00001:Prince Rupert : gateway to the Twin Cities and the potential value added intermodal freight service.

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• Creators:
  00001:Stewart, Richard D. ; 00002:Wang, Xiubin ; 00003:Ojard, Adolph
• Corporate Creators:
  00001:National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  00001:United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • 00001:Intermodal facilities
  • 00002:Transportation corridors
  • 00003:Freight traffic
  • 00004:Gateways
  • 00005:Economic benefits
  • 00006:Container terminals
  • 00007:Drayage
  • 00008:Inventory
  • 00009:Routes
  • 00010:Traffic congestion
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  00001:CFIRE 02-23
• Resource Type:
  00001:Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  00001:British Columbia ; 00002:Chicago (Illinois) ; 00003:Minnesota ; 00004:Wisconsin
• Corporate Publisher:
  00001:National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (U.S.)
• NTL Classification:
  00001:NTL-FREIGHT-FREIGHT ; 00002:NTL-FREIGHT-Intermodalism ; 00003:NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION ; 00004:NTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-Ports ; 00005:NTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-Congestion ; 00006:NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICY ; 00007:NTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
• Abstract:
  00001:A new Canadian container port being developed in Prince Rupert, British Columbia opens a new intermodal freight corridor operated by the Canadian ; 00002:National Railroad (CN) to serve the Midwest United States for trade with East Asian countries. This paper particularly explores new potential ; 00003:intermodal services to the Twin Cities region. The new Prince Rupert route has potential to serve the Twin Cities through two gateways; Chicago, ; 00004:Illinois and the Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. The advantages and disadvantages of using each gateway are discussed. ; 00005:The paper examines on both routes the issues of: transit time, terminal availability, drayage, corridor congestion, asset utilization, interest inventory ; 00006:costs, freight rates, growth potential, circuitry and transloading. It provides a basis for more studies in the future on this new freight corridor of ; 00007:significant economic values.
• Format:
  00001:PDF
• Funding:
  00001:DTRT06-G-0020
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection