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General Office:
750 North Washington Ave.
Saginaw, MI 48607
Phone: (989) 757-2130
Fax: (989) 757-2134
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Competitive Advantage
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- Lake State has established, time-tested relationships with railroads across North America.
- Lake State has grown its core business substantially through a tailor-made customer service commitment and competitive, market-oriented pricing designed to grow its carload business.
- Lake State has demonstrated success in revitalizing a marginal rail operation under challenging operating conditions.
- Lake State has demonstrated a strong commitment to making strategic capital investments in track, facilities and other projects that enhance operational efficiencies, safety, and create opportunities to build additional carloadings.
- Lake State maintains a proactive position toward safe operations, as demonstrated by its annual rules classes (twice as frequent as required by the FRA) and joint safety initiatives developed with on-line shippers and third parties.
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Business Objectives
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- Grow the existing traffic base through the addition of new carload business oriented toward bottom-line growth.
- Maximize the rail-served traffic opportunities from the current customer base in the area by enhancing service and providing appropriate equipment when necessary.
- Develop a new, growing and diversified rail-served traffic base in the area by expanding transloading opportunities, making strategic investments in rail-served facilities, and aggressively supporting economic development initiatives.
- Maintain proactive orientation toward safe operations through joint safety initiatives developed in conjunction with local railroads and customers.
- Maintain an efficient, two carrier haul for traffic moving between Bay City and points north, and points on the CSXT system. And preserve the competitive line-haul options currently available to shippers located north and northwest of Saginaw, Michigan.
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