Ashcroft Terminal is a
dry port
A dry port (sometimes referred to as an inland port) is an inland intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail to a seaport, operating as a centre for the transshipment of sea cargo to inland destinations.
In addition to their role i ...
and private inland transloading, container storage and distribution centre and member of the Canadian Government's Asian Pacific Corridor Initiative in
Ashcroft, British Columbia
Ashcroft is a village municipality that straddles the Thompson River in the Thompson Country region of south central British Columbia, Canada. East of British Columbia Highway 1, BC Highway 1 and on British Columbia Highway 97C, BC Highway 97C, t ...
. Located east of
Vancouver
Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...
and west of
Kamloops
Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North Thompson River, North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. The city is the ad ...
, Ashcroft Terminal is situated on mainlines for both
Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and
Canadian National Railway (CN).
History
Ashcroft Terminal has been in operation since 1997. Rapid expansion during the 2000s, thanks in large part to federal investment, has increased the inland port's operations, infrastructure and capacity.
Asia Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative
On October 11, 2006, Prime Minister
Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. He is to date the only prime minister to have come from the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada, ser ...
announced the
Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative (APGCI) with an initial investment of $5-million in federal funding. The expansion facilitated by the investment ensured increased capacity and access for shippers and logistics companies in the entire province.
In September 2013 the development of an online platform financed by the federal government was announced by
Thompson-Nicola Regional District
The Thompson–Nicola Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Canada 2021 Census population was 143,680 and the area covers 44,449.49 square kilometres. The administrative offices are in the ma ...
. The websites showcases the regional economy, highlighting investment opportunities, including in agriculture, mining and forestry with Ashcroft Terminal featured prominently.
Operations and infrastructure
Ashcroft Terminal is located on 129 hectares of industrial zoned land with 141 hectares of surrounding buffer land. Onsite operations include:
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Transloading
Transloading, also known as cross-docking, is the process of transferring a shipment from one mode of transportation to another. It is most commonly employed when one mode cannot be used for the entire trip, such as when goods must be shipped in ...
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Railcar
A railcar (not to be confused with the generic term railroad car or railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers. The term "railcar" is usually used in reference to a train consisting of a single coa ...
Storage
* Materials Handling
* Industrial Storage
* Truck Scales
The terminal contains over of rail serviced directly off the CPR, servicing both CP and CN shippers through a zone 3 CTA interswitch.
See also
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Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative
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Inland port
An inland port is a port on an inland waterway, such as a river, lake, or canal, which may or may not be connected to the sea. The term "inland port" is also used to refer to a dry port.
Examples
The United States Army Corps of Engineers publ ...
References
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External links
* {{Official website, http://www.ashcroftterminal.com
Shipping companies of Canada