Portrait of the Greater Montréal, 2010 edition - Communauté ...

5.5 Freight transportationGreater Montréal: a freight-transportationhub of northeastern North AmericaThanks to its transportation infrastructure and geographiclocation within northeastern North America, GreaterMontréal is a freight-transportation hub, with severalintermodal facilities allowing for sea, rail, road and air transfers.The Port of Montreal, strategically positioned within thecontinent and boasting sophisticated intermodal capabilities,is one of the main North American gateways to freight fromEurope. It is the second-largest port for container trafficin the northeast, after New York City-New Jersey. Thanksto its internal rail system, goods can be forwarded to thetwo rail networks serving the area (Canadian National andCanadian Pacific); there is also a private road inside portlimits that serves the terminals and provides a link to thelocal road system.The area also boasts other significant intermodaltransportationcentres that interconnect southern Ontario,the U.S. Midwest, the metropolitan areas of Boston andNew York City, and the Maritimes. These facilities includethe intermodal terminals of Côte-Saint-Luc, Lachine andTaschereau, as well as the cargo zones of Pierre ElliottTrudeau and Montréal-Mirabel international airports.Container traffic in twenty foot equivalent units(TEUs): North American metropolitan area ports,2001 and 2009Los AngelesNew YorkSeattleVancouverSan FranciscoMiamiHoustonGreater MontréalBaltimorePhiladelphiaBostonPortlandSan DiegoTampaToronto1.250.99200920010 2 4 6 8 10 12(Millions of TEUs)TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUTINGN.B.:- In areas with more than one port, the container traffic of all ports has beenadded together.49- Although container traffic in the ports of Savannah, Georgia, and HamptonRoads, Virginia, is higher than that for Montréal, these municipalities do not forman integral part of any of the 26 main U.S. metropolitan areas.Source: American Association of Port Authorities, North American Port ContainerTraffic, 1990-2009. Calculations by the CMM, 2010.Greater Montréal’s main trade corridorsSource: Ministère des Transports du Québec (2006). Les transports au Québec.