The two major Canadian rail freight operators, Canadian Pacific and Canadian National, announced yesterday that the Deltaport Division of a jointly owned rail subsidiary will now manage rail switching operations for both Canadian National and Canadian Pacific  trains at the Deltaport marine container terminal at Roberts Bank, south of Vancouver.

The move is intended to increase efficiencies for both companies as they move rail freight to Roberts Bank terminal, this in addition to developing further the two company’s directional running zone in the Fraser Canyon and Co-Production operating agreements in the greater Vancouver area.

Speaking to the benefits of cooperation, Canadian National Executive Vice President of Operations, Keith Creel said that "Deltaport Division will streamline the logistics chain at the terminal, generating greater efficiencies in the overall rail and port operation.

Canadian Pacific’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Kathryn McQuade also remarked that the jointly managed rail switching should deliver better fluidity and capacity of both railways calling at Deltaport, as well as delivering "better service to our port and terminal partners within the Pacific Gateway."

The Roberts Bank Deltaport terminal is the Port of Vancouver’s largest container terminal with rail capacity of up to eight rail tracks of 3,500 feet each, providing capacity for four 7,000 foot double-stack trains at 440 Twenty Foot Equivalent Units per train.

Source: CNW Group, Canadian Pacific Railway and Vancouver Port Authority

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