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Katoen Natie to invest $60M at Norfolk plastic resin export facilities

21 November 2023

Belgium-headquartered Katoen Natie plans to spend $59.9 million to expand warehousing and rail facilities in Norfolk, Virginia, to support the growing export market for plastic resins.

Subsidiary Katoen Natie Norfolk will oversee the project, which includes the addition of a 450,000-square-foot warehouse and a rail yard, as well as an expansion of the existing rail spur.

The current facility, which is near the Port of Virginia and has access to both CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) and Norfolk Southern (NYSE:...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/katoen-natie-to-invest-60m-at-norfolk-plastic-resin-export-facilities

Port of Prince Rupert strives to increase transloading capacity

23 October 2023

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The port authority at Prince Rupert is beginning construction on a large-scale logistics facility...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-prince-rupert-strives-to-increase-transloading-capacity

X-Press Pearl Tragedy, Toxic Wastes, Lifeless Fishes with Plastic Pellets

17 June 2021

The waters off Sri Lanka’s capital of Colombo seem calmer now, more than two weeks after a blazing 610-foot container ship lit up the coastline.
Most of the X-Press Pearl, a four-month-old Singapore-flagged container ship, has settled on the bottom of the sea.
But the ocean has already begun to tell its own story. Lifeless fish are washing up on Sri Lanka’s sands, plastic pellets lodged in their gills.

A recent news article published in the Washington Post by Sarah Cahlan, Ruby Mellen , Atthar...

https://mfame.guru/x-press-pearl-tragedy-toxic-wastes-lifeless-fishes-with-plastic-pellets/

CN, others to develop plastics resins export facility in Alabama

17 December 2020

A photograph of a CN train traveling by a manufacturing facility.

Canadian railway CN (NYSE: CNI) has partnered with others to develop a high-tech logistics near the Port of Mobile in Alabama for the export of plastics resins or pellets.

CN, Mississippi Export Railroad subsidiary Alabama Export Railroad and Ray-Mont Logistics expect the first phase of the logistics park in Mobile to be open in late 2021. The facility, designed to bag and containerize plastic pellets, will have an annual capacity of 25,000 twenty-foot equivalent units.

“With this new project CN...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cn-others-to-develop-plastics-resins-export-facility-in-alabama

5 rail sustainability trends for 2021

20 November 2020

Rail is trending in a sustainable direction.

Rail is the lowest-emitting mode of freight per ton mile. This infographic shows that rail is only responsible for 6% of logistics-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Rail emits 23 grams of CO2 per ton-mile compared to trucking, which is at 202. Here’s how environmental sustainability trends in rail freight are looking for 2021.

Leveraging automation for optimal efficiency

New technologies and increased automation provide railroads with useful data and improved fuel efficiency. The Internet...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/5-rail-sustainability-trends-for-2021

CSX, A&R Logistics celebrate new plastics facility near Charleston

20 November 2020

A CSX train hauls intermodal containers.

A&R Logistics has opened a 615,000-square-foot facility near the Port of Charleston in South Carolina. CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) partnered with A&R Logistics in bringing the facility to fruition.

The facility is targeting high-volume, export-seeking plastics producers that are looking for a shipping alternative to the U.S. Gulf Coast. A&R Logistics provides dry bulk and liquid chemical transportation services to chemical companies. The company also offers warehousing and packaging, distribution, export...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/csx-ar-logistics-celebrate-new-plastics-facility-near-charleston

Norfolk Southern Q&A: How sustainability and efficiency intersect

18 September 2020

A photograph of a Norfolk Southern train passing by some autumn trees.

FreightWaves recently chatted with Josh Raglin, chief sustainability officer for Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC), about why and how companies like the Class I railroad have adopted sustainability initiatives in recent years. The interview was edited for clarity.

FreightWaves: Just what is sustainability?

Raglin: Think of it at a basic level. Sustainability is closely aligned with stewardship. It’s about the wise use of resources, and those resources come in many forms: money, material, fuel, time....

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/norfolk-southern-qa-how-sustainability-and-efficiency-intersect

KCS, NS and CN sign onto campaign to prevent plastic pellet spills

18 August 2020

A photograph of a Norfolk Southern locomotive and another freight train locomotive parked at a rail yard.

Freight railroads and the plastics industry have started to work together to address a side effect of North America’s booming plastics production: the dispersion of wayward plastic pellets in transit.

Plastic pellets, or resin pellets, are a feedstock used in plastics production. They can look like small round orbs or balls. But because of their size, they can easily disperse during transport. Environmental groups have said that following a storm, these pellets, which are also called nurdles,...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/kcs-ns-and-cn-sign-onto-campaign-to-prevent-plastic-pellet-spills