AGREEMENT REACHED FOR NISSAN DISTRIBUTION CENTER AT CENTERPOINT PARK

HOUSTON — Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has reached an agreement with Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (KCS) to construct a new finished vehicle distribution center for Nissan in Houston. The facility will be situated adjacent to CenterPoint Intermodal Center – Houston Metro, an 800-acre intermodal and logistical park owned by a joint venture between CenterPoint Properties and KCS. The new facility is located on the new Victoria-to-Rosenberg KCS main line, providing direct access to Nissan’s manufacturing facility in Aguascalientes, Mexico, as well as the Mexican port of Lazaro Cardenas. The distribution center will serve customers in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. The construction timetable for the project has not been released.