Pacific Northwest logistics patterns : the Port of Prince Rupert as a successful national getaway strategy.
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2009-12-01
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Abstract:The Port of Prince Rupert is developing a significant marine container terminal (2 million TEUs by 2012). This port
will be the closest major port to Southeast Alaska, and co-located with the terminus, and only Canadian port of the
Alaska Marine Highway System. Located in Northern British Columbia, the Port of Prince Rupert is the second
largest deep-sea port on the West Coast of Canada. This port also offers up to 58 hours shorter transit time between
North American and key ports in Asia compared to other West Coast ports.
The Port of Prince Rupert also presents a completely new and untested model for port development. All other major
North American ports are located in major urban centers with extensive inland transportation infrastructure. This is
not the case for Prince Rupert, which opened for container business in September, 2007. The port’s rural location
may be viewed as both an asset and vulnerability. An asset as there is less congestion, and a smaller population for
any negative exposure, while vulnerabilities arise due to possible disruptions in transporting goods to and from the
hinterland on the single-track rail line which is prone to landslides and flooding and the lack of any landside
handling infrastructure such as warehouses or transloading facilities. This project will gather goods movement data
on trade between Alaska, Washington and British Columbia from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and PIERS
database to develop regional flow map. Qualitative interviews with shipping lines and major transportation providers
at regional ports will also be completed (over the phone). The final report will document results and analysis from
these tasks and provide a framework for future research concerning the role of rural ports, in particular those in
northern locations.
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