Canada’s ports are legislated to build long-term trade-enabling infrastructure to advance the nation's international trade agenda. This strategic, future planning approach also helps to address seasonality and cyclicality, as well as short term acceleration or deceleration of trade lanes.
With this mandate, the Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) has worked for more than a decade to grow and extend the intermodal ecosystem in the Prince Rupert Gateway. Investments in expanding Fairview Container Terminal to 1.6 million TEUs capacity, constructing the South Kaien Logistics Park to support 100,000+ TEUs in import logistics, and building CANXPORT to handle large-scale rail-fed export transloading of 400,000 TEUs annually are creating greater efficiency and optionality for importers and exporters. Development of new road and rail infrastructure is further streamlining intermodal operations: the expansion of CN’s Zanardi Bridge and causeway will increase rail corridor capacity, and PRPA’s completed Fairview-Ridley Connector Corridor will link the new intermodal logistics facilities directly with Fairview Terminal via a private, dedicated 5 km (3 mi) drayage road.
Building resiliency into this integrated intermodal ecosystem is key to Prince Rupert’s success in responding to volatility and external market pressures. Developing the capacities, capabilities and logistics service shippers want and need supports greater market diversification.
PRPA continuously works with shippers, investors and supply chain partners to deliver trade-enabling projects to address short term effects and enable long term growth. Focus on these strategic upgrades is essential to maintaining the high level of supply chain performance and reliability that defines Prince Rupert’s success.