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Friday, June 19, 2015

CN invests $16M in reefers to expand capacity

Canadian National railway announced it would invest $16 million to improve its refrigerated cargo handling capacity.

CN says it is acquiring 200 additional domestic, 53-feet temperature-controlled containers that will add to the current fleet of containers circulating inside North America.

The railroad will also buy 32 electrical generators to move 40-foot reefers to and from CN-served ports on CN cargo trains, the statement said. The power

packs provide economies of scale by connecting up to 17 international marine reefers simultaneously.

"(CN) was the first railway to introduce highway-to-rail conversion of reefer service in trans-border markets," says J.J. Ruest, EVP and chief marketing officer. "Our high-quality cold supply chain service has been embraced by the marketplace. We are now adding capacity to grow and to help Canada’s food processing industry gain and maintain access to new domestic and international markets."