The Canadian Port of Prince Rupert’s Fairview Container Terminal (FCT) handled 41,043 TEU in the first three months of 2009, nearly double the 21,040 TEU reported in 1Q/08.
“We need to keep in mind that the Fairview Terminal only commenced operations in November 2007 and the first quarter of 2008 was part of the ramping up period,” noted Prince Rupert Port Authority(PRPA) president and CEO Don Krusel. “We are very pleased with the container terminal’s performance and volumes during this severe global economic downturn. We feel this reflects our customers’ continued satisfaction with the speed, reliability and cost effectiveness they are experiencing in moving their cargo through Prince Rupert.”...
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