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Vancouver Smart Terminal

Improving Capacity and Service Levels

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As part of the project, we have redesigned the Vancouver yard, to elevate our capacity and customer service levels, while maintaining our priority for safety.
Some of the changes to the yard include:

Storage Capacity

Increase the total container ground count and the maximum number of containers handled per day.

Storage Locations

Strategically designate storage locations to improve access and facilitate day to day operations.

Layout

Improve zone accuracy, consistency of aisle width and create a uniform naming convention to provide visibility for container locations and maximize productivity & fluidity.

New Yard and Naming Conventions

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Why are we changing the yard naming conventions?

These changes will help our carter community quickly locate containers, resulting in improved service time and reduced congestion while improving the overall experience. Please see below for a summary of the changes.

What is changing in PAD area?

No changes from S6 / N6 to S15 / N15
Additional heaps to be added in the system for each pad zones to handle overflow

What is changing in NON-PAD storage area?

Grounded:

Grounded A2 - A5 ► A2
Grounded A6 - A12 ► B2 & heap XB2

Wheeled:

Wheeled 4E/5E (east) ► Grounded S3 & heap XS3
Wheeled 4E/5E (west) ► Grounded S4 & heap XS4
Wheeled 1E (east) ► Grounded E1 & heap XE1
Wheeled L300 + 400 (south) ► Grounded S5
Wheeled L3 (north) ► Grounded N5
Wheeled 2E ► Wheeled P2 & heap XP2
Wheeled 3E ► Wheeled P3 & heap XP3
Wheeled P5 ► Wheeled FLIP
Wheeled GOCH ► Heap GOCH1 (Good order chassis 1)
Wheeled L100 ► Heap GOCH 2 (Good order chassis 2)
Wheeled SOCH ► Heap SOCH (Special order chassis)
Wheeled BO Chassis ► Heap BOCH (Bad Order Chassis)
Wheeled TLD ► Heap TRLD (New transload heap)

Heaps:

New heap GARG (garage heap)
New heap SHOP (BO container repair by Fremantle)
New heap GENS (Get set heap)
New heap TBAY (Tire bay)
Wheeled WYRD ► Heap WYRD (West yard – end of life chassis storage)
Wheeled P1
Wheeled L200 ► Wheeled P4 & heap XP4
Wheeled PR Lot ► Wheeled P5

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Why are you making changes to the Vancouver Intermodal Terminal?

At CN, we are committed to efficiency, safety, and good corporate citizenship. To ensure efficiencies across our network, we continually evaluate our infrastructure and operations and seek opportunities that will benefit our customers, employees, supply chain partners and the community at large.

What are we changing at the Vancouver Intermodal Terminal?

The Smart Terminal transformation includes multiple streams of work that are focused on achieving the objectives of increasing capacity, customer service and productivity. Among the changes are:

Slight changes to naming conventions
New storage standards
New yard signs to direct carters

When will changes be implemented?

Implementation of the new yard design concepts of nomenclature, storage standards and yard signs, and the new terminal operating system was completed in Q1 2024.

What are the new yard signs at the Vancouver Intermodal Terminal?

We have installed the following yard signs to help our customers navigate through the Vancouver Intermodal Terminal:

Zone Signs - help identify where you are.
Directional Signs - help navigate the yard, highlighting locations such as aisles, exits, and storage areas from in-gate.
Traffic Signs - Standard MTO traffic signs.

What are the Intermodal Terminal Safety Procedures?

Watch the Intermodal Terminal Safety Procedures video