Northwest Container

Company History: In 1986, NWCS joined forces with the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) to offer our joint customers an efficient and dependable overnight train service, the "Daily Direct."
In November 2004, NWCS was acquired by Waste Connections (NYSE.WCN) for the purposes of continuing it’s services for international and domestic marine container transportation services and the addition of transportation of solid wastes to it’s Finley Buttes landfill in Boardman, Oregon.

Brief History: The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.