UP ousts CP from shared container pool in favor of CN

Union Pacific has ejected Canadian Pacific from a shared pool of rail-owned domestic containers, a move likely related to the pending CP-Kansas City Southern merger that could take business away from UP.

Non-asset intermodal providers use “EMP” 53-foot containers to move goods in North America, but now Canadian Pacific will need a new way to lure these customers if it acquires Kansas City Southern. Photo credit: Ari Ashe/JOC.com.

Union Pacific has ejected Canadian Pacific from a shared pool of rail-owned domestic containers, a move likely related to the pending CP-Kansas City Southern merger that could take business away from UP.