CentrePort Canada

CentrePort Canada is an inland port located in Winnipeg and Rosser, Manitoba. It was created in 2008 by provincial legislation called the CentrePort Canada Act.[1] The Act established the mandate of CentrePort Canada and designated 20,000 acres to the tri-modal inland port, situated adjacent to the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport. CentrePort Canada offers greenfield investment opportunities for a wide variety of business operations including distribution, warehousing and manufacturing.

In addition to a 24/7 international cargo airport, CentrePort Canada provides access to three class I rail carriers and national and international trucking routes. The Governments of Manitoba and Canada have invested $212.4 million for CentrePort Canada Way,[2] a 10 km expressway to better connect companies in the inland port to key gateways and corridors. Weather permitting, the expressway will be complete by the end of 2013.

CentrePort often works in partnership with economic development organizations like Economic Development Winnipeg on the areas of transportation, warehousing, distribution etc.[3]

Winnipeg, and the inland port are located near the geographic centre of North America. It boasts a modern, well-established network of highways, railways, air and sea connections to important regional and international markets, including eastern and western Canada, the United States, Mexico and Latin America, as well as Europe and Asia. The city has direct connections to both the Port of Vancouver, and the Port of Prince Rupert, Canada's only major Pacific ports. Winnipeg also has a direct connection to Churchill, Manitoba, a major grain export facility and the only Canadian deep-water Arctic port.

CentrePort Canada is one of a growing number of inland ports in North America and faces competition from other prairie centres such as Port Alberta or the Global Transportation Hub in Regina

On April 7, 2014, CentrePort Canada Inc. released its 2014/2015 Business Plan. The Business Plan includes the Corporation’s five priorities for the year:

1. Prepare CentrePort Canada lands for development, investment and revenue generation;

2. Work with companies on investment plans for new and expanded operations;

3. Develop a new common-use rail facility and adjacent industrial park for rail-intensive business;

4. Promote investment through targeted marketing to companies, tenants and site selectors; and;

5. Generate own-source revenues and achieve financial self sufficiency by 2017.

There have been several news stories written about CentrePort initiatives in the last year, including:

- In November 2013 Premier Selinger and Prime Minister Harper officially opened CentrePort Canada Way, and in March 2014, the Province of Manitoba announced it plans to double CentrePort Canada Way to by-pass Headingley. [4]

- In September 2012, CentrePort Canada signed an agreement with SinoTrans Eastern Company Ltd. and Invent IOT Technology Inc., both of China, to increase trade opportunities for Manitoba producers in China.[5]

- CentrePort and partners shipped Manitoba’s first-ever, fully monitored container shipment of soybeans to Chongqing, China in April 2012.[6] In February 2012, the same Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology was used for a shipment of Manitoba pork to Chongqing.[7]

- CentrePort and the Province of Manitoba announced that work with Motomco Group of Brazil led to the company deciding to set up its North American sales and service office in Winnipeg.[8]

- In three years, over 187 acres have been sold to 31 new companies in two business parks on the CentrePort footprint. This includes the sell-out of phase 2 of DTZ Winnipeg’s Brookside Industrial Park West.[9] Three companies that opened facilities this year in the business parks include Trailer Wizards,[10] Fort Garry Fire Trucks[11] and C&T Rentals.[12]

References

  1. ↑ CentrePort Canada Act.
  2. ↑ CentrePort Canada Way.
  3. ↑ Economic Development Winnipeg.
  4. ↑ Doubling of CentrePort Canada Way.
  5. ↑ Increasing Trade Opportunities in China.
  6. ↑ Containerized Manitoba Soybeans to Chongqing.
  7. ↑ Secure Manitoba Pork to Chongqing.
  8. ↑ Motomco.
  9. ↑ Brookside Industrial Park West sold out.
  10. ↑ Trailer Wizards.
  11. ↑ Fort Garry Fire Trucks.
  12. ↑ C&T Rentals.

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