The Canadian National Railway Company (CN) announced Tuesday that it plans to execute a series of capacity improvements to accommodate growing container volumes at its Brampton Intermodal Terminal (BIT)-Canada's largest rail intermodal terminal.
The improvements for BIT include the installation of new track and extending existing track to increase rail capacity by nearly 15 percent. Additionally, CN will create approximately 25 percent more ground space for international containers as well as purchase five new cranes this year.
Claude Mongeau, President and CEO of CN said, "Intermodal is one of CN's fastest-growing business segments. We are investing in new track, equipment and other infrastructure improvements at BIT to take our intermodal service offering to the next level in efficiently distributing growing overseas container traffic reaching our network over Canadian ports as well as rising domestic intermodal shipments across Canada. These investments will increase supply chain efficiencies for our customers and help them grow their businesses."