (CPKC) Archives - The Loadstar Making sense of the supply chain Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:29:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 31889032 US logistics players expand to boost their cross-border reach into Mexico https://theloadstar.com/us-logistics-players-expand-to-boost-their-cross-border-reach-into-mexico/ https://theloadstar.com/us-logistics-players-expand-to-boost-their-cross-border-reach-into-mexico/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:29:07 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=283861 US surface logistics providers are expanding their reach across the southern border.
Class I rail carriers CPKC and CSX are poised to open a new rail link connecting the US south-east with Mexico, while Uber Freight has beefed up its presence in Mexico.
Others are building their footprint at the Laredo gateway, which regained the crown of largest US import gateway in August, on the strength of a trade volume worth $30.7bn.
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]]> https://theloadstar.com/us-logistics-players-expand-to-boost-their-cross-border-reach-into-mexico/feed/ 0 283861 UP steams ahead of its N American intermodal rivals in Q3 https://theloadstar.com/up-steams-ahead-of-its-n-american-intermodal-rivals-in-q3/ https://theloadstar.com/up-steams-ahead-of-its-n-american-intermodal-rivals-in-q3/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:03:36 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=283603 Union Pacific (UP) has the most to crow about among North America’s intermodal Q3 results, being the only carrier to report increased volumes and revenue.
Over the three months to October, UP experienced a 12% year-on-year revenue bump, to $1.24bn, despite revenue per unit (RPU) declining 6%, to $1,365. Volumes surged 19%, to more than 909,000 teu, driven by strong international demand.
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]]> https://theloadstar.com/up-steams-ahead-of-its-n-american-intermodal-rivals-in-q3/feed/ 0 283603 East coast port strike threat grows – and Canadian rail dispute still lingers https://theloadstar.com/east-coast-port-strike-threat-grows-and-canadian-rail-dispute-still-lingers/ https://theloadstar.com/east-coast-port-strike-threat-grows-and-canadian-rail-dispute-still-lingers/#respond Mon, 02 Sep 2024 12:25:53 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=279364 There will be no rest for North American shippers as one strike ends, because another threatens to “increase delays and drive up costs”.  
On Friday, east coast port employers the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) said that, along with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), it had filed a ‘notice to mediation agencies’ with the Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service (FMCS).  
This is to inform the FMCS of a dispute between ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/east-coast-port-strike-threat-grows-and-canadian-rail-dispute-still-lingers/feed/ 0 279364 Canadian government steps in to end rail strike and force arbitration https://theloadstar.com/canadian-government-steps-in-to-end-rail-strike-and-force-arbitration/ https://theloadstar.com/canadian-government-steps-in-to-end-rail-strike-and-force-arbitration/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:39:49 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=278970 The Canadian government has stepped in to end the rail strike that only started yesterday.
Amid concerns over the effect on the wider North American economies of the rail freight network standstill, carriers Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Canadian National (CN) have been ordered to resume operations.
And the government announced it was forcing the operators into binding arbitration with the Teamsters Union to resolve the dispute.
Labour minister Steve MacKinnon said: ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/canadian-government-steps-in-to-end-rail-strike-and-force-arbitration/feed/ 0 278970 Canadian railways lock out Teamster employees as strike deadline arrives https://theloadstar.com/canadian-railways-lock-out-teamster-employees-as-strike-deadline-arrives/ https://theloadstar.com/canadian-railways-lock-out-teamster-employees-as-strike-deadline-arrives/#respond Thu, 22 Aug 2024 11:27:26 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=278910 Rail operators Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPCK) formally locked out employees represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) a minute after midnight. 
“Without an agreement or binding arbitration, CN had no choice but to finalise a safe and orderly shutdown and proceed with a lockout,” it explained. 
Ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd said Canadian rail ramps and marine terminals would remain open for pick-up of import containers, but warned ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/canadian-railways-lock-out-teamster-employees-as-strike-deadline-arrives/feed/ 0 278910 Forwarders scramble for alternatives as Canadian rail strike looks set https://theloadstar.com/forwarders-scramble-for-alternatives-as-canadian-rail-strike-looks-set/ https://theloadstar.com/forwarders-scramble-for-alternatives-as-canadian-rail-strike-looks-set/#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2024 10:51:54 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=278798 As the clock ticks down to a shutdown of the Canadian rail freight network tomorrow, forwarders are scrambling to keep cargo moving – but they find themselves hamstrung by a toxic cocktail of disruption.
Unless a last-minute resolution can be reached in the contract dispute between the Teamsters union and railways Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), the country’s rail freight operations will grind to a halt.
Since the ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/forwarders-scramble-for-alternatives-as-canadian-rail-strike-looks-set/feed/ 0 278798 Congestion ‘rearing its disruptive and costly head’ as Canada rail strike looms https://theloadstar.com/congestion-rearing-its-disruptive-and-costly-head-as-canada-rail-strike-looms/ https://theloadstar.com/congestion-rearing-its-disruptive-and-costly-head-as-canada-rail-strike-looms/#respond Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:39:58 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=278732 More embargoes have been announced for Canada’s rail network as stakeholders brace for strikes on Thursday and the wide-spread repercussions.
After multiple rounds of negotiations between the TCRC union and its rail-operating employers Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) failed, the union issued a notice to strike on 22 August at 12:01am ET.
Yesterday, German carrier Hapag-Lloyd notified customers that from Thursday, it would embargo “all commodities originating in ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/congestion-rearing-its-disruptive-and-costly-head-as-canada-rail-strike-looms/feed/ 0 278732 Rail networks act as Canadian union warns strike begins on Thursday https://theloadstar.com/rail-networks-act-as-canadian-union-warns-strike-begins-on-thursday/ https://theloadstar.com/rail-networks-act-as-canadian-union-warns-strike-begins-on-thursday/#respond Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:45:42 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=278681 A rail strike in Canada seems imminent: the TCRC union and railways Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) continue to butt heads as time runs out for an agreement to be reached.  
On 9 August, the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) ruled that none of the services provided by the railways is legally defined as ‘essential’, but rendered a 13-day cooling off period before a strike could ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/rail-networks-act-as-canadian-union-warns-strike-begins-on-thursday/feed/ 0 278681 Intermodal ups and downs in a mixed first half for North American railroads https://theloadstar.com/intermodal-ups-and-downs-in-a-mixed-first-half-for-north-american-railroads/ https://theloadstar.com/intermodal-ups-and-downs-in-a-mixed-first-half-for-north-american-railroads/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2024 12:25:22 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=278084 North America’s intermodal operators experienced something of a mixed bag over the three months to June, with CSX the only one to claim the double of quarterly and first-half growth.
The last to release its result, CSX nonetheless offered the brightest picture for the region’s intermodal services, with Q2 revenues up 3%, to $506m, as it announced a first-half increase of 2% year on year on revenues of a little over ...

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