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Transport committee I think it came up a number of times during the discussion that we had a number of different groups, a number of different parties and a number of different stakeholders operating in their own silos, and that was something we need to work on, as far as stakeholder groups were con
September 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Bruce Hodgson
Transport committee Good evening. I'm Bruce Hodgson, director of market development for the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, based here in St. Catharines.
September 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Bruce Hodgson
Transport committee Just to clarify, in terms of our tenants and our stakeholders, we do work with them and encourage them to try to apply and take advantage of that funding, although, to date, we have not seen any funding for any of our tenants.
September 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Bruce Hodgson
Transport committee We see opportunities in modal shift, such as moving traffic from the highways onto the water. For example, there has been quite a change in the trucking industry in the U.S. with the electronic logs that have been introduced. We expect to see this spinning off into Canada fairly
September 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Bruce Hodgson
Transport committee We certainly see an opportunity there, Mr. Badawey. As part of our mandate, we do confer with all of our stakeholders and municipalities. On the interface between public and industry, we think there is an opportunity, with some of the land we have, to have both coexist quite suc
September 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Bruce Hodgson
Transport committee Within the Welland Canal, we are somewhat limited in terms of the rail capabilities, so that's an opportunity that we would see moving forward. We have very good access into the U.S. from a highway standpoint, so we continue to see that as an opportunity. Again, I think our oppor
September 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Bruce Hodgson
Transport committee Thank you. Let me start with fluidity. You asked about that, Vance. We spend a lot of time with our customers. Where we find the benefit is in data exchange. That's where we've been very successful in working with both the railways and the western Canada shippers, for example.
September 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Bruce Hodgson
Transport committee It's another example of where we actually expanded. We were able to work with one of the neighbours to get additional land, and we worked with our existing tenant at wharf 12, along with a local stevedoring company. I think next week our first containers will be coming through th
September 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Bruce Hodgson
Transport committee The ships will dock at wharf 12. That's correct.
September 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Bruce Hodgson
Transport committee As I was saying, steel in particular is very important to us in that, if the steel volume decreases, that could have an impact on our grain exports as well. The two go hand in hand. Our concern would be, what does the future hold for steel as far as NAFTA is concerned?
September 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Bruce Hodgson
Transport committee Perhaps I'll start my comments by looking at western Canada in terms of the role we play there. We compete with other gateways. That's the business we're in as the seaway and as Hwy H2O. The U.S. gulf is a very strong competitor of ours, particularly when it comes to project carg
September 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Bruce Hodgson
Transport committee We've done considerable work around the feasibility of moving crude oil via the Great Lakes, and yes, it is feasible. We can be competitive. Again, we've worked very closely with the railways in developing the total supply chain. They very much look to Thunder Bay as an option, b
September 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Bruce Hodgson
Transport committee We would be able to handle what we call a Seawaymax, which would not be the size of a Panamax, for example, that's going overseas. That's why we would be looking to transship in Quebec City. A unit train of crude oil carries about 80,000 barrels. A seaway-sized vessel is similar,
September 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Bruce Hodgson
Transport committee Our maximum would be 740 feet long.
September 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Bruce Hodgson
Transport committee It would be 80,000 barrels.
September 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Bruce Hodgson