logistics park

Canadian National Railway Company (CN) plans to establish a new $100-million CN Calgary Logistics Park in Conrich, located in Rocky View County north east of Calgary. The 680-acre park is planned to include an intermodal terminal with room for customers to co-locate with CN and custom build their facility in place.

The Logistics Park will be designed to include a multi-commodity transload and warehouse facility, an automotive compound, and a liquid/bulk transload and distribution facility. The facility is part of CN's program to grow a network of logistics parks that provide transportation and distribution capabilities for customers, linking their facilities across North America, explains Claude Mongeau, CN's president and CEO.

Construction has begun at the London Gateway port site, which when completed will be Europe's largest combined deep-sea port and logistics park. DP World, one of the largest marine terminal operators in the world, is behind the ?1.5 billion development.

Situated on the north bank of the River Thames near Thurrock in Essex, the 1,500-acre site is the same size as two Cities of London. It will give deep-sea shipping access and help to transform the movement of freight around the UK, reducing road haulage and cutting CO2 emissions.

According to UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, "The London Gateway is a significant foreign investment into the UK. It will help bring the largest deep-sea vessels here and improve the efficiency of the UK's freight distribution, creating thousands of jobs, future growth and economic prosperity."