Container train delivers finished vehicles
DP World has launched an industry-first solution based on using 53-foot intermodal containers with racking systems to ship finished vehicles by rail from Mexico to the USA and Canada. The service is based on loading finished vehicles into containers directly at the factories in Mexico or other yards close to the manufacturing hubs.
The containers are then trucked to intermodal rail ramps and moved by rail to destinations like Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, and Toronto. Here they are trucked from the rail ramp to designated yards, unloaded and distributed, again by truck, to the dealerships.
DP World estimates that the new service will enable an additional 30,000 finished vehicles to be transported between the trading partners this year. (ben)