The document discusses the strategic importance of the Port of Churchill and Hudson Bay region in Canada. It outlines the port facilities, including berths capable of handling Panamax vessels, grain storage, and a petroleum terminal. The port provides an Arctic bridge and access into North America via the Mid-Continent Trade Corridor. Potential cargoes highlighted for the port include urea, phosphate, minerals, refined petroleum, and scrap metal.

1. Planning for Change
The Churchill Option
9/21/07
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2. A Part of The Broe Group
• U.S. multi-billion dollar investment, acquisition,
and operational enterprise
- Transportation - Real Estate
- Energy - Strategic Capital
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3. OmniTRAX, Inc.
Largest Privately-Held North American
Railway and Transportation Company
14 U.S. and 3 Canadian Railroads
10 Intermodal Terminal Operations
Industrial Switching Operations
Third Party Locomotive Service
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4. Hudson Bay Port Company
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5. Arctic Bridge – Access Into North America via Churchill
• The Port of Churchill is
connected to the North
American economy.
• The Port is the northern point
of the Mid-Continent Trade
Corridor, stretching from
Manitoba to Mexico.
• A market of 90-million people
are within a 30-hour trucking
radius of Winnipeg.
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7. Hudson Bay
Railway
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8. Port Facilities
• Berths: Four deep-sea berths
• Vessel Size: Panamax Capable
• Grain Elevator:
– Storage Capacity: 140,000 tonnes
– Storage: 82,000 s.f. indoor storage
facility
• Petroleum Terminal:
– Storage for 50 million liters
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9. The Arctic Bridge – Circumpolar View
The strategic locations
of Murmansk and
Churchill.
The Port of Churchill
is Canada’s only
international Arctic
port.
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10. Product Trade Opportunities
• Urea and Phosphate
• Minerals (Copper and Nickel)
• Refined Petroleum Products
• Scrap Metal
• Other
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