GM to use CN's Minneapolis, Vancouver auto terminals

CN announced today it reached a new multiyear agreement with General Motors for the transportation of finished vehicles and assembly parts, and that GM will be the first customer to use CN's new automotive compounds in Minneapolis and Vancouver, British Columbia.

Construction is now completed on the Vancouver compound, and GM will be the first tenant by October. Construction on the Minneapolis compound is expected to be completed in late 2020, with GM operations starting at the site in 2021, CN officials said in a press release.

Both compounds will provide additional capacity, vehicle throughput and timely deliveries for GM and its customers in the northern Midwest and British Columbia, they said.

“CN is very pleased to continue a strong relationship with GM,” said Keith Reardon, CN's senior vice president, consumer product supply chain. "CN remains focused on growth and on enabling its customers’ business through strategic infrastructure investment in new metropolitan markets."