Railex on track to expand service offerings
Railex on track to expand service offerings
Railex LLC is riding the rails of success.
With diesel fuel prices at an all-time high and no relief in sight, the firm, a division of ADS Management LLC, is in the midst of building a new, state-of- the-art, freight-forward distribution terminal in Delano, CA. Railex currently has facilities in Wallula, WA, and Rotterdam, NY.
Paul Esposito, senior vice president of sales and logistics for Railex, told The Produce News May 7 that the firm "was excited about the expansion," which it expects to have ready for operation by early fall, and that it will offer guaranteed five-day service between Delano and Rotterdam.
Railex now offers guaranteed five-day service between Wallula and Rotterdam.
The new 200,000-square-foot facility, which will be located off Interstate 99 in Delano, will have five-and-a-half miles of track and will load "all California commodities" into 19 railcars at a time, Mr. Esposito said.
It will utilize 64-foot, refrigerated ARMN railcars that are equipped with global-positioning satellite tracking, fresh-air exchange and temperature control and will make use of the same rail carriers: Union Pacific Railroad and CSX Transportation.
Ground was broken for the new facility March 4, and Mr. Esposito said it has "been a plan of Railex since [the firm's] inception."
Mr. Esposito said that the Delano facility would handle "all California commodities" and is expected to employ about 150 people initially, a number he expected to double in three years.
According to the Railex web site, one unit train saves over 5.2 million gallons of diesel fuel and reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 85,000 metric tons per year.
Railex is also a member of the SmartWay Transportation Partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which, according to the agency's web site, "is an innovative collaboration between EPA and the freight industry to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution," including maximizing rail efficiency by "highlighting practical opportunities where rail can be better utilized and to encouraging more efficient rail operations and technical innovation."
With diesel fuel prices at an all-time high and no relief in sight, the firm, a division of ADS Management LLC, is in the midst of building a new, state-of- the-art, freight-forward distribution terminal in Delano, CA. Railex currently has facilities in Wallula, WA, and Rotterdam, NY.
Paul Esposito, senior vice president of sales and logistics for Railex, told The Produce News May 7 that the firm "was excited about the expansion," which it expects to have ready for operation by early fall, and that it will offer guaranteed five-day service between Delano and Rotterdam.
Railex now offers guaranteed five-day service between Wallula and Rotterdam.
The new 200,000-square-foot facility, which will be located off Interstate 99 in Delano, will have five-and-a-half miles of track and will load "all California commodities" into 19 railcars at a time, Mr. Esposito said.
It will utilize 64-foot, refrigerated ARMN railcars that are equipped with global-positioning satellite tracking, fresh-air exchange and temperature control and will make use of the same rail carriers: Union Pacific Railroad and CSX Transportation.
Ground was broken for the new facility March 4, and Mr. Esposito said it has "been a plan of Railex since [the firm's] inception."
Mr. Esposito said that the Delano facility would handle "all California commodities" and is expected to employ about 150 people initially, a number he expected to double in three years.
According to the Railex web site, one unit train saves over 5.2 million gallons of diesel fuel and reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 85,000 metric tons per year.
Railex is also a member of the SmartWay Transportation Partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which, according to the agency's web site, "is an innovative collaboration between EPA and the freight industry to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution," including maximizing rail efficiency by "highlighting practical opportunities where rail can be better utilized and to encouraging more efficient rail operations and technical innovation."
