July 7th 2010
CentrePort, Canada's first foreign trade zone, is poised to be the central supply chain hub for all of North America. » Read More
June 29th 2010
TransX Group of Companies, which has operations on CentrePort Canada's footprint, announces plans to grow its U.S. business. For more info see: » TransX News Release
June 23rd 2010
CentrePort Canada would like to congratulate Tom Payne Jr. on his election as President of the Manitoba Trucking Association. Payne is a member of CentrePort Canada's Board of Directors and is President of Payne Transportation. For more info: » Manitoba Trucking Association
June 19th 2010
For more media coverage please see: » Winnipeg Free Press and » CTV News
June 18th 2010
Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger, federal Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews, Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz and CentrePort Canada President and CEO Diane Gray today announced several significant infrastructure projects, including the start of construction on CentrePort Canada Way - a major new expressway linking the inland port to national and international highways and trade corridors. For more info please see: » Transport Canada and » Province of Manitoba
June 18th 2010
For more media coverage see: » CJOB , » Winnipeg Free Press , » Global News , » CBC News , » Daily Commercial News , » Digital Journal and » Stock Markets Review
Northern Ontario Business - June 11th 2010
CentrePort Canada is shaping up to be a consulting engineer's paradise. The bold "inland port" concept taking shape in Winnipeg is moving at a fast pace this summer... » Read More
June 9, 2010
CentrePort Canada has released its 2010-2011 Business Plan. It is the corporation’s inaugural business plan, providing a blueprint for action for the coming year.» Read More
Winnipeg Free Press - June 9th 2010
CentrePort Canada's first-ever business plan, to be released this morning, is targeting 250 acres of development in its first five years of existence. » Read More
The square foot - June 5th 2010
As Winnipeg is an inland port, the CentrePort will be a hub of transportation activity that brings together road, rail and air cargo to a central location for re-distribution with the intent of facilitating international trade and distribution and creating value added services as goods move through the supply chain. The inland port in question is a not a single site or business, it is a collection of uses and activities related to the multi-modal distribution of goods. » Read More
marketwire - June 4th 2010
CentrePort Canada congratulates Canada Post on the Grand Opening of the new Winnipeg Mail Processing Plant at 1870 Wellington Avenue. The new facility is within the CentrePort Canada landprint. For more information visit http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Post-Opens-New-State-of-the-Art-Mail-Processing-Plant-1271301.htm » Read More
Winnipeg Free Press - May 26th 2010
WINNIPEG - City hall unveiled its blueprint for Winnipeg this morning, calling for more complete communities, better transportation networks and denser development instead of sprawl. » Read More
Today's Trucking - May 21st 2010
WINNIPEG -- Winnipeg's inland port project continues to develop and recently signed an agreement with a Chinese inland port to support increased trade and investment in Canada and China.CentrePort Canada and Chongqing's Cuntan Port in China signed an agreement to work cooperatively on a handful of key priority areas, including exchanging information, promoting initiatives and sharing technologies. » Read More
INVESTING CONTRARIAN - May 19th 2010
WINNIPEG'S CentrePort Canada will cooperate with China's Cuntan Port in Chongqing to tap increasing trade and investment between the two countries.Under the memorandum of understanding, which was signed in Shanghai yesterday, the two inland ports will cooperate in information exchange, technology sharing and promoting initiatives to deepen trade between the two nations. » Read More
Winnipeg Free Press - May 19th 2010
A co-operation agreement has been formally signed between CentrePort Canada and a similar trade agency in China.Diane Gray, president and CEO of CentrePort Canada, signed the agreement while in China on Tuesday, along with Zhu Dalun, chief supervisor of the Cuntan Bonded Port Zone in Chongqing, China. » Read More
May 18th 2010
The Honourable Stockwell Day, President of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today witnessed the signing of an agreement between Winnipeg's CentrePort Canada and Chongqing's Cuntan Port in China. This agreement between the two inland ports will support increased trade and investment in Canada and China. » Read More
May 18th 2010
CentrePort Canada has signed a co-operation agreement with Cuntan Bonded Port Zone in Chongqing, China, a move Premier Greg Selinger said will help Manitoba continue to build its trading relationship with China and further enhance the province's strategic position along the Asia-Pacific Gateway. » Read More
CJOB - May 18th 2010
CentrePort Canada has signed a co-operation agreement with a similar transportation hub in Chongqing, China. » Read More
SCL - May 7th 2010
CentrePort Canada congratulates Bison Transport on winning the 2010 SCL Green Supply Chain Award, sponsored by Transport Canada. Bison Transport is a partner of CentrePort Canada and is located on CentrePort's landprint. For more information visit http://www.sclcanada.org/index.php?id=223 » Read More
Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg’s new 51,000-square-metre airport terminal, currently under construction, is a great source of pride for the Winnipeg Airports Authority. » Read More
Location Canada
National borders mean very little when making location decisions. The logistics community in particular has consistently lived with the reality of the global economy — It is the nature of the business after all! And yet, even we in the location strategy business sometimes forget about the logistics powerhouse we have to the North. » Read More
Location Canada
CentrePort Canada — North America’s new 20,000-acre inland port — has been designated Canada’s first foreign-trade zone (FTZ). It is located in Manitoba next to Winnipeg’s James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, and offers greenfield investment opportunities for a wide variety of business operations including distribution, warehousing, and manufacturing. » Read More
Winnipeg Free Press
