RE: (erielack) COFC Question

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paul.tupaczewski_@_alcatel-lucent.com>]

> SeaLand and SeaTrain are easy to confuse. The COFC move from 
> S Dayton to Weehawken was SeaTrain. This fascinating move was 
> thoroughly discussed in this forum in late July, 2007. In the 
> Northeast, SeaLand heavily used PC and LV.  A weekly N&W-LV 
> minibridge service into Oak Island began in 1972. A couple 
> years later, SeaLand was using  D&H's new Lacolle PQ facility 
> serving the Montreal area. The moves were D&H-LV-N&W to the 
> west and D&H-LV to Oak Island. On EL, I estimate that 
> SeaTrain (rep mark STLU) volume was approx 4X SeaLand (rep 
> mark SEAU) volume.


The advantage of Sea-Land (and yes, that's the proper way to write their abbreviated corporate name - the full name is "Sea-Land Service, Inc.") using either PC or LV was that their Meadows and Oak Island terminals, respectively, were closer to their piers at Port Elizabeth, offering a shorter drayage than if they were unloaded at Croxton.

Of course, this makes it even funnier that when Sea-Land wanted to run stack trains in the 1980s, they used the NYS&W, whose terminal put them even FARTHER away from the Port Elizabeth pier! Go figure. :)

Oh, and for the record, the correct spelling is "Seatrain" (no capital 'T') - the company's full formal corporate name is "Seatrain Lines."

	- Paul

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