Propose development perspectives and opportunities.
Provide Greater Montreal’s freight transport and logistics sector with tools and measures to improve their competitiveness and increase their contribution to the region’s economic development.
ONGOING KEY PROJECTS
In charge of this working group Amy Lombard, Project Manager : alombard@cargo-montreal.ca
The Collaborative Innovation Hub for Mobility (CIM) project:
• Implementing the incubator: development of three technology rollout projects, including two in decarbonized logistics, set to begin in 2024
Foreign Trade Zone Centre:
• Promoting the FTZ Centre and its certification to economic development players
• Planning conferences and webinars to present the services offered
• Providing updates on future actions and strategies
Promoting a condensed version of the report Les enjeux liés aux règlements municipaux, à l’urbanisme et au développement durable du secteur de la logistique (Issues related to municipal bylaws, urban planning and sustainable development in the logistics sector) by INFRA-S to elected municipal officials
Benchmarking the economic development practices of other clusters to support our respective sectors
Improve the efficiency of transportation and logistics in Greater Montreal.
Identify the keys to success to attract new distribution centres and make Greater Montreal a recognized and sought-after hub for its competitiveness.
Achievements
Launch of the Cap St-Laurent Directory showcasing the maritime industry, in collaboration with the St. Lawrence Economic Development Council, funded by the Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie (MRIF) and the Ministry of the Economy, Innovation and Energy (MEIE)
INFRA-S report in partnership with the City of Montreal: Issues related to municipal by-laws, urban planning and sustainable development in the logistics sector
Participation in the visitors’ program to the Federal Republic of Germany, presentation of the smart cities of Berlin and Hamburg
Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Centre:
• Design of the seal
• Presentation of the FTZ Centre to several companies through export acceleration programs
• Presentation of FTZ Centre services to the CCMM
• Webinar entitled Unlocking Trade Success—Navigating Canada’s foreign trade zone organized in collaboration with the Port of Montreal (120 participants)
Consultation of CargoM and the sector (survey, interviews and workshops with members) by the City of Montreal in connection with its Land Use and Mobility Plan (PUM)
Collaborative Innovation Hub for Mobility (CIM) project:
• Implementation of the Continuum Mobilité referral program to support the growth of an initial group of 12 businesses
• Implementation of a support service for Canadian entrepreneurs to roll out EV charging infrastructure for Business Development Bank of Canada
Participation by CargoM in several events as a panelist, presenter or moderator:
• Strategic forum on challenges and solutions for enhancing mobility and traffic flow organized by the CCMM
• Presentation to a New Orleans delegation composed of the Port of New Orleans and the World Trade Center of New Orleans
• Meeting with the Consulate General of Panama in Montreal, in collaboration with the Embassy of Panama in Canada
• Participation in the Journal of Commerce Inland
Distribution Conference (Inland23)