BNSF Logistics acquires Transportation Technology Services

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor

BNSF Logistics, LLC, acquired Transportation Technology Services (TTS), an engineering and logistics services provider focused on rail solutions for over-dimensional cargoes. BNSF Logistics says TTS has particular expertise and market presence in the wind energy industry. BNSF Logistics is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BNSF and provides third-party freight logistics services.

 

The transaction follows other wind energy investments, including BNSF Logistics’ Blade Runner℠ technology investments, which are research and development efforts focused on the emerging longer dimensional aspects of the wind energy market.

Since its founding in 2001as a rail engineering company, TTS has evolved to become a provider of specialty services ranging from railcar design to loading, inspection and management of complex project cargo shipments.

“TTS’s engineering and design capabilities, extensive wind fixtures and rail transload locations coupled with their talent and market expertise in industrial products are a perfect fit for our broader expansion into the industrial products sector that handles freight of all sizes. When combined with our existing multi-modal and transload capabilities, BNSFL becomes a leader in North America in multi-modal capacity and ability for the industrial products sector,” commented Ray Greer, BNSF Logistics’ president. “The innovation and value we will be able to bring to our customers just increased significantly,”

Currently managing a fleet of nearly 2,000 rail cars for various clients, of which 1,200 are equipped with patented fixtures designed to handle wind turbine components including blades, tower sections and nacelles, TTS is a significant addition to the more than 9,700 rail shipments BNSF Logistics currently manages. With the ongoing development of BNSF Logistics’ Blade Runner technology to handle ever-lengthening turbine blades via ocean and rail, the combined company will have an extensive and flexible fleet of wind component handling systems in North America. Between the two companies, BNSF Logistics and TTS have collectively developed and managed nearly 50 unique project cargo transload sites across the U.S. over the past six years.

“The TTS team is excited to have the resources and support of BNSF Logistics and their team to enable us to expand further in offering our customers the best solutions and greatest value for managing complex shipping needs anywhere in the world,” said Scott Landrum, TTS’s founder and president.

 

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