Archer Daniels Midland took advantage of its plant being served by NS, CN, and CSX to create an intermodal yard west of its main plant. CN has been aggressive in better leveraging its US assets of GTW, IC, WC, and EJ&E to increase traffic to the midwest.
Decatur – Intermodal container shipments are increasing in Decatur thanks to a recent logistics and marketing deal between Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and the Canadian National Railroad (CN).
CN is transporting an increased number of import containers from the Port of Prince Rupert, B.C. and the Port of Montreal to ADM’s intermodal ramp in Decatur. Three trains a week are coming into the Decatur facility.
ADM reloads the empty 40-foot containers in Decatur with export loads of grain and processed products for global markets using CN’s rail network.
“CN brings to the table an unparalleled three-coast network reach, extensive contacts in Asian markets, sophisticated freight forwarding knowledge and expert U.S. customs and marketing support,” according to JJ Ruest, CN executive vice-president and chief marketing officer.
“We are pleased to see rising volumes of imported containers arriving at our intermodal ramp via CN for area distribution in Illinois. The resulting empty container capacity is essential in our efforts to grow exports of our products to global markets, especially in Asia,” stated Dennis Whalen, ADM vice-president – transportation, intermodal freight.
Economic Development Corporation president Ryan McCrady says CN and ADM are helping to grow the area economy. [wandtv]
As a resident of the Chicagoland area, I do hope shippers shift from the Chicago area intermodal yards to Midwest Inland Port.
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I can't get a link for reference, but I found this comment in a Midwest Inland Port post of a JOC link: "With an average turn time of 25 minutes, the Midwest Inland Port is turning trucks 26% faster than Chicago's fastest terminal."
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In the Facebook posting of this link, David Jordan lists some of the "processed products": "frozen soy burger patties, packaged oils, gluten feed." Caterpillar is another nearby exporter, at least when the global economy is strong.
Other examples of CN forwarder locations I have described are Indianapolis and Cleveland (link to Facebook comments).
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