CN builds transload centre, intermodal yard in Prince George
CN will construct a C$20-million transload operation and intermodal rail terminal in Prince George, BC, for the export of containerised products to and from Asian markets through the new Port of Prince Rupert, BC rail/maritime intermodal facility.
Situated 500 miles east of Prince Rupert, Prince George is close to British Columbia’s large fibre reserves and other natural resources, and is also CN’s divisional headquarters and main operations hub in northern BC.
“The new Prince George terminal is an important part of the Pacific Gateway Strategy as it will maximise the potential of new port capacity at Prince Rupert,” said Peter Marshall, CN senior vice-president, Western Region, adding that the Prince George facility is ideally located to tap backhaul export opportunities, filling empty containers moving to Asia via Prince Rupert.
CN’s new Prince George transload facility, with an 84,000 sq.ft warehouse and ten acres of outside storage, is expected to open in the fall this year. It will load containers arriving at the facility by rail or truck, and lift the loaded containers onto railway flatcars at CN’s new adjacent intermodal rail yard.
Daily service will be offered from this terminal to the Port of Prince Rupert.
Scheduled to open in October 2007 with a phase one capacity of 500,000 TEU, the Prince Rupert terminal will create a new North American gateway for goods moving to and from Asia and the principal centres of Canada and the US Midwest and South, giving shippers the opportunity to bypass congested West Coast ports.
Situated 500 miles east of Prince Rupert, Prince George is close to British Columbia’s large fibre reserves and other natural resources, and is also CN’s divisional headquarters and main operations hub in northern BC.
“The new Prince George terminal is an important part of the Pacific Gateway Strategy as it will maximise the potential of new port capacity at Prince Rupert,” said Peter Marshall, CN senior vice-president, Western Region, adding that the Prince George facility is ideally located to tap backhaul export opportunities, filling empty containers moving to Asia via Prince Rupert.
CN’s new Prince George transload facility, with an 84,000 sq.ft warehouse and ten acres of outside storage, is expected to open in the fall this year. It will load containers arriving at the facility by rail or truck, and lift the loaded containers onto railway flatcars at CN’s new adjacent intermodal rail yard.
Daily service will be offered from this terminal to the Port of Prince Rupert.
Scheduled to open in October 2007 with a phase one capacity of 500,000 TEU, the Prince Rupert terminal will create a new North American gateway for goods moving to and from Asia and the principal centres of Canada and the US Midwest and South, giving shippers the opportunity to bypass congested West Coast ports.