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Canadian National Railway. What they don’t want YOU to know. Tsunami of Far East goods set to hit North America. According to Bloomberg News, the Chinese have invested $15 billion to develop Yangshan, China’s largest port. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Canadian National Railway
What they don’t want YOU to know
Tsunami of Far East goods set to hit North America
• According to Bloomberg News, the Chinese have invested $15 billion to develop Yangshan, China’s largest port.
• Yangshan currently handles 20 million containers a year. In 2010, capacity will increase to 30 million.
• In 2005 the largest container ships carried an average of less than 2,500 containers. Today, megaships are longer than 4 football fields and carry 12,500 containers.
• See the the megaship, Emma Maersk at sea at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oRlthTwEEM
• Employs approximately 22,700 in Canada and the U.S.• Operates a network of nearly 20,400 route miles.• 2007 Revenues CDN$7.9 billion with CDN$2.2 billion in
net profit.• The only North American railroad that crosses the
continent north to south and east to west connecting all three NAFTA countries.
• Proposed acquisition of EJ&E line will:– Link five rail lines radiating out from Chicago– Create a freight rail superhighway between Libertyville, IL
and Gary, IN – Be used as a freight bypass for containers heading to
Memphis and beyond without providing any real benefits to our region.
DATA:
Goods from China come to North America
through the Prince Rupert Terminal in
British Columbia. They are transported by
mega-trains through Chicago to southern
U.S. ports to be sent to South America, Europe
and the world.
CN is the only railroad serving this port.
PRINCE RUPERT
TERMINAL, B.C.
Chicago●PACIFIC
OCEAN
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
SOUTH AMERICA
U.S.
CANADA
CHINA
●●
●
●
● ●● ●
●● RAIL LINES
The “Asian Gateway”
CN plans to connect Asia to the rest of the worldthrough YOUR backyard!
CN SHIPPING ROUTES
Key:
Map note: Locations of shipping and rail lines are approximations and are for illustrative purposes only.
Links to CN shipping and rail service maps:
http://www.cn.ca/specialized/china/en_KFChina_popup_map_comm.shtml?/images/maps/cn_between_china_and_north_america_en.jpg
http://www.cn.ca/productsservices/intermodal/en_IMX_map.shtml
Located in British Columbia, Canada
Phase I – Completed 2007Capacity: 500,000 - 20 foot containers
Phase II – To be completed in 2010Capacity: 2,000,000 – 20 foot containers
Implications: 4 times as many containers will enter North America and be shipped on trains through the U.S to southern
ports. We anticipate 82 additional Mega-freight trains per DAY
on EJ&E train lines once the Port reaches its FULL capacity.
Click on www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRAs9B4EV84
to watch a video of Prince Rupert Terminal
Port of Prince Rupert Container Terminal
OUR CONCERNS: Increased Traffic Gridlock at Rail crossings
Added air pollution
Noise levels incompatible with residential living
Delay in Police, Fire and EMT response times
Negative impact on property values
More accidents/deaths along rail lines
Disruption and/or closure of local businesses
Interference with Metra commuter lines
YOU can Make a Difference:
BE INFORMEDCurrent legislation (HR 6707) before Congress changes rail law to tell the STB that "it shall not approve a transaction" if the adverse impacts on safety and affected communities "outweigh the transportation benefits."
LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARDContact your senator and thank him for his support of HR 6707. Contact Links: Senator Dick Durbin (IL) -- http://durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm Senator Barack Obama (IL) -- http://obama.senate.gov/contact/ Senator Evan Bayh (IN) -- http://bayh.senate.gov/contact/ Senator Richard Lugar (IN) -- http://lugar.senate.gov/contact/
CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE and let them know you support HR 6707. http://www.house.gov/
SPREAD THE WORDSend the link to our website www.fightrailcongestion.com to all of your neighbors.
STAY CURRENT Keep checking our website www.fightrailcongestion.com for the latest news and action opportunities.
http://www.fightrailcongestion.com
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