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Agriculture committee Yes, I can.
February 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Tim Heney
Agriculture committee Thunder Bay has what we call the legacy of capacity. At one time we did most of the grain shipments in Canada through the port. We had the reputation of being the largest grain port in the world and we still have the largest grain storage. The number of facilities and that excess
February 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Tim Heney
Agriculture committee Yes, I can hear you. Can you hear me?
February 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Tim Heney
Agriculture committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. On behalf of the Thunder Bay Port Authority, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. The Port of Thunder Bay is western Canada's entry point to the St. Lawrence Seaway system and 95% of the cargo handled at the port orig
February 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Tim Heney
Agriculture committee That's generally so, yes. It's about 95% lakers for the Wheat Board, and the opposite condition for non-boards.
November 21st, 2006Committee meeting
Tim Heney
Agriculture committee Well, there's an operating philosophy. First of all, the lakers service a couple of elevators in the river that are serviceable only by Canadian lake fleet, and that's Baie-Comeau and Port-Cartier. Those two facilities don't have rail access, so the lakers are an integral part of
November 21st, 2006Committee meeting
Tim Heney
Agriculture committee There are two primary companies. Fednav is the largest. It's actually a Canadian-owned company with foreign-flag vessels. Canfornav is probably the second largest, and then there's a variety of smaller foreign operators, as well.
November 21st, 2006Committee meeting
Tim Heney
Agriculture committee Well, certainly the ocean rates fluctuate quite a bit compared to lake rates, so how competitive they're going to be depends on the market. But you have realize that when you ship by ocean vessel out of Thunder Bay, you're not double-handling it. It goes in the vessel to its ulti
November 21st, 2006Committee meeting
Tim Heney
Agriculture committee Fednav.
November 21st, 2006Committee meeting
Tim Heney
Agriculture committee The Pathy family in Montreal.
November 21st, 2006Committee meeting
Tim Heney
Agriculture committee In defence of CN, I think their operating practices are being emulated in many ways by CP and many other railways, so it's not only a CN type of operation; it's a way to efficiently use their fleet. It's a new reality in North America, I think.
November 21st, 2006Committee meeting
Tim Heney
Agriculture committee As the port has adapted to some of these modern operating methods, like 24-hour rail loading and things like that, the Grain Commission in Thunder Bay has been rather slow to adapt to those kinds of working conditions. On occasion, they've refused to put on midnight shifts. They'
November 21st, 2006Committee meeting
Tim Heney
Agriculture committee No. I think the elevators have used private companies and do use them on occasion. In many ways, it's probably an alternative.
November 21st, 2006Committee meeting
Tim Heney
Agriculture committee To my way of thinking, there are two parts to the seaway. One is the lower lakes and one is the full route all the way to Thunder Bay. And grain is the only option in Thunder Bay at this point. We have coal and we have potash to smaller degrees, but in its history, grain has been
November 21st, 2006Committee meeting
Tim Heney
Agriculture committee About 65% of the grain through Thunder Bay is Wheat Board grain. The remainder is non-board. We have a variety of users of the port system, and there doesn't seem to be a real consensus as to the effect the Wheat Board and its single desk would have if it were modified. There are
November 21st, 2006Committee meeting
Tim Heney