| Prince Rupert Container Port Now Open |
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The grand opening of the Prince Rupert Fairview Container Terminal is creating a new high-speed, congestion-free trade corridor between Asia and North America. “This new terminal represents yet another step in building a world–class transportation system connecting North America to Asia,” said the Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics. “It will open extraordinary opportunities for Canadian business at home and abroad.” In addition, under the Asia Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative, the Canadian Border Services Agency will invest $28 million to establish a state of the art container screening program. CN is also investing heavily in its western Canadian network. These improvements include upgrades to its rail traffic control system west of Prince George and extended sidings that will result in a double track system from Prince Rupert to Memphis with the capacity to handle the four million TEUs that the Port of Prince Rupert is projecting to handle by 2015. CN has upgraded tunnel and bridge, built new intermodal terminals in Prince George and Edmonton and acquired 50 new state-of-the-art locomotives specifically to serve Prince Rupert. Maher Terminals believed the Port of Prince Rupert could become a major cargo gateway for North America when, despite its remoteness, the New Jersey-based operator successfully bid on a 30-year lease in 2001 to establish its first terminal on the West Coast. |
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