KCS President & CEO Patrick J. Ottensmeyer Joins U.S. CBP & Mexican SAT Officials for Dedication of Joint Unified Cargo Proce...
August 18 2017 - 2:29PM
Business Wire
Yesterday, Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) president and
CEO Patrick J. Ottensmeyer joined officials representing the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Mexican Customs (SAT) in
the dedication of a new, joint Unified Cargo Processing facility at
the Laredo, Texas railroad border-crossing. The objective of this
new facility is to share Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) security
scanning images; conduct Mexico export processing at the U.S.
railhead; streamline the documentation review of northbound trains;
and conduct joint inspections, when needed, on inbound
shipments.
During the week that U.S., Mexican and Canadian trade
representatives begin opening negotiations to update the North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), U.S. and Mexican customs
officials are dedicating this new facility to improving the
fluidity and security of this vital, cross-border rail
corridor.
“As our governments begin the important work of updating the
North American Free Trade Agreement this week, we must all remember
the importance of the NAFTA trade relationship to both countries
and both economies,” said Mr. Ottensmeyer. “This project, and
others to follow, are essential to facilitate the goal of expanding
trade and particularly increasing exports of goods such as refined
petroleum products and petro-chemicals from the U.S. to
Mexico.”
The Laredo/Nuevo Laredo rail crossing is the busiest on the
U.S.-Mexico border, processing on average 23 trains in both
directions per 24-hour period, and carrying a wide variety of
products such as automobiles and parts, steel, grain and petroleum
products. It is vital to the economic security of both
countries.
CBP, Mexico Customs, KCS and Union Pacific are committed to
continually improving this border-crossing for security, safety and
efficiency through government and private sector collaboration.
Eliminating stopping trains on the bridge would increase velocity
and fluidity of train movements over the border, which is important
for all stakeholders. Keeping trains moving increases security and
throughput, while reducing traffic congestion within the city
limits of Laredo and Nuevo Laredo.
“This project is a model for how communities, governmental
authorities and private enterprises can work together to create
outcomes that benefit everyone and strengthen our relationships
with our key trading partners and neighbors,” said Mr.
Ottensmeyer.
Demand for rail shipments across this busiest international rail
gateway in both directions will continue to increase in the future,
particularly with growth in U.S. agricultural and future energy
exports to Mexico. New and innovative ways to keep this trade
moving securely and efficiently over the border will be needed in
the future to expand trade between the U.S. and Mexico and make
North America even more competitive.
U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar of Texas, CBP deputy executive
assistant John Wagner, Mexican SAT assistant commissioner Gerardo
Suarez Hasbach, Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz, and Nuevo Laredo bilateral
affairs coordinator Edgar Parra and sixth councilman of the
municipal council Gerardo Peña joined Ottensmeyer at the
dedication.
Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., KCS is a
transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the
U.S., Mexico and Panama. Its primary U.S. holding is The Kansas
City Southern Railway Company, serving the central and south
central U.S. Its international holdings include Kansas City
Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., serving northeastern and central
Mexico and the port cities of Lázaro Cárdenas, Tampico and
Veracruz, and a 50 percent interest in Panama Canal Railway
Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service
along the Panama Canal. KCS' North American rail holdings and
strategic alliances are primary components of a railway network
linking the commercial and industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico
and Canada.
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Kansas City SouthernC. Doniele Carlson,
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