HGC Halifax Logistics Park Summit 2012

2. Port of Halifax
Canada’s Atlantic Gateway
• Deepest container berths on the East Coast of North America
• Infrastructure to handle the world's largest vessels
• Direct calls with more continents than any other Canadian Port
• Quick inland service to the Midwest
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3. Halifax’s advantages add-up
• 2 day discharge advantage from European/Med/Asian ports than other ECNA ports
• 1 day dwell advantage (minimum) over other ECNA ports
• 2 days faster to Midwest than other ECNA ports
Strategic Import Markets
• North Europe & Med
• Southeast Asia via Suez
• Pearl River Delta
• Latin America

4. CN train time to key markets
(available for customer pick-up)
Detroit - 65 hours Montreal – 33 hours
Toronto - 46 hours
Chicago - 74 hours
Memphis - 94 hours

5. Many of the world’s top container lines
call the Port of Halifax

6. 40% of the North American population
can be reached in 72 hours

7. Serving Over 150 Countries on Every Continent

8. 2011 Containerized Cargo Profile

10. Velocity and reliability

11. Reefer cargo

12. Halifax Logistics Park

13. Halifax import models in use
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1. Rail to Toronto DC
2. Road to Toronto DC
3. Transload – Rail to Toronto DC
4. Transload – Road to Toronto DC
5. Direct to store (DC by-pass)
in the Maritimes
- Vessel Discharge - Rail or Road line-haul
- Local Dray - Available for pick-up/delivery

14. www.HalifaxGetsItThere.com

16. Halifax -- Fast inland transit times
 Deepest container berths on the East Coast (55 feet)
 Uncongested and seamless link to on-dock rail
 Capacity & infrastructure to handle the largest vessels
 Excellent alternative for all-water Asian routings
 Direct line-haul calls from 15 shipping lines
 CN double-stack service to Chicago in 74 hours
 Faster factory-to-DC transit times (transit/discharge/dwell)