The Arctic Gateway Group hopes to double shipments through its port of Churchill in 2020 after a successful first shipping season. Chief executive officer Murad Al-Katib told the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan annual meeting the port could handle 500,000 tonnes per year as the shipping season stretches from mid-May to the end of November. […] Read more
Tag Archives Port of Churchill
Arctic Gateway working to restore shipments from Port of Churchill
Work is underway at restoring the Port of Churchill to its former glory. Omer Al-Katib, spokesperson for Arctic Gateway Group Limited Partnership, said this includes work on grain storage, the wharf and new grain cleaning equipment. “The port fell into a state of disrepair as the port was not being fully utilized over the last […] Read more
AGT vows to bring business to Churchill
AGT chief executive officer Murad Al-Katib was blunt when he spoke before a crowd of about 100 people in Churchill, Man., Sept. 4. “We’ll tell you all the good stuff, we’ll tell you all the bad stuff. And that way you know you can trust us. That’s the key,” Al-Katib told those in attendance, according […] Read more
Feds to help transfer ownership, restore Churchill rail service
The federal government says it’s prepared to restore rail service to Churchill, Man. The rail line closed this spring after flooding damaged several sections of the route to the northern Manitoba community and port. The owner of the line, OmniTrax, said repairs would cost as much as US$60 million and it wasn’t prepared to pay […] Read more
Feds to help restore Churchill rail service
WINNIPEG, Sept. 8 (CNS) – The Canadian government says it’s prepared to restore rail service to Churchill, Man. The rail line closed in the spring of 2017 after flooding damaged multiple sections of the route to the northern Manitoba community. The owner of the line, OmniTRAX, said repairs would cost as much as US$60 million […] Read more
Northern transportation corridor would have ‘revolutionary impact’
The University of Calgary plans to raise money to research the feasibility of a national right-of-way
A Senate committee has endorsed a plan to build a northern transportation corridor that would revitalize the Port of Churchill. The banking, trade and commerce committee has embraced a proposal by the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy to build a 7,000 kilometre east-west corridor through Canada’s north. “(It) will have as revolutionary an […] Read more
Closed rail line another blow to Churchill port
Severe spring flooding that washed out a section of the Hudson Bay Railway line between Gillam and Churchill, Man., last month has dealt another crippling blow to efforts to resume grain shipments through the Port of Churchill. “It’s a major blow to the whole situation,” said Elden Boon, a farmer from Virden, Man., and president […] Read more
VIDEO: Churchill hot topic at finance committee hearing
Churchill got a lot of time in the spotlight when the House of Commons finance committee visited Manitoba Oct. 6. Broad support for finding some way to keep the port and rail line viable appeared to come from people representing municipal governments, chambers of commerce, unions and farmers. It also provided a forum for NDP […] Read more
Government must ensure port viability
Most of us take for granted that the majority of our roads and highways are publicly funded and built at cost in order to serve the overall public good. There is no clamour asking why those roads are not being given away to private companies to let road barons profit from them. For good reason. […] Read more
Port of Churchill layoffs in effect, uncertainty remains
WINNIPEG — Layoffs from Manitoba’s Port of Churchill are now in effect, but questions remain for those formerly employed by the port, the future of the tow, and the dynamics of Canadian grain handling. Answers to those questions aren’t coming from the Denver-based railway that operates the port, OmniTrax, as officials have remained mostly silent […] Read more
