Transport committee  Thank you for that question. It's simply to do with the resiliency of the pipe, road and rail, or the gateway corridor, if you want to call it that. That would be the number one risk. If you look at investments that are happening.... In the Port of Prince Rupert, the Dubai Port

Transport committee  It's a great question. Prince Rupert, as you noted, is making investments with their container terminal operator. You have us, here in Vancouver, building our Deltaport berth as an expansion project to add capacity. Ports and port terminals will be ready, but the question is ho

Transport committee  To the first question, we're recommending that investments be made in the off-terminal common-user infrastructure. As was noted, during extreme climate events, be it flooding or fires, or rail blockades, like those earlier in 2020, the entire gateway on the west coast, in particu

Transport committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. Thank you for the invitation to be with you today as you continue this important study on the supply chains. My name is Marko Dekovic, and I'm the vice-president of public affairs with GCT Global Container Terminals. I'm spea

Transport committee  No. I think there is an opportunity for more backhaul. The only comment I would add is that Zoran mentioned containers that go into eastern Canada also as a gateway port. A lot of that cargo ends up in the United States. A lot of the cargo ends up in the U.S. Midwest as well.

Transport committee  One of the things in motion that we should encourage to continue and commend Transport Canada for starting is a transparency or port visibility project. I believe that is the official title. They have just completed the pilot project around bulk movement of cargo, and I believe c

Transport committee  In particular, I think that the Fraser rail bridge is a good example and perhaps something that will require the Gateway Transportation Collaboration Forum to dig in deeper. It is regularly talked on. Again, it's just a matter of near-term priorities, but as you know, I believe t

Transport committee  We have a history of collaboration on the west coast, be it through the Asia-Pacific corridor initiative, and then subsequent investments. Right now there is the Gateway Transportation Collaboration Forum. We think it's a good mechanism to have that dialogue.

Transport committee  Bill C-69 is generally a step in the right direction, but the key will be the execution. The concept is good, but much like some other regulatory processes, while it looks good on paper, it is how it is executed and how the timeline is kept. Therefore, we are supportive of its

Transport committee  Those are very good questions. Thank you. On densification, I mentioned a rail project as an example. We have managed to increase our overall terminal capacity by 33% just by redoing the layout, semi-automation and densifying of the tracks on the terminal, and changing the way w

Transport committee  I think we, as was mentioned, as a general concept would think of utilizing the existing operation as much as possible before we look at creating a new footprint as the approach. We know that our competitor and neighbour, DP World, is growing their terminal at Burrard Inlet. I me

Transport committee  Maybe I'll start. The rail capacity in particular on the south shore is something that is of key interest to us, because, as you've heard from the previous testimonies, the south shore rail corridor is constrained. As we plan our capacity expansion, it is hard to nail down or hav

Transport committee  GCT in particular is not currently doing anything active with Ashcroft. We have, for a number years, had ongoing discussions and information sharing with them to look at identifying potential opportunities. That hasn't happened as of yet, and we did recently note that they've bee

Transport committee  You have the rail capacity where we're looking to invest in the south shore, our GCT Vanterm terminal. Rail capacity is key to the investments the government is making in the south shore with the port and the private sector. It's key to enable that ongoing and continued investmen

Transport committee  That's a great question. We're all as strong as our weakest link in the supply chain, so yes, with larger ships, we need to be investing in land-side surge capacity. That means the terminal operators and the railways have to be making the necessary investments and we as terminal