Hapag-Lloyd, Canadian Pacific announce additional service through New Brunswick port

Hapag-Lloyd, Canadian Pacific announce additional service through New Brunswick port

By Trains Staff | April 26, 2022

| Last updated on March 18, 2024


Seasonal call at Port Saint John follows launch of container service in May 2021

Canadian Pacific’s first international intermodal train from Port Saint John, New Brunswick, heads west via the former Central Maine & Quebec on Aug. 11, 2020. Regular service from the port began in 2021; the railroad and Hapag-Lloyd have announced an additional call at the port.
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CALGARY — Port Saint John, New Brunswick, will see additional seasonal container service, Canadian Pacific and shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd have announced.

The additional call at the port via a “seasonal extra loader” follows service launched into the port in May 2021.

“We are thrilled to see Hapag-Lloyd add a second solution into Port Saint John, further unlocking the port’s potential for CP customers and the North American supply chain,” John Brooks, CP executive vice-president and chief marketing officer, said in a press release. “Port Saint John offers a congestion-free gateway to Canadian and U.S. markets.”

CP regained access to the port in June 2020 with the acquisition of the Central Maine & Quebec Railway, regaining lines it had divested earlier. The port is currently undergoing a modernization program that will increase container capacity to 800,000 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units.

“We are excited to be able to offer another product to our customers both in the U.S. and Canada,” said Uffe Ostergaard, president of Hapag-Lloyd Americas. “This seasonal product will be particularly beneficial in connecting customers in inland locations in the U.S. Midwest and throughout Canada with key North European ports.”

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