New Crowley multi-modal service between Mexico, US Midwest and Canada

Featuring Crowley’s new Mexico-U.S. ocean route in the Gulf, the service will leverage the inland rail network of Canadian National Railway Company and its U.S. rail subsidiaries (CN). The companies’ combined network provides broad reach across the Midwest and into Canada to increase solutions for global customers in North American markets.

“With this collaboration with Canadian National, Crowley has further expanded market reach for our customers and the communities they serve with the fast, reliable transport of goods across the entirety of North America,” said Brett Bennett, senior vice president and general manager, Crowley Logistics.

In addition to a new ocean shipping route from Tuxpan, Mexico, to Mobile, Alabama, which avoids inland transportation congestion at the US-Mexico border, the linkage to CN rail service from Mobile to the Midwest and into Canada will offer customers the fastest, most environmentally efficient transit times versus emissions from trucks, with five to six times less fuel used per ton transported.

Ships making a roundtrip between Tuxpan, Mexico, and Mobile weekly in September will carry up to 1,000 teu in containers and more than 200 refrigerated containers.

After transiting on Crowley’s vessel from Mexico to the Port of Mobile, containers will be loaded onto daily CN trains traveling through the Midwest into Canada, connecting US cities Mobile and Chicago; Detroit; Minneapolis; Memphis; and Canadian cities including Toronto and Montreal.

“We are pleased to be joining Crowley with our extensive inland rail network for this innovative service. We share similar values about providing solutions for complex supply chain needs and we are excited to support their first venture via the Port of Mobile into the US and Canada,” said Doug MacDonald, chief marketing officer at CN.

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Crowley launching multi-modal service between Mexico, US Midwest and Canada