CN cuts dwell times 25% at Autoport Terminal

Canadian National’s supply chain initiative has racked up another success story. Putting the concept to work at CN’s Autoport Terminal in Halifax has reduced dwell times for European import vehicles by approximately 25% since implementation last spring, CN said Monday.

The Autoport facility is one of the largest import vehicle processing facilities in North America. As Jean-Jacques Ruest, CN executive vice-president and chief marketing officer, describes it: “CN Autoport undertook a comprehensive review of supply chain steps to reduce port dwell times and adopted a transit time approach from ship discharge to dealer delivery via our 10 major automotive facilities in Canada. These new processes now help us get our customers’ vehicles to market more quickly.”

Kevin Agnew, managing director of the Importers Transport Council representing automakers BMW, Volvo, Land Rover, Jaguar, Subaru, and Suzuki, said: “CN Autoport services have helped our member companies improve the consistency and speed of delivery of vehicles to their Canadian dealer networks.”