US west coast risks losing more import trade to Canada
Major route cost disadvantages of the USWC gateways are 'likely to lead' to further capture of intact intermodal Asian import traffic flows by Prince Rupert and Vancouver
Capacity expansion projects already under way could provide Prince Rupert and Vancouver with ‘the physical ability by 2022 to divert approximately 15% of the intact intermodal import volumes now moving through San Pedro Bay and the Puget Sound’