The Port of Prince Rupert continues to attract its fair share of attention below the 49th as an American trade magazine picks up the theme of potential expansion for “Port Rupert”.
World Trade magazine is featuring a look at the ports of America and where the competition is coming from, with the Fairview Container port being given its own bit of space in the examination of world trade on the Pacific.
And while they examine our operations on the coast, they also offer up an interesting study on how the different ports of America, both East and West coast are making plans to increase their share of the profitable transportation sector.
The full article can be found here.
The portion which refers to “Port Rupert”, we provide below.
Port Rupert, British Columbia: A Fresh Start
World Trade Magazine
February 2, 2008
World Trade magazine is featuring a look at the ports of America and where the competition is coming from, with the Fairview Container port being given its own bit of space in the examination of world trade on the Pacific.
And while they examine our operations on the coast, they also offer up an interesting study on how the different ports of America, both East and West coast are making plans to increase their share of the profitable transportation sector.
The full article can be found here.
The portion which refers to “Port Rupert”, we provide below.
Port Rupert, British Columbia: A Fresh Start
World Trade Magazine
February 2, 2008
Port Rupert, British Columbia: A Fresh StartOne approach—which few are in a position to undertake—is to start pretty much from scratch.
That is the general story of Port Rupert in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, some 500 miles north of Vancouver. On October 31, 2007, the COSCO container ship “Antwerp” became the first to land at Port Rupert’s Fairview Terminal, recently converted from break bulk to container capability.
While that converted terminal provides an immediate annual capacity of 500,000 TEUs, Port Rupert officials see a much bigger number in their future. By 2015, they expect trade through their port to mount to over 4 million TEUs annually.
Barry Bartlett, communications director for the port, cites three advantages: Due to its location on Great Circle lines, the sea voyage from Asia to Port Rupert is a day faster than to Vancouver and nearly three days faster than to Los Angeles/Long Beach; Port Rupert has the deepest natural harbor on North America’s West Coast—at low tide, the port offers a minimum depth of 62 feet without dredging; and third, Bartlett adds, starting from scratch has allowed for design of a “truck free” ship-to-rail transfer system. Offloaded containers are carried less than 200 yards to the Canadian National intermodal loading facility.
The new service represents an alliance struck by the port with COSCO, NYK Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin.
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