Calgary Alberta - Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP) and Maersk have reached an agreement to build and operate a world-class trans-load and distribution facility in Vancouver to expand CP's and Maersk Canada's supply chain options for customers.
 
The CP trans-load facility will be an expansion of CP's existing Vancouver Intermodal Facility and thus will benefit from turnkey rail infrastructure.
 
The trans-load facility is designed to apply Maersk's global integrator of container logistics strategy and will offer customers access to a multi-commodity trans-load facility that will rely on the substantial use of rail instead of truck in the Vancouver market, as CP will shuttle containers to and from the ocean terminals via rail.
 
Maersk's ambition to establish a sustainable supply chain aligns with CP's initiatives to fight climate change.
 
This compelling combination will provide an effective and efficient long-term intermodal solution for customers.
 
The import trans-load facility will be operational in 2021.
 
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