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News ReleaseBNSF Reintroduces Pacific Northwest to Memphis ServiceFORT WORTH, Texas, December 12, 2006:Responding to continued customer interest, BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today announced it will reintroduce international intermodal container service from the Pacific Northwest to Memphis beginning in January 2007. "By working closely with our customers on service design, BNSF is pleased to offer its ocean carrier customers and their shippers another North American gateway for goods moving between Asia and the rapidly growing Southeast market as well as the rest of BNSF’s expansive intermodal network,” said Fred Malesa, vice president, International Intermodal Marketing. “Expanded market coverage from the Ports of Tacoma and Seattle, coupled with improved velocity, are just a few of the advantages customers will enjoy with this service." To further support its customers’ interest in this market, BNSF continues to increase capacity and improve efficiency on its route between the Pacific Northwest and Memphis as well as make facility expansions in the Pacific Northwest and Memphis. In addition to Memphis, BNSF also serves Chicago, St. Paul, Denver and Omaha from the Pacific Northwest. A subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE:BNI), BNSF Railway Company operates one of the largest North American rail networks, with about 32,000 route miles in 28 states and two Canadian provinces. BNSF is among the world's top transporters of intermodal traffic, moves more grain than any other American railroad, carries the components of many of the products we depend on daily, and hauls enough low-sulphur coal to generate about ten percent of the electricity produced in the United States. BNSF is an industry leader in Web-enabling a variety of customer transactions at www.bnsf.com. BNSF Headquarters |
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