The Cando Rail Terminal in Sturgeon County which serves Alberta’s Industrial Heartland is set to double in size.
The company made the announcement during the AIHA annual conference in Edmonton Sept. 19.
The expansion will transform the terminal into a state-of-the-art rail-centric supply chain hub with the capability to stage, arrive, and depart long unit trains.
Already the largest private rail terminal in Canada, the expanded Sturgeon Terminal provides critical rail capacity for customers’ supply chains and export strategies.
In conjunction with this expansion, Cando is partnering with Dow to support the company’s Path2Zero project. Dow will be an anchor tenant in the expanded terminal, reflecting Cando’s commitment to advancing low carbon solutions and supporting its customers’ growth.
Cando has already invested $150 million in the Sturgeon Terminal. It employs more than 60 people, and can currently stage and store approximately 3,600 railcars across 302 acres.
In building the expansion, the company purchased 320 acres directly west of the existing terminal.
The expansion plans involve an additional investment of up to $200 million and the creation of up to 50 new jobs.
The expansion will have the capacity for up to 2,500 new railcar storage spaces in a Storagein-Transit (SIT) yard, and additional car capacity of up to 1,150 spaces on Arrival/ Departure tracks – including the capacity to stage 12,000foot unit trains.
Cando will complete the engineering design by the end of this year and plans to start construction in the second quarter of 2025.
JOHN MATHER