CENTREPORT Canada is about to take the next step to becoming a fully realized enterprise with the release of its first-ever business plan in the next few weeks.But even before that happens, construction on the $212.5-million CentrePort Way expressway will begin and, within the next two weeks, a detailed design plan for sewer and water servicing will go before city council. » Read More
Winnipeg Free Press
IT's a good time to be an engineering consultant, and that's also good news for the province's construction industry."The last five years have been as busy as it's ever been," Harley Pankratz, president of Consulting Engineers of Manitoba Inc., said, and this year is shaping up to be just as busy. » Read More
Winnipeg Free Press
WINNIPEG — Plastic packaging manufacturer Winpak Ltd. has posted its best quarterly financial results in its history in the first quarter of this year.The Winnipeg-based firm, which is holding its annual shareholders meeting today in Toronto, said it rang up a profit of $12.3 million, or 19 cents a share, during the first three months of this year. » Read More
Winnipeg Free Press
It probably shouldn't come as a surprise people and businesses want to be close to the biggest-ever capital project in Manitoba's history.As construction of the new $585-million terminal building at the Richardson International Airport inches closer to completion, real estate in the area suddenly has a lot in common with the prettiest girl or handsomest boy at the dance. Realtor signs offering land to buy or lease have sprung up like spring flowers, particularly on the east side of the airport, and land values are taking off. » Read More
Western Canada
Western Canada is poised for recovery. In the past few months, there are increasing signs that an economic turnaround is taking root across the four western provinces. » Read More
Ottawa, March 9, 2010
Measures in Budget 2010 to eliminate all remaining tariffs on manufacturing inputs and machinery and equipment will be critical to creating jobs and growing the economy, according to the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, and the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, who highlighted the measures today. » Read More
Winnipeg Free Press
Cabela's is expanding into cities across Canada -- aiming to become the first coast-to-coast outdoor-merchandise chain in the country -- and has acquired one of Winnipeg's biggest warehouses to serve as its national headquarters and distribution centre. » Read More
Greater Memphis Chamber
Canadian province has its sights on expanding its role in the world economy. » Read More
The Canadian Business Journal
CentrePort Canada is North America's new 20000-acre inland port, as well as Canada's first Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ). Located in Manitoba, next to Winnipeg's James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, CentrePort will offer ... » Read More
Winnipeg Sun
learning more about their needs, exploring joint opportunities and promoting the strategic advantages of CentrePort Canada, such as the fact we are now ... » Read More
Winnipeg Free Press
CentrePort Canada arranged for a 30-person group, including Premier Greg Selinger, to tour and make presentations last week at four inland American ports. ... » Read More
CJOB
Centreport Canada is leading a delegation of more than 30 business, labour, and government leaders on a mission to the US and Mexico. ... » Read More
Memphis Business Journal
The group includes a larger 30-person team from CentrePort Canada, a new 20000-acre inland port designated as Canada's first Foreign Trade Zone ... » Read More
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
MTHE CentrePort Canada team is taking its show on the road this week with a five-day tour of inland ports in Mexico and the United States to promote the Winnipeg site and start making contacts in the industry. ... » Read More
Jan. 11, 2010—CentrePort Canada - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
CentrePort Canada is leading a delegation of more than 30 business, labour,community and government leaders on a mission to the United States and Mexico to promoteManitoba’s inland port to transportation and logistics businesses and investors... » Read More
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
CentrePort Canada's initial project may be the construction of a highway but Diane Gray believes the ... » Read More
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
The new road, known as CentrePort Canada Way, recently won $212 million in funding from the province and Ottawa. It will connect the Perimeter Highway to ... » Read More
Thursday, Oct 15th, 2009
Canada’s first Foreign Trade Zone merges transportation assets with trade, opening a new pipeline to international markets. » Read More
Thursday, Oct 14th, 2009
The creation of Canada's first-ever foreign trade zone at CentrePort Canada will put the country back on the menu of options for international site selectors. » Read More
Thursday, Oct 10th, 2009
JUST one day after CentrePort was named to become Canada's first foreign trade zone in a pilot project, CentrePort's phone is starting to ring. » Read More
Thursday, Oct 9th, 2009
The federal and Manitoba governments have taken a multi-million-dollar step towards creating Canada's first foreign trade zone. » Read More
Thursday, Sep 17th, 2009
On behalf of the Board of Directors of CentrePort Canada Inc, Mr. Kerry Hawkins, Chair of the Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Diane Gray as Founding President and Chief Executive Officer effective November 9th, 2009. » Read More
Thursday, Sep 17th, 2009
Manitoba's deputy finance minister has been tapped to head Winnipeg's inland port initiative, the Free Press has learned. » Read More
Friday, May 15th, 2009
When the going gets tough, the heart of the continent gets going. » Read More
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2009
OTTAWA – Winnipeg’s inland port and a little known railway in northwestern Manitoba are among the biggest winners from the federal budget today. » Read More
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2008
MANITOBA’S new inland port has its first-ever board of directors for CentrePort Canada Inc., Premier Gary Doer said Monday. » Read More
Wednesday, Sep 10th, 2008
The Manitoba government has introduced legislation that would create CentrePort Canada, a private-sector focused corporation that would develop and promote Manitoba’s inland port and would build on the province’s well-established network of air, rail, sea » Read More