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<div>Union Pacific Railroad on Friday said it would build a state-of-the-art transload facility in the greater Chicago area, providing agricultural exporters more capacity to ship their commodities amid rising demand as container lines add capacity in the Pacific Northwest. </div><div>The Western railroad said the facility that will open in the fourth quarter at its Gloval IV intermodal terminal in Joliet, Illinois, will offer exporters greater access to ocean containers and faster turnaround of the equipment for container lines. The terminal — a joint venture between UP, transload operator Consolidated Grain and Barge Co., and Gavilon Grain, LLC, a subsidiary of...

Union Pacific Railroad will open a transload facility adjacent to a Chicago-area container terminal to meet rising demand for containerized agricultural exports amid ocean capacity challenges.

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