Port Saint John Archives

Americold’s Import-Export Hub groundbreaking ceremony at Port Saint John in New Brunswick, left to right: Jonathan Wahba, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, CPKC; Rob Chambers, President, Americold; Susan Holt, Premier of New Brunswick, Canada; Doug Smith, CEO, DP World Canada; Terry Wilson, President, International Longshoreman’s Association; Craig Bell Estabrooks, President and CEO of Port Saint John; and Donna Reardon, Mayor, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. (Photograph Courtesy Americold)

May 30, 2025
Intermodal

Watch: CPKC Joins Americold for Port Saint John Facility Groundbreaking

Americold Realty Trust (Americold) on May 29 broke ground at Port Saint John on its first Import-Export Hub to be built in Canada, a project it said will “leverage the maritime logistics capabilities of DP World and the rail logistics solutions of Canadian Pacific Kansas City” (CPKC).

Members at BNSF’s Minneapolis Northtown shop celebrate their Safety Bell achievement. (Caption and Photograph Courtesy of BNSF)

March 13, 2025
Class I

Class I Briefs: BNSF, CPKC, CN

BNSF recognizes its 2024 Safety Bell Award honorees and partners with Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on first-responder training in North Dakota. Also, CPKC and CN help welcome to the Port of Vancouver and Port Saint John, respectively, the first vessels from the Gemini Cooperation, a new global shipping operational collaboration between Hapag-Lloyd AG and A.P. Moller-Maersk.

Port Saint John (Photograph Courtesy of Americold)

January 29, 2025
Intermodal

Cold Storage Coming to Port Saint John

Americold Realty Trust (Americold) will invest up to C$80 million to develop its first Import-Export Hub in Canada at Port Saint John. The project is said to “bring together Americold warehouse solutions

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) recently added Nissan to its list of customers at the Port of Brunswick’s Colonel’s Island terminal. (Photograph Courtesy of GPA)

September 29, 2022
Intermodal

Intermodal Briefs: GPA, Port Saint John

Nissan North America selects Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) Port of Brunswick, Ga., as a new point of entry to serve U.S. markets. Also, Canada’s Port Saint John in New Brunswick reaches a 100,000-TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) milestone.

“CP celebrated the opening of a new border station in Jackman, Maine today [May 17] with @CBP & @HapagLloydAG. This new live lift operation will help create a seamless service between @PortSaintJohn & terminals in Canada & the U.S.,” the Class I railroad reported on Twitter. Pictured: Hapag-Lloyd’s Jason Tock (left) and CP’s Todd Ferland. (Photograph Courtesy of CP via Twitter)

June 03, 2022
Class I

CP, CBP Open New Border Station in Maine

With Canadian Pacific’s (CP) support, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has opened a new freight inspection facility that the Class I railroad says “will help to create a seamless flow of goods across the border between Quebec and Maine.”

May 31, 2022
Intermodal

CP, CMA CGM Ink Multi-Year Pact

Canadian Pacific (CP) is becoming CMA CGM Group’s “primary rail provider in Canada” under a new multi-year agreement, the Class I railroad reported on May 31.

May 25, 2022
Intermodal

For New Brunswick, C$82MM in Supply Chain Investment

The government of Canada and the province of New Brunswick on May 25 announced multi-million investments to boost shipping capacity in St. John and McAdam.

In June 2020, CP regained access to Port Saint John, N.B., with its acquisition of the Central Maine & Quebec Railway.

April 25, 2022
Class I

For CP, Hapag-Lloyd, Additional Call Into Port Saint John

Canadian Pacific (CP) and Hapag-Lloyd AG on April 25 reported an additional call, via a seasonal extra loader, at New Brunswick’s Port St. John. This follows their inaugural service call in May 2021.