August 15, 2010

Railex, the coast to coast rail logistics company

I'm always fascinated to see railroad companies do something imaginative. So I was pleased to read about Railex in my recent Trains Magazine.

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July 29, 2010

Railex service delivers South African citrus to West Coast terminals by train

South African citrus is making its way to the West Coast this year in large volumes for the first time in the decade that it has been exported to the United States, and Railex LLC is playing a major part in the logistics enabling this to take place.

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June 23, 2010

20 percent more S. African fruit arriving this summer

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June 22, 2010

Coast to Coast, by Rail

It’s amazing how many trucks travel west coast to east coast every year filled with fresh produce, and sadly, releasing plenty of CO2 into the atmosphere. For the past year Albert’s has significantly lightened our coast-to-coast trucking travel by increasing our rail use (by 55%), which also means lighter CO2 emissions. The Rail system we most frequently use is called Railex, a new and innovative shipping method for transporting fresh food across country.

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June 2, 2010

Shipping Shortage?

River closure could impact truck traffic

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RAILEX is a NEW, INNOVATIVE distribution platform designed to enhance logistics, distribution, consumer demands and inventory control.

The Railex platform features three refrigerated, mega-transload distribution centers; one in Delano, California, one in Wallula, Washington, and one in Rotterdam, New York providing over 22,225,000 cubic feet of temperature controlled storage. These three coast to coast distribution centers run multiple scheduled weekly five (5) day service 55 car refrigerated unit trains, with the capacity to transport the equivalent of 1120 trucks of refrigerated merchandise each and every week, both ways! The train consists of all new 64-foot series cars with fresh air exchange, GPS tracking and temperature control. Railex incorporates the latest technologies with its own infrastructure and private non-stop rail service to ensure the same scheduled departure day and time every week, 52 weeks a year.

Railex is recognized by the US EPA as a SmartWay Transport Partner. Read more...

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