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All insightsJohn Ma discusses the history, safety concerns, sustainability and what the future may hold for this industry with John Fenton, CEO of Patriot Rail
Patriot Rail operates 31 regional and short line freight railroads across the United States providing a full-suite of rail services to its customers.
Learn more about this sector in the latest episode of Igneo’s Keeping it Real Assets podcast as John Ma, Partner, Co-Head of North America, discusses the history, safety concerns, sustainability and what the future may hold for this industry with John Fenton, CEO of Patriot Rail.
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Patriot Rail
Based in Jacksonville Florida, Patriot Rail operates a portfolio of 32 short line freight railroads encompassing more than 1,260 track miles across 23 states in the United States. In addition to rail freight, Patriot’s operations include other rail-related services (such as railcar storage, transloading, railcar cleaning, scrapping, repair and maintenance, and contract switching). Patriot has a high quality, diversified customer and commodity mix across its portfolio, with a focus on safe and reliable service as a core value.
- Location: North America
- Sector: Transport
- Risk Classification: Volume
- Initial Acquisition date: Oct 2019
- Governance: Lead
- Website: patriotrail.com/
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