CPKC announces deal with Knight-Swift to handle Mexico shipments

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) railroad and Knight-Swift Transportation announced Tuesday a deal to provide truckload capacity for a Mexico-to-Chicago cross-border train that will launch in mid-May.  It’s the second major multiyear agreement CPKC has signed with a megacarrier in recent days. On Friday, CPKC and Schneider National announced the formation of a similar intermodal…

CN vies for transcontinental business with intermodal service with UP, Ferromex

The race for who can create transcontinental offerings and win the most truck-to-rail conversions is on, with CN announcing that it is partnering with Union Pacific and Mexican company Grupo México (GMXT) to create a premium intermodal service that would connect eastern and western Canada with Chicago before heading south to GMXT terminals throughout Mexico….