Steps Being Taken to Build Inland Container Port

Sunday, February 12, 2006 02:55 PM

Aerial view of the area where a major container port will be located

An announcement is expected in the coming days from CN, that it will start a "container stuffing facility" on the existing CN yards here in the city. This is not a full fledged "Inland Container Port" as the rumor had been circulating, but rather making the containers that are moving from here to Prince Rupert available for what is termed in the trade “ container stuffing “. That entails using the back haul cars to be stuffed with products for off shore shipping through the Port of Prince Rupert and the new container service being brought on stream there.

Meantime, Opinion250 has details of what may be the worst kept secret in Prince George. A large Inland Container Port that is quietly being put together in the city, is moving along with Moffat property on airport hill being the corner stone of a proposed giant Inland container Port.

The Moffat property has been sold to a company in the lower mainland. Surrounding property in the area has either been purchased or is in the throws of negotiations.

That project would entail about 2400 acres in total and would be located at the top of Highway 16 east, near the Prince George regional airport.

An individual close to the project (who spoke on the condition of not being identified) said , “ There is only one piece of property that needs to be purchased to put this package together , the people trying to buy the land are hoping that the land owner doesn’t know what’s up, but they already know “.

The purchase of this large tract of land would be the home for the Inland Container Port.

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Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 02:55 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Palopu on February 10 2006 6:38 PM

Well Im not from Missouri but I'll have to see it to beleive it. The Container Stuffing terminal would replace some to the Container traffic that is now being stuffed in Vancouver Ports, however Im not sure what the Inland Container Port would do, other than store either empty or loaded containers, which doesnt make any sense.

Posted by: spanky on February 10 2006 9:59 PM

AWESOME! This should mean at LEAST five more full time security guard jobs because you know the local yocals will try to break into the containers.

later.........

Posted by: Chadermando on February 11 2006 11:00 AM

IMO all the more reason for a hazzardous goods ring road. It also makes the replacement of the Cameron street bridge all that more startegic an issue for all the more reasons that should be obvious considering where all the traffic will be.

Time Will Tell

Posted by: szd on February 11 2006 2:44 PM

Canfor and the Novaks are also are involved in wanting to stuff containers with lumber and pulp for the back haul, but this site is supposedly in the BCR industrial site. They are negotiating on 43 acres there. I would think that the other mills would be considering the same idea but at the airport site.

Posted by: Palopu on February 11 2006 7:47 PM

It all depends on where they load the Containers on the trains. If they load them on the BCR site (Which would make sense) then no one would be using the Cameron St. Bridge. All Container traffic North of the Nechako would go to the BCR on 97 South. All traffic on River Road would go via Queensway, Traffic from the West would go to BCR and local mills now located on BCR (Carrier, Rustads, etc) would load at BCR Industrial site. Still no need for a new bridge.

Posted by: Chadermando on February 11 2006 10:10 PM

Where ever it is built our choke points of Peden Hill, the downtown arteries, and Cameron Street bridge in its current configuration will not be able to handle the additional heavy truck traffic in a safe and efficient manor.

I would suggest for starters a bi-pass route from Beaverly to the BCR site crossing the Fraser river and connecting south of town at the new location for the scales. I would continue this ring along the old Cariboo highway route across the highway 16 Fraser river bridge, and then from there to a bridge that can serve as a dangerous good route for North of the Nechako traffic connecting the pulp mills and all traffic north to Mackenzie, Bear Lake, and the Peace River area.

If PG wants to be serious about a transportation hub then it will require this kind of investment IMO.

Posted by: owl on February 12 2006 5:50 PM

no possibility, eh????

think cogwheel .... think mountains .... think Switzerland ....

;-)

http://www.theculturedtraveler.com/Archives/Nov2003/Swiss.htm

Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on February 13 2006 7:58 AM

Rail connection to airport? Piece of cake from Red Rock, but why bother? Just use rubber tire like everywhere else in the world to shuffle the boxes around town.

Posted by: Chadermando on February 13 2006 8:02 AM

IMO the containers will be stuffed with goods transported by truck to the stuffing facility, and then the stuffed containers will be transported by truck to the loading facility in the CN Rail yard where they will be loaded onto the appropriate train. Thus the need for improved commercial highway infrastructure and the need to think ahead for commercial infrastructure improvements like the Cameron knee jerk reaction bridge.

No need for train tracks that go up the hill through property that is privately owned.

Good relevant question though.