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Improving accessibility of foreign trade

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

TransX Growing in a Major Way

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

CentrePort Canada Director to Lead Trucking Association

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

New expressway seen as a road to riches

June 19th 2010

For more media coverage please see: » Winnipeg Free Press and » CTV News

Nearly $300-million in Infrastructure Improvements to Support CentrePort Canada and Key Trade Routes

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

Construction of CentrePort Canada Way Underway

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

Can CentrePort's ripple effect reach Thunder Bay?

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

CentrePort Canada Releases its 2010-2011 Business Plan

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

Road to success

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

CentrePort a Key Infrastructure Development for Winnipeg, explains CEO, Diane Gray

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

Canada Post Opens New State-of-the-Art Mail Processing Plant

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

Rapid transit pitch at centre of Our Winnipeg plan

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

CentrePort partners with Asian inland port

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

Inland ports seek to deepen trade ties

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

CentrePort Canada, Chinese agency sign trade pact

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

Minister Day Oversees New Port Agreement to Attract Asia-Pacific Gateway Business

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

CentrePort Canada Agreement to Further Enhance Manitoba's Trading Relationship with Asia Pacific: Selinger

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

Centreport Strikes Agreement With Port Zone In China

CJOB - May 18th 2010

CentrePort Canada has signed a co-operation agreement with a similar transportation hub in Chongqing, China. » Read More

Bison Transport Wins Green Award

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

Cargo shipments flying high

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

The Logistics Advantages North of the U.S. Border

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

CentrePort Canada – Canada’s First FTZ

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

CentrePort primed for takeoff

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

No slacking off for consulting engineers

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

Winpak posts record profit

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

Airport development takes off

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

How The West Has Won

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

Canada Poised to Become "Tariff-Free Zone" for Manufacturers Thanks to Budget 2010

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

Cabela's to open across CanadaDistribution centre, HQ to be located in Winnipeg

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

Memphis, Manitoba meet to strengthen distribution pipeline

Greater Memphis Chamber

Canadian province has its sights on expanding its role in the world economy. » Read More

Gateway to the World - Premier Selinger talks CentrePort - The ...

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

Port mission begins

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

'The public is ready for trains'

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

Putting Centreport On The Map

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

Canadian contingent visiting Memphis

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

Marketing, fact-finding jaunt for CentrePort

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

CENTREPORT CANADA TO LEAD MAJOR INLAND PORT MISSION

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

Rail crucial to inland port

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

Freeway could save $450M

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

THE GOVERNMENTS OF CANADA AND MANITOBA ANNOUNCE NEW MEASURES TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT AND BOOST TRADE

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Boosting Circulation by David Morley

Thursday, Oct 15th, 2009

Canada’s first Foreign Trade Zone merges transportation assets with trade, opening a new pipeline to international markets. » Read More

Deal puts city on investors' mapCreates first foreign trade zone in Canada

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

CentrePort already getting inquiries from abroad

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

Province, feds give CentrePort $3.5MExpected to be Canada's first foreign trade zone

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

CentrePort Canada Inc. announces founding President and Chief Executive Officer

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

Civil servant to be named CentrePort CEO

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

Expressway for CentrePort: Harper announces funding to connect cargo hubs

Friday, May 15th, 2009

When the going gets tough, the heart of the continent gets going. » Read More

City’s inland port big budget winner

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

Inland port’s board of directors unveiled - Winnipeg Free Press

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

Province Introduces Legislation Which Would Create Inland Port Corporation

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