This document discusses the logistical challenges of transporting freight in Alaska and the Arctic, as well as the services provided by Carlile to address these challenges. Carlile operates across multiple transportation modes including truck, barge, rail, and air. They have 700 employees and equipment to support freight transport. Carlile helps manage Arctic supply chain logistics through planning, creative solutions, site visits, and interfacing with third party systems. They are experienced in the unique challenges of transporting freight in Alaska, including limited infrastructure, harsh weather conditions, earthquakes, and seasonal ice roads.

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Serving Alaska from ship, road, rail and air. The challenges of
moving freight and supply logistics with limited infrastructure
and in Arctic conditions.
WISTA
Infrastructure and Supply Logistics in the Arctic

2. Who we are
• Asset Based Carrier
 Company owned and operated
equipment from origin to destination
 10 Terminals, 2 warehouses
 Nearly 700 employees
 Equipment pool of 300 Tractors
and 1500 Trailers
• Multi-Modal Transportation
 Providing Steamship, Barge, Highway, Air, Rail
 Arctic Express expedited 52 hour Over the Road Service
Northbound/Southbound to AK

3. Roots in
Alaska ….
Going
Global!

5. Safety at Carlile
• World Class Program
• Audited & Passed by DOT (May
2011)
• Annual Customer & Gov’t Audits
• Industry Approved
• Documented HSSE Manuals
• Competitive Advantage
• USDOT Safety Permit
• HSSE Alerts
• R Stamp Endorsement
• Tool Box Safety Meetings
• Operations Support Center
• Safety and Leadership Teams
• Hazard Assessments
• Drivers Manual
• SOP’s
• Safety Inspections
• Incident reporting and
investigations
Customers request us to enter new
markets based on our safety record
and standards.

6. Transportation Modes
• Truck
• Steamship
• Barge
• Rail
• Air

8. View from top of Alaska down

9. Industry Innovators
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10. Carlile going multi-modal

11. Technology is the virtual world

12. How we help manage Arctic supply
chain logistics.
Involved in planning – all aspects of project!
• Start of project - conversations and feasibility begin
• Creative solutions – timing, routing, warehousing, equipment
• Site Visits
• Team Meetings
• Routing
• Report preparation – all users
• Reporting
• Interface with 3rd party systems
• Electronic data exchange
• Visibility on material from start to finish
• Communications is key to understanding customers needs.

13. Questions to ask of a logistics provider
•Logistics
•CFS / Bonding Facility
•Public Warehousing
•Point to Point L48
•Canada
•Canadian Authority & Post-Audit
•Equipment & Assets
•Bulk Transportation
•Heavy Haul
•Cross Dock & Consolidation Facilities
•Community Ties
•Involved and awareness of community
•Employees:
•Non-Union vs. Union
•Safety Culture and Records
•Alaska & the Arctic
•Statewide AK Distribution
•North Slope Footprint
•Oil & Gas / Energy Knowledge
•Transportation Industry Knowledge
•Innovative
•Who is Customer Base
•Military – DOD
•DOD secret level clearances
•Continental US - Footprint
•Consolidation Facility
•Rail Access

21. Northslope Logistics Routing

22. Rolligon; Rig move on an ice road. Limited
ice road season – white out conditions.

23. Challenges Faced in Alaska

24. Oversize Loads – Our Specialty

25. Yukon River Bridge
Bridge / Weight / Seasonal Restrictions

26. We even cross washouts!

27. Earthquakes occur even
more frequently than in
California, but rarely cause
damage to infrastructure.
An exception was the
7.9 Denali Fault earthquake
of November 3, 2002
when the road opened up
under a Carlile driver.
Denali Fault Earthquake: 7.9

28. Ice Road Driving

29. Loving what we do!

30. Pulling together to make a great
team!