b'14American Journal of TransportationNOVEMBER 20 - DECEMBER 17, 2023(NETWORKcontinued from page 2) an expansion project for capacity to reach 1.8 mil- (PROVIDERScontinued from page 12)planning alternative actions in the event of agita- lion TEUs. container shipping companies. tions in the system.A large multi-purpose terminal located on the He also asked this question: Do we spend morebanks of the Fraser River in the Greater Vancouveriep-C entriCb uSineSStime collecting data rather than using data? area;FraserSurreyDockswasacquiredin2020OCEMAsownershipofCCMwasanatural Touchingoncorporatethinkingbehindthein continuation of its strategic growth in Canada.extension of liner business. Mike Wilson, CEO of enlargement of a terminal network, he stated: WeIt provides excellent proximity to major railways,CCMinanAJOTarticleontheevolutionofthe have to optimize everything we have before we starthighways, the Pacific Ocean, and industrial sectorschassis business and role of liner shipping, wrote, to expand. You cant build a terminal in 30 days. It isjust 18 miles from the U.S. border. This meant that chassis provisioning for the first not an if question but a when question. Elsewhere on the Canadian West Coast, on Van- 40-plus years of containerization up until the early couver Island, DP World and the Port of Nanaimo2000swasocean-carriercentric.[https://www.D evelopMentS atf ivet erMinalS on thee aSt signed in 2021 a 50-year lease agreement around theajot.com/insights/full/the-evolution-of-container-anDw eStC oaStS shortsea shipping operations at Duke Point Termi- chassis-provisioning-in-the-us]DP World, Smith continued, was determined tonal. Just recently, the federal government announcedAroundthesametimeasthe2008financial contribute to the growth of the Canadian economythe funding of a study that will, among other things,crisis, ocean carriers began getting out of the chassis through its terminals in Prince Rupert, Vancouver,focusonbolsteringcontainer-handlingcapacitybusiness and selling off their chassis assets, largely Nanaimo, Fraser Surrey, and Saint John. and assess potential improvements for transportingto chassis leasing companiesthe IEPs.Earlier this year, in May, DP World celebratedcargo by sea over short distances between Vancou- Notsurprisinglythecurrentcompositionof the completion of the C$350 million (US$260 mil- ver Island and the Lower Mainland. chassis ownership reflects the transition.lion)CentermExpansionProjectwhichincreasesOn the East Coast, Port Saint John has embarkedTheIntermodal AssociationofNorth America throughput by 60% to 1.5 million TEUs annuallyon a concerted campaign to enhance its position as(IANA) which is the main association for the IEPs while adding 15% to the terminals overall footprint. an important Atlantic maritime gateway to Centralregularly provides statistics on the business. In per-The terminals environmental impact has alsoCanadaandtheU.S.NortheastandMidwest.IncentagetermsranksChassisPools/LeasingCom-been reduced by adding capacity for container shipsthe above context, DP World and Port Saint Johnpany ownership at 65%, Motor Carriers at 18% to connect to electrical shore power and convertingwelcomed two additional post-Panamax cranes lastandRailroadsa13%shareandOceanCarrier, its diesel yard cranes to electric. Januarytothecontainerterminal.Thearrivalofwhich were once the largest now only at 4%. Con-Anestimated10,000longshoreandforementhese craneswhich brought the total to four at thesidering that the container ship operators once owned employeeshaveworkedforDPWorldinBritishport - marked a significant milestone in Port Saintnearly all the marine containers, the 15-year sell off Columbia over the past 20 yearshandling moreJohns$205millionmodernizationprojectslatedrepresents a remarkable shift from a business ocean-than 20 million loaded TEUs.to be completed this year. The modernization pro- carrier centric to now a IEP-centric business.At Prince Rupert in northern British Colom- gram deepening quayside draft and increasing the bia, DP World and the Prince Rupert Port Author- on-dock rail sector will expand container capacityp oolt iMeity are in the midst of a two-year study launchedto 300,000 TEUs. From a company perspective, there are a few big in February 2022 to assess the feasibility of a newLast year, the Bay of Fundy port and its partnersplayers operating in the marine chassis provisioning container facility that would add up to 2 millionexceeded the milestone of 100,000 TEUs of cargoniche. In no particular order, DCLI, Trac Intermo-TEUs of annual capacity to Canadas third largestpassing through the port, going on to end the yeardal, Milestone, Flexivan, North American Chassis port to meet anticipated increased maritime tradewith more than 150,000 TEUs in throughput and anPool Cooperation (NACP) and CCM are among the with Asia. It would be situated south of the exist- impressive annual growth rate of 72%. The portsbest known and largest. 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