Eventually, yoursenses overloaded, you feel the train slow as you close on your destination, the port of PrinceRupert, a looming silhouetteofcranes tacked with red lights.
The Northwest region is not much more promising, although a small new port at PrinceRupert in Canada (the most direct shot from Shanghai) is coming online.
In Canada, the port of PrinceRupert is about to announce a deal with an international terminal operator to invest several hundred million Canadian dollars to allow its rudimentary facilities to handle Asian container trade, says the port's chief executive, Don Krusel.