The document summarizes the cargo facilities and advantages of the Port of Halifax. It notes that the port has the deepest container berths on the East Coast of North America and infrastructure to handle the world's largest vessels. Cargo can reach central Canada up to 5 days faster through the Port of Halifax compared to other ports. The port also has direct calls with more continents than any other Canadian port and fast scheduled transit times to Halifax that are 2 days faster than New York.

5. Gateway Cargo Facilities

12. PORT OF HALIFAX
Serving over 150 countries on every continent

13. Port of Halifax
Canada’s Atlantic Gateway
• Deepest container berths on the East Coast of North America
• Infrastructure to handle the world's largest vessels
• Direct calls with more continents than any other Canadian Port
• Quick inland service to the Midwest

14. 11 of the world’s top 15 container lines
call the Port of Halifax

15. Reach Central Canada up to 5 days faster
• 2 day discharge advantage from European/Med/Asian ports than ECNA ports
• 1 day dwell advantage (minimum) over other ECNA ports
• 2 days faster to Central Canada than other ECNA ports
Strategic Import Markets
• North Europe & Med
• Southeast Asia via Suez
• Pearl River Delta
• Latin America

16. Port of Halifax’s inland market
40% of the North American population can be reached in 72 hours

17. North America’s First Inbound Port Gateway
Fastest scheduled transit times to Halifax:
• 2 days faster than New York
• Same-vessel service – no transshipment
• Scheduled reliability between terminals & rail
• Defined KPIs – 1st Canadian port to provide clear performance
metrics for terminals & rail service for cargo owners

18. Halifax – Worth A Closer Look
• Deepest container berths on the East Coast (55 feet)
• Uncongested and seamless link to on-dock rail
• Capacity & infrastructure to handle the largest vessels
• Excellent alternative port for all-water Asian routings
• Direct line-haul calls from 20 shipping lines
• CN double-stack service to Toronto in 46 hours
• Faster factory-to-DC transit times (transit/discharge/dwell)

19. Complete Transportation
Solutions
 Shortest route from the Atlantic
coast to the U.S. midwest
 Two days to Toronto, three days
to Chicago
 20,000 route-miles serving ports
on three coasts
 On-dock, double-stack rail
service to over 43% of the North
American population
 Halifax is the preferred gateway
for food shippers

20. The only rail
connection to
3 coasts
20 Intermodal
Terminal

21. “We have people with a deep DNA of
innovation at CN. It’s our people that
make the difference.”
Claude Mongeau, President and CEO

22. Our First Mile/Last Mile
 Roughly 5800 containers and
chassis
 More than 1000 drivers covering
Canada and the US
 State-of-the-art technology
 Recovery capability
 Top tier safety performance
 Leader in the SmartWay fuel
conservation program

23. Logistics Parks
 Connects to Ports on
all North American
coasts
 Co-location with CN
Intermodal terminal
significantly reduces
dray and handling cost

24. Significant environmental benefits
280 440 6x
truck loads on a single miles = 1 gallon of fuel less GHGs than heavy trucks
intermodal train

25. Prince Rupert
Signed Sept 17
Halifax
Signed April 29
Montreal
Signed Sept 24
Vancouver
Signed July 23