Efficient and secure solutions for your intermodal shipping needs

CPKC offers intermodal shippers safe and secure transportation solutions with effective and efficient transcontinental rail network solutions – from southern Mexico to northern Canada – and all points in between. With access to strategically located intermodal terminals and ports, we connect major centres across North America and the world. 
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Choose the service you need

Standard, premium or flex? Our Demand Management solution lets you pick the speed of service and the rate. Learn more about our precision rail intermodal shipping solutions. 

Our intermodal facilities

Your CPKC Intermodal advantage

Fast, effective and reliable service

Two-to-three-day domestic service linking consumers and major economic centers

Major port and terminal connections

Direct access to ports across Canada, the U.S. Gulf and Mexico with connections to inland terminals

Efficient domestic shipper solutions

Domestic repositioning program that links domestic shippers to empty marine containers 
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Automated gate kiosks

Faster truck and container processing times at CPKC intermodal facilities, many of which feature FastPass™ automated gate kiosks

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Refrigerated and heated containers

One of the largest fleets of refrigerated and heated containers available (in select markets)

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Modern generator sets 

New fleet of modern generator sets equipped with advanced telematics (in select markets)
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Customs inspection efficiencies 

Multiple cross-border corridors and live-lift capabilities for faster customs inspections and more consistent service (in select markets)

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Extensive network of transload facilities

More goods can be containerized and shipped domestically or overseas

  • Fastfrate Group and CPKC Extend Long Term Agreement to Connect Canada, the United States and Mexico
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  • Americold - First Cold Storage Facility on CPKC Rail Network in Missouri
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  • Connecting North American markets with single-line, expedited intermodal freight transportation
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  • Unlocking opportunities with international corridors

    International intermodal shipping is in our DNA. Through CPKC’s access to the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas in Mexico, we provide a new corridor for ocean carriers, manufacturers and retailers looking to trade between Asia, key points in the U.S. Midwest and Canada. Our network provides direct access for imports and exports to Texas and the Gulf markets, and provides our customers with increased optionality and the ability to diversify from traditional routes to promote supply chain resiliency. 
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CPKC intermodal services

Direct to rail

Whether you are using CPKC-owned intermodal containers or your own private containers, we provide safe, reliable and efficient ramp-to-ramp service.

Final mile service

CPKC enables the efficiency and economies of rail service for long-haul shipping with the flexibility of truck service for pickup and delivery as part of our total transportation product offering.

Portal Live-Lift

We can lift single containers off trains for inspection by customs authorities rather than holding-up entire intermodal railcars, providing faster and more efficient shipping solutions (in select markets).
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Shipping perishable products

Our growing fleet of refrigerated and heated containers is one of the largest and most advanced in the industry.
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Intermodal equipment

CPKC offers a large fleet of intermodal equipment. Our intermodal railcars accommodate a wide range of container types and sizes, including 53’ containers, 20’ and 40’ marine containers and temperature-controlled protective equipment for perishable products.

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Contact us to learn more about CPKC’s intermodal offering or to become a customer.
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