The following was posted today on the Kansas City Southern web site.
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PCRC invests US $25 million to increase capacity
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Recently, PCRC told the Latin American news media that it has invested US $25 million to increase capacity to handle more intermodal and passenger business. For intermodal traffic, PCRC has added seven locomotives (two SD40s and five SD60s), two RTG intermodal cranes, three Linde sideloaders and additional support equipment, such as tampers and trucks. It has also extended the Atlantic and Pacific intermodal terminals from seven double stack car lengths to 10 double stack car lengths and added 16 additional double stack cars. To increase passenger capacity, seating inside the cars has been re-configured.
The demand for greater capacity has been brought on by better performance at the Panamanian ports and more cruise ship tourism. In 2007, intermodal traffic was up 67.9 percent over 2006. Container operations more than doubled to 224,000 units, which was up from 110,000 units in 2006. For the same time period, passenger traffic was up 12.3 percent with 12
The following was posted today on the Kansas City Southern web site.
Mark
PCRC invests US $25 million to increase capacity
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Recently, PCRC told the Latin American news media that it has invested US $25 million to increase capacity to handle more intermodal and passenger business. For intermodal traffic, PCRC has added seven locomotives (two SD40s and five SD60s), two RTG intermodal cranes, three Linde sideloaders and additional support equipment, such as tampers and trucks. It has also extended the Atlantic and Pacific intermodal terminals from seven double stack car lengths to 10 double stack car lengths and added 16 additional double stack cars. To increase passenger capacity, seating inside the cars has been re-configured.
The demand for greater capacity has been brought on by better performance at the Panamanian ports and more cruise ship tourism. In 2007, intermodal traffic was up 67.9 percent over 2006. Container operations more than doubled to 224,000 units, which was up from 110,000 units in 2006. For the same time period, passenger traffic was u