Benzinga | Oct 11, 2021 12:05PM EDT

Kansas City Southern Engages Commtrex To Boost Supply Chain Efficiencies

* Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) has engaged Commtrex to enhance the visibility and connectivity of its over 100 transload facilities in the U.S. and Mexico using the Commtrex platform.

* The Commtrex platform allows shippers to search for transload centers by location, commodities handled, services provided, and other parameters to develop their freight rail options.

* KCS transload network handles food and agricultural commodities, bulk materials, chemicals, paper and forest products, steel, and other metals in 19 U.S. and Mexican states.

* This new relationship comes at a time of increasingly complex and volatile global supply chains, capacity constraints, labor shortages, rising transportation costs, and growing trade throughout North America due to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

* Price Action: KSU shares are trading lower by 0.42% at $284.28 on the last check Monday.