Cando Rail & Terminals (Cando) on Feb. 13 reported opening the Cando Southlands Rail Yard in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada.
The newly built terminal offers more than 600 additional operational and railcar storage spaces, utilizing both loop and ladder tracks to connect to CN and Canadian Pacific Kansas City. The terminal will serve the adjacent Imperial refinery in Strathcona County, as well as other area customers, according to Cando, which noted it will perform rail operations at both the terminal and Imperial’s refinery.
Imperial, it added, is constructing a renewable diesel facility at its Strathcona County refinery, and will use locally sourced feedstocks, such as canola oil, which will be transported to the site by rail.
“This is a very exciting day for Cando Rail & Terminals,” said Brian Cornick, President and CEO of Cando Rail & Terminals. “We have been providing rail service to Imperial for more than 25 years. To be able to provide longstanding customers with increased rail capacity and create supply chain efficiencies is a real thrill. We would like to sincerely thank everyone that has played a role.”
“We are excited to leverage the Southlands Rail Yard to debottleneck our logistics operations in Western Canada, support local Canadian renewable diesel production, and maximize output from our existing refining assets well into the future,” said Scott Maloney, Canada Fuels Manager at Imperial. “We look forward to continuing our relationship with Cando Rail & Terminals in our ongoing goal to provide the fuel products Canadians need.”
Cando in November acquired a multi-purpose terminal in Canada’s Northwest Territories. It owns and operates 13 terminals and manages nearly 50 industrial rail yards across North America.
