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12/17/2020
CN, in collaboration with Alabama Export Railroad and Ray-Mont Logistics, is launching the first phase of a new high-tech logistics park in Mobile, Alabama. The park is expected to open in late 2021.
The project's first phase will entail a facility for bagging and containerizing plastic pellets. The terminal will include two bagging lines with an annual capacity of 25,000 20-foot equivalent units, CN officials said in a press release.
The facility will provide shippers with export capacity to access Asian, Latin American and European markets without warehousing costs or requiring double-handling, they said.
"This logistics park will service customers across our network and the first phase will specifically serve the demand for bagging and stuffing plastic resin containers, which is on the rise in the United States," said James Cairns, CN's senior vice president of rail central supply chain.
The project represents the first step toward the establishment of a multicommodity logistics hub, which will serve producers and global markets, said Kate Luce, president and chief executive officer of Alabama Export Railroad, a subsidiary of Mississippi Export Railroad.