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CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY DE MEXICO: THE RAILROAD THAT CONNECTS NORTH AMERICA

Nearshoring offers the opportunity to strengthen the logistics network of industries that use freight rail as one of their main transports between the countries that make up the USMCA.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) is the first railroad that connects Canada, the United States, and Mexico in a direct line, with 32,186 km of track. It has connections to 12 of the most important ports in the three countries, as well as an intermodal service from Lazaro Cardenas to Chicago that takes only seven days from the time the first container is unloaded from the ship until it is interchanged.

In this context, Mexico has a geographic location very close to the target markets of hundreds of industries, especially in industrial regions such as the Bajio area and the north of the country, providing an opportunity to present freight rail as a reliable and efficient option in the logistics process to transport large volumes of goods to various markets from the country.

CPKC de Mexico is the safe and efficient option to transport more merchandise and attract investment through a rail service that connects the countries of the USMCA trade bloc, which makes it a strategic element that drives nearshoring.

Nearly 70% of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is in the states served by Mexico’s CPKC network. Of the 10 states with the highest FDI, six cross Mexico’s CPKC rail network.

CPKC offers more competitive and cost-effective transportation services, improves the supply chain, and reduces transit times. As recently as March 2023, CPKC announced new multi-year agreements with Schneider and Knight-Swift Transportation for intermodal transportation services along the single-line north-south corridor.

These services offer new solutions to streamline the logistics chain for newly relocated companies in Mexico.