Nearshoring in Mexico: A Lifetime Opportunity

Nearshoring, in which manufacturing is relocating from Asia—mostly China—to North America—mostly Mexico—is one of the key drivers behind creation of CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas City), the first and only transnational, single-line railroad

(CPKC Photograph)

CPKC Launches Mexico Midwest Express Intermodal Service

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on May 11 kicked off daily intermodal service between the Midwest and Mexico with trains MMX-180 and MMX-181, which now link Chicago, Kansas City, Texas markets, Monterrey and San Luis Potosi.

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‘Shockah’: UP Pursues Self Interest

“Shockah” as they might say in “Bahsten” about Union Pacific’s (UP) May 3 federal court filing asking that the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) approval of a Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern marriage creating

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UP Challenging CPKC Merger—After the Fact

Roughly two months after the Surface Transportation Board approved, with certain conditions, the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger to create transnational CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas City), Union Pacific on May 3 filed

CPKC, Teck Announce Long-Term Rail Agreement

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Teck Coal Limited (Teck) have entered into a long-term rail agreement for transportation of steelmaking coal from Teck’s four operations in southeastern, B.C., the Class I announced May 4.

Keith Creel, President and CEO, Canadian Pacific Kansas City
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CEO PERSPECTIVE: Safety Is a Journey, Not a Destination

As part of a special series in Railway Age’s April 2023 issue, 13 chief executives of leading North American companies answer the single-most critical question: What is the biggest challenge facing the North American rail industry? Keith Creel of CPKC is the ninth to share his perspective.

Canadian Regulator Announces VRCPIs for Crop Year 2023-24

For the 2023-24 crop year beginning Aug. 1, the Volume-Related Composite Price Index (VRCPI) for CN and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) will be 1.8295 and 1.7616, respectively—both up from the current crop year, according to the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Canada’s equivalent of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board.

CPKC 1Q23: ‘Primed and Prepared’

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) North America’s only single-line transnational railroad, reported earnings for the first time since its official launch on April 14.

CPKC (William C. Vantuono Photograph)

CPKC Drives Ceremonial Final Spike, Joining Three Nations (Updated April 25, with Videos and U.S. Operations Center Rendering)

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on April 14 became the first single-line, transnational railway connecting Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, marked by a ceremonial Final Spike driving in Kansas City, Mo.

(Photograph Courtesy of CPKC, via Twitter)

CPKC, Knight-Swift Team on Truckload Intermodal Service

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on April 25 reported a new multi-year agreement with Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. to provide truckload intermodal transportation service on the Class I’s new single-line north-south corridor connecting

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