Pacer's Stacktrain Unit Names General Manager for International Business.

Business, Logistics and Transportation Editors

CONCORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2002

Pacer Stacktrain, North America's largest provider of double-stack rail transportation services for both domestic and international containerized freight, has named Sunil Chopra as

Chopra most recently served as vice president and general manager for Australia-New Zealand Direct Line (ANZDL), based in Sydney. His extensive experience in sales, customer retention, and quality processes in both transportation and logistics also includes service with shipping lines P&O Nedlloyd in the United States and Canada, and with APL in Asia, the Middle East and in North America.

"Because of the economics, reliability and ride quality of double-stack intermodal container transportation," said Pete Ruotsi, Pacer Stacktrain's executive vice president for business development, "it is an attractive mode for distributing containerized freight throughout North America, including import and export shipments.

"Pacer's North American stacktrain service for international customers is differentiated by the company's expertise in network, equipment-management and back-room operations, and a commitment to making it easy for customers to do business with us."

Ruotsi added: "We believe Sunil Chopra, with his strong background in global shipping, will be especially effective at demonstrating to prospective international customers the competency and competitiveness they can achieve by outsourcing their domestic (North America) distribution operations to Pacer Stacktrain."

Pacer Stacktrain's business accounted for more than $800 million of gross revenues in 2001.

Chopra, who holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Delhi, is currently completing an Executive MBA program at the Graduate School of Management in Sydney.

About Pacer Stacktrain -- Pacer Stacktrain is part of Pacer International, a leading North American freight transportation and logistics services provider. Pacer International's stock (Nasdaq: PACR) began trading publicly on June 13, 2002. The stacktrain unit offers a coast-to-coast rail network for the distribution of containerized freight by maintaining long-term contracts with all major North American railroads and operating an extensive fleet of railcars that accommodate containers stacked two high. The network spans some 50,000 miles of track, making it the most extensive in the marketplace. Transportation services are marketed on a wholesale basis through intermodal marketing companies and other third parties. Another unit of Pacer International, Pacer Global Logistics, offers a broad range of intermodal, trucking, warehousing, consolidation and other services on a retail basis, all available through a single organization. Pacer Stacktrain is headquartered in Concord, California.

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