West Coast Canada the new gateway to Midwest USA

A look into the emergence of Canadian ports as a major gateway to Asia, exploring the logistics innovations making it possible and advantageous to the U.S. West Coast.

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Overview

Challenges faced by the legacy terminals of the coastal United States from strains in operational capacity and labour disputes have caused long-term delays and shutdowns, impacting trade to the region.

In this paper we unpack how the emergence of Canadian ports provides a major opportunity and a new gateway to Asia, exploring comparative factors for intermodal and multimodal solutions to/from the Midwest U.S, and taking a closer look through the logistics innovations making this possible.

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