With the ever increasing interest in the potential for container facilities in Prince Rupert, the Port Authority is quickly getting on with the task of securing land and crossing all the regulatory and consultative bridges needed to get phase two of the Fairview Container project to the starting gate.
The Daily news features a front page story in Tuesday’s paper outlining the Port Authorities plans to have the province transfer thirty two hectares in order to begin the process of development of phase two.
Mindful of controversies that sprung up around the development of phase one, the Port is also beginning consultations with First Nations and commencing with the environmental review process.
The development of phase two is seen as a key in turning the port into a major shipping destination as it will increase the throughput of containers to markets across North America and to the Asian Pacific nations.
PORT EYEING LAND, ‘EAGER TO GET ON WITH PAHSE TWO’
Thirty two hectares owned by province could be transferred to the port’s hands
The Daily News
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Pages one and three
The Prince Rupert Port Authority has applied to acquire it will need to develop the second phase of the Fairview Container Terminal.
Earlier this month, the port announced it was making an application to the Integrated land Management Bureau to have the land transferred from the province to the port authority.
“It will give us the platform to complete “Phase 2,” said Shaun Stevenson, vice president, marketing and business development.
The port is seeking to change ownership for 32 hectares located south of the existing terminal.
Stevenson said the port has just about completed the engineering for Phase two of the development and has commenced the environmental review process as well as the First Nations consultation.
“Based on the feedback we have been getting, we are eager to get on with Phase 2,” he said.
The vision for the future is the expansion of the terminal to nearly triple the size of the facility to accommodate an annual capacity of two million containers in order to meet the demands of continued growth in Asia Pacific traffic trade.
The project would feature an extension of the wharf to 800 metres, maintaining a 17 metre minimum water depth, increasing the dock area to 165 acres, and doubling the number of super post-panamax cranes.
The expanded facility would have an on-site storage capacity of 25,000 TEU’s and accommodate the continued growth in regional export traffic anticipated to develop during the next decade.
In the meantime, the port is also working on the environmental assessment process for the new container examination facility on Ridley Island. The facility, which needs to be in place for Phase 1, will be operated by Quickload Terminals.
Last November, the Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia awarded Quickload Terminals the contract to develop and operate a state-of-the-art container examination facility to serve the new container terminal. The fully secure facility will include 30,000 square feet of warehouse to examine Canadian Border Services Agency-targeted containers suspected of carrying contraband or other illegal materials.
The facility will be operated by up to 25 Quickload staff and 20 CBSA officers.
The Container Examination Facility (CEF) will be a pre-engineered steel warehouse and administrative building, and will be located on Ridley Island on federal lands under the jurisdictional authority of the Prince Rupert Port Authority. (PRPA)
The CEF facility may be expanded as container throughput increases within the Port of Prince Rupert.
The Daily news features a front page story in Tuesday’s paper outlining the Port Authorities plans to have the province transfer thirty two hectares in order to begin the process of development of phase two.
Mindful of controversies that sprung up around the development of phase one, the Port is also beginning consultations with First Nations and commencing with the environmental review process.
The development of phase two is seen as a key in turning the port into a major shipping destination as it will increase the throughput of containers to markets across North America and to the Asian Pacific nations.
PORT EYEING LAND, ‘EAGER TO GET ON WITH PAHSE TWO’
Thirty two hectares owned by province could be transferred to the port’s hands
The Daily News
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Pages one and three
The Prince Rupert Port Authority has applied to acquire it will need to develop the second phase of the Fairview Container Terminal.
Earlier this month, the port announced it was making an application to the Integrated land Management Bureau to have the land transferred from the province to the port authority.
“It will give us the platform to complete “Phase 2,” said Shaun Stevenson, vice president, marketing and business development.
The port is seeking to change ownership for 32 hectares located south of the existing terminal.
Stevenson said the port has just about completed the engineering for Phase two of the development and has commenced the environmental review process as well as the First Nations consultation.
“Based on the feedback we have been getting, we are eager to get on with Phase 2,” he said.
The vision for the future is the expansion of the terminal to nearly triple the size of the facility to accommodate an annual capacity of two million containers in order to meet the demands of continued growth in Asia Pacific traffic trade.
The project would feature an extension of the wharf to 800 metres, maintaining a 17 metre minimum water depth, increasing the dock area to 165 acres, and doubling the number of super post-panamax cranes.
The expanded facility would have an on-site storage capacity of 25,000 TEU’s and accommodate the continued growth in regional export traffic anticipated to develop during the next decade.
In the meantime, the port is also working on the environmental assessment process for the new container examination facility on Ridley Island. The facility, which needs to be in place for Phase 1, will be operated by Quickload Terminals.
Last November, the Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia awarded Quickload Terminals the contract to develop and operate a state-of-the-art container examination facility to serve the new container terminal. The fully secure facility will include 30,000 square feet of warehouse to examine Canadian Border Services Agency-targeted containers suspected of carrying contraband or other illegal materials.
The facility will be operated by up to 25 Quickload staff and 20 CBSA officers.
The Container Examination Facility (CEF) will be a pre-engineered steel warehouse and administrative building, and will be located on Ridley Island on federal lands under the jurisdictional authority of the Prince Rupert Port Authority. (PRPA)
The CEF facility may be expanded as container throughput increases within the Port of Prince Rupert.
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