Containerized Freight Transport in Alberta, Canadian freight, Frieght carriers, freight transport, ocean freight

Container transport in Alberta provides a safe, fast and price effective method to move both exported and imported freight to market in an inland area like Alberta. Alberta’s freight carriers have found that container transport is growing in use along Alberta’s transportation network and becoming of increasing importance to freight transportation firms doing business in Alberta. The service allows firms to move freight quickly and efficiently from one form of freight transport to another and allows them to deliver freight right to the door of customers from across the world. Containerized freight transport also allows freight transportation firms to reduce the amount of freight lost during transport due to theft.

On the west coast of Canada, more ocean freight is being transported in Canada’s seaports during the last few years, than any other form of freight. In fact, in 2003 over 500,000 metric tons of Alberta’s containerized freight went through the Port of Vancouver and then to international ports around the world. This means that the volume of containerized freight being transported through the Port of Vancouver has increased by up to 41 percent during the period from 1999 to 2003. In terms of the monetary value of the freight being moved, container freight transport makes up about 80 percent of the freight being moved around the world and about 50 percent by weight of the freight being transported.

Alberta has become aware in recent years of the importance of a strong and efficient intermodal freight transport system and has recently begun a new study to help them understand the role and importance of containerized freight transport. In order to gather more information on this subject, Alberta has asked GTS Group International to conduct a study into the usefulness of the freight transportation system in Alberta. The study will be taking a look at the overall freight transport system and how Alberta’s companies make use of the system. It will also make note of the issues within the system, the advantages and disadvantages of the system, and look at ways to improve the system going forward into a new century.