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| More big plans are on the horizon for the footprint of the Port of Prince Rupert |
The Port of Prince Rupert has opened the window towards comment on the planning now underway for a logistics platform to be located on Ridley Island.
The expansive plans would see the facility placed towards the southern side of the island, with the majority of the Export Logistics project to be focused on the area closest to the ocean access side of Ridley.
In their information release from Wednesday, the Port outlines some of the elements and scope of the project and now it will serve global trade out of the Prince Rupert Gateway.
"The Ridley Island Export Logistics Platform (RIELP) is a port infrastructure project that will enable and support the development of innovative, large scale, export transloading facilities designed to increase efficiencies in export supply chains maximize value to Canadian exporters, and support the growth of the intermodal business in the Port of Prince Rupert.
The Prince Rupert Port Authority is the project proponent and would build the proposed land, rail, road and utility infrastructure required to support future transloading operations located on the platform.
Located on the southern end of Ridley Island, the RIELP is designed to host integrated large-scale bulk transload facilities, integrated large-scale breakbulk facilities and an integrated off-dock container yard. Collectively, the platform is designed to support at least 400,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of export transload capacity annually, with the potential to increase capacity to 700,00 (TEUs) for bulk and breakbulk commodities in the future."
The anticipated capital cost of the project is expected to be 250 million dollars, with a two year construction timeline towards completion, while it is under construction, the project would employ an estimated workforce of 250 workers.
In their project overview, the port anticipates the facility would be operational by the fourth quarter of 2022.
The Exports Platform will be entirely on Federal land and under the administrative authority of the PRPA.
Among some of the products that would pass through the Logistics Platform are plastic pellets, cereal grains, speciality agriculture crops, lumber, pulp and mineral concentrates to containers for export.
The shape of what the project will include for infrastructure looks as follows:
New rail and two grade-separated rail crossings
Upgraded access road and new automated truck gate
New intermodal container yard
New Bulk Transload facility
New Break Bulk facility
New ancillary facilities: administration building, stormwater management, etc
Extension of existing ancillary facilities: water distribution line, etc
New onsite equipment such as reach stackers and other industrial machinery
The Port further outlined how the Logistics platform will expand the capacities for the many partners that make for Terminal services in the community
"The integrated off-dock facility will provide empty container storage for the port’s container terminal operations, enhancing terminal efficiency and capacities. The platform and future operating services located on it will be fully integrated via transportation and technological integration with the container terminal operations."
You can review the introduction to the project here, while the wider overview of the project can be explored here.
Those who may have comments to make, can address them by e-mail to the Port at projects@rupertport.com
For more notes of interest on Port developments see our archive page here.
Cross posted from the North Coast Review.
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