News / CPKC woos Asian shippers with USMCA rail freight coverage

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Newly merged Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railroad (CPKC) is marketing its new status as the only Class I railway spanning all three USMCA nations to Asian shippers – just as labour disruptions on the west coast are casting doubts over the fastest transpacific route.

The Mexican port of Lázaro Cárdenas offers “a safe alternative route that is considerably faster” than sending cargo through the Panama Canal to US gateways on the east and Gulf coasts, claimed Corey Heinz, its MD Asia ...