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

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:...

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Commentary: Rail chemicals’ 2021 rebound

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Staring into the 2021 abyss, the outlook for rail-hauled chemical traffic looks like a mixed weather forecast.

“Early morning fog, changing to overcast skies, with a high-pressure system moving in later for sunny skies” sounds like the chemical forecast for 2021.

The fundamental assumption is that the COVID-19 pandemic will gradually abate as the immunization shots...

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