CN/IC Opens $5-Million Multi-Commodity Memphis Distribution Center.Business Editors MEMPHIS Memphis, city, ancient Egypt Memphis (mĕm`fĭs), ancient city of Egypt, capital of the Old Kingdom (c.3100–c.2258 B.C.), at the apex of the Nile delta and 12 mi (18 km) from Cairo. , Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2001 Canadian National (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNI (1) (Certified NetWare Instructor) See Novell certification. (2) (Coalition for Networked Information, Washington, DC, www.cni.org) A partnership of the Association of Research Libraries, CAUSE and EDUCOM, founded in 1990. ) (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :CNR See riser card. CNR - Communication and Network Riser .) today opened its Memphis Distribution Center, located off Interstate Highway 55 near Florida Street and Industrial Avenue in Memphis. The $5-million, 60,000-square foot distribution center is equipped to handle rail-to-truck transfers of everything from paper and plastics to lumber and metals. The facility's main focus is paper products. Its high ceilings, smooth reinforced floors, inventory tracking and quality control capabilities are all designed to accommodate the efficient, seamless transfer of paper rolls. The center also features a 20-car lumber and metals transfer area, complemented by seven acres of outdoor storage, as well as a 48-car plastics transfer area. Terry McManaman, vice-president of CN's Gulf Division, said: "Memphis is the distribution crossroads of North America, with 43 per cent of America's population living within 600 miles of the city. CN's new distribution center will strengthen that role and offer area shippers new transportation choices. "CN's North American franchise reaches the major producing and consuming areas for papers, plastics, lumber and metals. With our new center, businesses in the Memphis catchment area now have new competitive sourcing options for a wide range of materials via CN - the rail industry's service and efficiency leader - and its partners in the Memphis-area trucking industry." The Memphis distribution center is the second such facility opened by CN this year. In July, CN's Metals Distribution Center in Hamilton, Ont. - a major steel-producing and consuming city in Ontario, Canada - began handling rail-truck transfers of metals, notably cold rolled and coated automotive and appliance-end-use coils. For further information, contact John Kovac, manager, Memphis Distribution Center, at (901) 786-5000, or john.kovac@cn.ca Canadian National Railway Company Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE: CNI, TSX: CNR) is a Canadian rail transportation company that operates the Canadian National Railway. It was created in December, 1918 as a Crown corporation of the Government of Canada to nationalize several bankrupt rail systems spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east , serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key cities of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St. Louis, Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America. |
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