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CANADA’S GATEWAY TO THE WEST

TWO-WAY CARGO PROJECT CARGO

GRAIN

KEEFER TERMINAL

• 90-acre facility

• 3 marine berths

• 9 acres of laydown area

MARINE ACCESS

• Dock aprons 19.8 metres wide

• Heavy-lift railway track within three metres of

dock face

• 750 metres of marine berth

RAIL ACCESS • Served by both major Canadian railways with direct link across North America:

CN – Canada’s only transcontinental railway with

direct access to the Oilsands

CP – Stretches from the West Coast to

Thunder Bay and connects to major U.S. centres

ROAD ACCESS

Keefer Terminal is centrally located with direct access

to the TransCanada Highway and U.S. highways

OILSANDS PROJECT CARGO GATEWAY

The Port of Thunder Bay

and CN have created a highly

competitive Canadian routing option

for large cargoes destined for

Western Canada.

Rail upgrades permit large,

heavy equipment to reach the heart

of the Oilsands through the 1,500 mile

CN rail corridor from the head of the

Great Lakes – St. Lawrence

Seaway System in

Thunder Bay.

PROJECT CARGO GATEWAY

KEEFER TERMINAL

KEEFER TERMINAL INDOOR STORAGE

• Keefer Terminal’s four warehouses have over 50,000 square

metres (550,000 sq. ft.) of controlled covered space

• All sheds have reinforced concrete floors

• Heated and bonded warehousing is available

• A modern, 5,304 square

metre clear span building

is available for light

manufacturing, distribution

and warehousing

KEEFER TERMINAL INDOOR STORAGE

KEEFER TERMINAL OUTDOOR STORAGE

• 3.9 hectares (9.6 acres) gravel-prepared

• 1.8 hectares (4.4 acres) paved

KEEFER TERMINAL OUTDOOR STORAGE

Gravel laydown areas

shaded in gray

Additional laydown

areas in intermodal

yard

Laydown continually

expanded to meet

shipper’s needs

KEEFER TERMINAL INTERMODAL YARD

• 4-hectare (10

acre) site

• 200-railcar

marshalling yard

• Top-lifter and

track-mobile

available

• Adjacent to

Keefer Terminal

2005 – Present Investment: $10 million

• Dockside rail realignment

• Liebherr LHM 320 mobile harbour crane

• Cargo laydown expansion

• 5,300 sq. metre clear-span transit shed

• Intermodal yard

• 45-ton top-lifter

INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS FOR PROJECT CARGO

• Mobile harbour crane

• 104 tonne lifting capacity

at 18 metres reach

• Capable of discharging

cargo from gearless

vessels

• Project cargo, break bulk,

forest products, containers

and bulk

• Load charts available

KEEFER TERMINAL VALUE ADDED SERVICES

• Track-mobile services

KEEFER TERMINAL VALUE-ADDED SERVICES

• Caboose

• Work train services

for project cargos

• Available for rent

KEEFER TERMINAL VALUE-ADDED SERVICES

• Skilled tradespeople

• Stevedores, metal fabricators, iron workers, crane

operators

• Contractors’ mobile cranes available

• 100 ton to 400 ton capacities

• Electrical infrastructure and servicing

KEEFER TERMINAL VALUE-ADDED SERVICES

• Vessel services contractors

• Top-side repair

• Potable water supply

• Vessel garbage disposal

• Approved environmental

waste carriers

• Diving contractors

KEEFER TERMINAL VALUE-ADDED SERVICES

• Controlled-access facility

• 24-hour security patrol

• Fully fenced

• Video surveillance

KEEFER TERMINAL SECURITY

2012 PROJECT CARGO

2012 PROJECT CARGO

2012 PROJECT CARGO

2012 KEEFER CARGO

DIAVIK DIAMOND MINE PROJECT

DIAVIK DIAMOND MINE PROJECT

TWO-WAY CARGO RESULTS

Thunder Bay handled

18% of the Seaway’s

Project Cargo in 2011

Over 100,000 metric

tonnes of bulk cargo

have been exported

as part of the

two-way cargo

program

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Thunder Bay Port Authority

100 Main Street

Thunder Bay, ON

P7B 6R9

T (807) 345-6400

F (807) 345-9058

[email protected]