Calgary’s new hub a humdinger

 CALGARY – – CN is building a brand new 680-acre “logistics park” just northeast of Cowtown and it should be operational by 2013.

CN’s President and CEO Claude Mongeau made the announcement last week.

         With aim of bolstering Calgary’s role as a logistics focal point, the park will offer:

         * A state-of-the-art intermodal terminal for containerized goods moving between rail and truck, with ample room for customers to build on-site distribution centres that will eliminate costly handling and drayage cost to move product to other facilities;
*       More than two million square feet of warehousing capacity, including a multi-commodity rail-to-truck transload and warehouse facility, and
*       Dimensional shipment and heavy container handling capacity.
          CN also plans to have an automotive compound for regional vehicle distribution ready during 2013, and to add a liquid and dry-bulk transload and distribution facility to the logistics park at a later date.
         CN expects to complete construction of the logistics park by the end of 2012, when it will transfer intermodal activities and Calgary personnel to the new facility. Operations will start in early 2013.
         The new facility will offer access to Stoney Trail and other major roadways including the Trans Canada Highway.  

         Click here a map of the facility