CILTNA 11 th Annual Transportation Situation & Outlook Conference April 30, 2012 Gateways & Corridors Development
CILTNA 11th Annual Transportation
Situation & Outlook Conference
April 30, 2012
Gateways & Corridors Development
“The Challenge for the North American Transportation & Logistics Industry in a Slow Growth Economy”
Presentation overview:
• What is the Atlantic Gateway & Trade Corridor?
• Atlantic Gateway via Port of Halifax
• Perspectives
– Present & Future
What is the Atlantic Gateway?
Entry and exit points
• Container terminals • Cruise ports • Airports • Border crossings
Corridors
• Rail • Highways • Short sea shipping
Multimodal
• Transload centres • Warehousing • Distribution centres • Inland terminals
Transportation system for the movement of international trade to/from North American marketplace.
Deepest Berths on the East Coast
Container Terminals
Level of Service Agreement
• Halifax Port Authority
• Ceres
• Halterm
• CN
Transloading Facilities
Port of Halifax – Imports
•China
•United Kingdom
•Italy
•Germany
•India
•Jamaica
•Bangladesh
•Belgium
•Israel
•Sweden
Port of Halifax – Exports
•China
•United Kingdom
•Japan
•India
•Thailand
•Belgium
•Hong Kong
•Netherlands
•Indonesia
•Turkey
Provincial Governments
Federal Governments
Stakeholders
Atlantic Gateway
Federal/Provincial
Officials Committee
Airports
Ports
Railroads
Transportation Companies
System Users (Customers)
System Providers
Others – RDAs,
Municipalities, Chambers,
Associations
Gateway Councils
Halifax Gateway Council
Transport Canada
ACOA
DFAIT
CBSA
Newfoundland &
Labrador
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia Gateway
Secretariat
(NL, NB, PE, NS, ACOA,
TC,CBSA, AGAC)
Atlantic Gateway Strategy
Marketing
Infrastructure
Policy/Regulatory
Atlantic Gateway Federal/Provincial Officials Committee
Atlantic Gateway
Advisory Council
Minister for the
Atlantic Gateway
Atlantic Gateway & Trade Corridor Strategy
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•Released March 2011
•$5m million committed from
GBCF to market Atlantic
Gateway
• 9 core strategic components
which include:
• International marketing &
trade promotion
• Skills & knowledge
• Policy & regulatory issues
Atlantic Gateway Infrastructure Investments
Current Perspective
• Halifax TEU volumes
– Grew in 2010 by 26.3%
– Decline in 2011 -6%%
• American Feeder Lines service suspended
• Slow growth in USA & Global having impact on exporters & importers
– NewPage, Bowater, lumber & building materials exports
Halifax Container TEU Volumes
Labour Negotiations
• Halifax has had labour stability for 30+ years.
• 3 waterfront labour unions, 500+ workers.
• Tentative collective 2 year agreement.
• Short term contact due to slow growth in global economy.
Slow Steaming–How slow can slow go!
USA – Slow Growth Economy
• Appreciation/depreciation of the US dollar
• Trade protectionism
• Consumer demand for Canadian & foreign imports
• USA Ports could get $1 billion in federal dredging aid
• Federal Marine Commission
Future Perspective
• Economy will recover! When & to what level uncertain!
• TEU volume for 2102 appears to be down
• Long term has room for optimism
• However, a lot of changes coming!
– EU Free Trade
Via USWC
15-24 Days
Via Panama
22-31 Days
Via Suez
Min 24 Days
Mileage Via
Panama
Via Suez Difference
HK/NY 11,301 11,632 +331
Laem Chabang/NY 12,645 11,002 -1,643
Suez Canal vs Panama Canal
The Break-
Even Line
Panama Canal Expansion
A large number of post-Panamax & super post-Panamax vessels under
construction.
Liner companies will attempt to deploy their new ships in a way that will not
destabilize demand/supply
Halifax’s existing port/rail infrastructure enables it to develop incremental, air
draft-unrestricted terminal capacity more cost effectively than other ports
Big Ship Rollout
Halifax
Looking Into The Future
HalifaxGetsItThere.com – Transit Time Calculator
Mega projects
• National shipbuilding contract
• Deep Punake natural gas
• Maritime power transmission - Lower Churchill
• Wind turbine & blade manufacturing
Atlantic Gateway–Halifax Logistics Park
Thank you
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Annex 1 - Atlantic Gateway Investments The Strategy
Atlantic Transportation Infrastructure Projects Funded under the Gateways and Border Crossings Fund
Federal Share
($ million)
Project Total
($ million)
New Brunswick (NB)
Route 1 Twinning (inclusive of funds transferred from the Building Canada Fund) 93.00 210.00
Port of Belledune expansion and improvements (total federal contribution $26.4M) 6.00 61.20
Saint John Harbour Bridge Rehabilitation 17.50 36.17
Fredericton International Airport runway and lighting upgrade 5.2 10.40
Port of Saint John cruise gateway project 4.50 14.00
Greater Moncton International Airport runway extension 4.00 24.00
Port of Belledune modular fabrication and multimodal transshipment facility 1.50 13.20
Nova Scotia (NS)
Port of Halifax: South End Container Terminal Extension 17.50 35.00
Port of Halifax: Richmond Terminals Multipurpose Gateway Extension 36.50 73.00
Burnside Connector - Phase 1: connecting Hwys 102 and 107 17.50 35.00
Truro High-Speed Interchange: junction of Hwys 102 and 104 4.50 9.00
Rte 344: Upgrade of the access road to the proposed Melford Container Terminal 7.50 15.00
Halifax Stanfield International Airport runway extension 9.00 28.00
Halifax Rail Cut Study 0.14 0.28
Prince Edward Island (PEI)
Charlottetown Airport terminal expansion 1.20 3.50
Confederation Bridge Intelligent Transportation Systems project 1.34 2.68
Route 1 realignment of 2.2 km on Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) between Charlottetown and Confederation Bridge (subject to public consultation)
3.50 7.00
Route 1 realignment of 3 km and installation of two 4-way intersections on TCH (subject to public consultation)
4.50 9.00
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)
Port of Argentia: Roll-on/Roll-off Ramp to complement shortsea shipping operations 1.25 2.50
Gander International Airport runway upgrade and rehabilitation 3.33 10.00
St. John’s International Airport: Category III Instrument Landing System 8.60 25.80
Marine Institute SmartBay Project Expansion: installation of additional buoys and sensors 2.50 5.00
Projected Totals 250.56 629.73