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Montana Rail LinkMontana Rail Link, Inc. (MRL) headquartered in Missoula, Montana, is a regional railroad linking southern and western Montana with the U.S. rail network. MRL's 900 miles of track extends from Huntley, Montana, to Sandpoint, Idaho. and serves as a major corridor between the central and southern states and the Pacific Northwest and Canada. The company connects with the BNSF railroad, and handles more than 240,000 cars each year. MRL is the nation’s thirteenth largest railroad overall. MRL is at the forefront technologically of short-line railroads with state-of-the-art dispatch systems and continuing investment in new equipment and maintenance. An aggressive training and safety program is an integral part of operations. |
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Southern Railway of British ColumbiaSouthern Railway of British Columbia Limited (SRY) is a regional railroad in the B.C. Lower Mainland handling over 73,000 carloads annually. The line services New Westminster through the Fraser Valley to Chilliwack. SRY owns over 125 miles of track, of which 75 miles are mainline, and interchanges at six locations with three North American Class I railroads: Canadian Pacific, Canadian National and BNSF. A subsidiary, Southern Railway of Vancouver Island, operates scheduled intercity passenger service from Victoria to Courtenay on behalf of VIA Rail Inc. |
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Seaspan Coastal IntermodalSeaspan Coastal Intermodal, Ltd. is a commercial ferry service providing regularly scheduled transportation between British Columbia’s Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. The company carries truck trailers, containers and railcars on self-propelled ferries and pusher barges. Other companies within the Washington Marine Group of Companies include: Marine Petrobulk, a supplier of marine fuels; McKay Creek Technologies Ltd., industrial wastewater treatment; and Seaspan Ship Management Ltd., which provides professional services for the management of ships and marine assets. |
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Seaspan InternationalSeaspan International Ltd., headquartered in North Vancouver, BC, is one of the premier marine transportation companies on the west coast of Canada. They have successfully amalgamated a handful of century-old companies in the Vancouver area to create a complete marine transportation service entity. The company provides water transportation, barging and towing for forest products, petroleum, chemical and mineral products in a coastal area from Mexico to Alaska. Seaspan also performs shipdocking and refueling in and around the Port of Vancouver. |
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Washington Marine Group ShipyardsShipyard operations consist of three units and are all currently certified to ISO 9001:2000 for quality, OSHAS 18001 for safety and ISO 14001 for environmental standards, in 2006. Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd., of North Vancouver, BC, has an unmatched reputation for design, construction, maintenance and repair of all types of vessels. Utilizing the government-owned Esquimalt Graving Dock, Victoria Shipyards Co. Ltd., located at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, can drydock and repair vessels up to 100,000 DWT. Vancouver Drydock Company Ltd.’s facilities, at the Port of Vancouver, center on two floating drydocks and a Syncrolift marine elevator enabling the handling of vessels up to 85,000 DWT. |
