CPKC Honors Short Line, Transload Stakeholders at Annual Conference
This annual event offers a forum for Sales & Marketing to “provide market updates while building relationships through valuable in-person sessions with business stakeholders,” CPKC noted.
The agenda for the event, titled, “Growing Together: New Connections, New Markets,” included a welcome from Coby Bullard, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing Merchandise, Energy and Business Development, and market updates from the ECP, Bulk and Intermodal teams. Additional presenters profiled and discussed CPKC’s Site Ready industrial development program, Mexico markets and nearshoring, as well as an economic update.
“This year’s record attendance at our Business Development and Transload Conference brought together more than 220 participants from 95 companies spanning Canada, the United States and Mexico, showcasing the unmatched reach and collaboration within our network,” said Bullard. “By uniting short lines, transload operators, ports and industry stakeholders, this forum sparks new ideas and investments that drive growth and deliver lasting value for partners and customers alike.”
At the marquee event of the conference, CPKC celebrated outstanding performance among transload and short lines with an awards ceremony hosted by Bullard and Mike Walczak, Vice President Service Design and Operations Technology. Awards for outstanding performance and investment and innovation were presented to the following companies:
2024 Outstanding Transload Performance Award, Canada
- CPKC Transload Scotford, Operated by Arrow Reload Systems, Inc.
2024 Outstanding Transload Performance Award, USA
- CPKC Transload Shoreham Yard, Operated by Stone Arch Commodities
2024 Outstanding Transload Performance Award, Mexico
- Sipsa Bajio Terminal
Driving Growth: Investment and Innovation on CPKC
- Sprague Operating Resources, LLC
2024 Outstanding Short Line Performance Award, Canada
- Essex Terminal Railway (ETR)
2024 Outstanding Short Line Performance Award, USA
- Fort Worth and Western Railway (FWWR)
“Transloads and short line collaborations make up an important part of the CPKC network and our end-to-end service offering,” the Class I wrote in an X post. “These transload facilities, first-mile/last-mile connections, coupled with our Room to Grow business development strategy, mean wider reach, better service choices, more capacity and new economic development opportunities. Last week, we gathered in Kansas City to recognize outstanding collaborations among our valued transload, short line and business development stakeholders, and to continue building the relationships that fuel growth. Congratulations to our honorees and thank you to the hundreds of stakeholders from across our network for making the ‘Growing Together: New Connections, New Markets’ conference such a success.”
