by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Featured, Rail
CN announced that it has appointed Tracy Robinson as President and CEO and as a member of its Board of Directors, effective February 28, 2022, following the previously announced retirement of Jean-Jacques (“JJ”) Ruest, who has departed CN’s Board on February 28, 2022...
by CS | Oct 25, 2021 | Other Stories, Rail
Neither CN nor CP escaped the disruptions caused by Covid-19, but for both carriers the third quarter of 2021 represented operational turnarounds. For CN, revenue tonne miles in coal, metals and minerals, and petroleum and chemicals were up strongly, offsetting...
by CS | Oct 4, 2021 | Rail
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed shipping patterns of Canadian National Railway’s temperature-controlled cargo service in response to demands from its customer base. “The resiliency of the food industry through the pandemic and the shift from restaurant to retail has...
by CS | Oct 4, 2021 | Keith Norbury, Rail
BY KEITH NORBURY Work is underway on permanent fixes to the Hudson Bay Railway that connects Manitoba’s Port of Churchill with the rest of Canada. The solution is geocells, or cellular confinement technology, that enclose sand and rock in honeycombed plastic...
by CS | Oct 4, 2021 | Rail
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited and Kansas City Southern announced on September 15 they have entered into a merger agreement, under which CP has agreed to acquire KCS in a stock and cash transaction representing an enterprise value of approximately USD$31 billion,...
by CS | Oct 4, 2021 | Rail
Canadian National (CN) has abandoned its pursuit of Kansas City Southern (KCS), leaving the road open for rival Canadian Pacific (CP) to tie the knot with the US railway. CN received notice from KCS that it was terminating their merger agreement and announced it would...
