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MARINE ACCESS
• Dock aprons 19.8 metres wide
• Heavy-lift railway track within three metres of
dock face
• 750 metres of marine berth
RAIL ACCESS • Served by both major Canadian railways with direct link across North America:
CN – Canada’s only transcontinental railway with
direct access to the Oilsands
CP – Stretches from the West Coast to
Thunder Bay and connects to major U.S. centres
ROAD ACCESS
Keefer Terminal is centrally located with direct access
to the TransCanada Highway and U.S. highways
OILSANDS PROJECT CARGO GATEWAY
The Port of Thunder Bay
and CN have created a highly
competitive Canadian routing option
for large cargoes destined for
Western Canada.
Rail upgrades permit large,
heavy equipment to reach the heart
of the Oilsands through the 1,500 mile
CN rail corridor from the head of the
Great Lakes – St. Lawrence
Seaway System in
Thunder Bay.
KEEFER TERMINAL INDOOR STORAGE
• Keefer Terminal’s four warehouses have over 50,000 square
metres (550,000 sq. ft.) of controlled covered space
• All sheds have reinforced concrete floors
• Heated and bonded warehousing is available
• A modern, 5,304 square
metre clear span building
is available for light
manufacturing, distribution
and warehousing
KEEFER TERMINAL OUTDOOR STORAGE
• 3.9 hectares (9.6 acres) gravel-prepared
• 1.8 hectares (4.4 acres) paved
KEEFER TERMINAL OUTDOOR STORAGE
Gravel laydown areas
shaded in gray
Additional laydown
areas in intermodal
yard
Laydown continually
expanded to meet
shipper’s needs
KEEFER TERMINAL INTERMODAL YARD
• 4-hectare (10
acre) site
• 200-railcar
marshalling yard
• Top-lifter and
track-mobile
available
• Adjacent to
Keefer Terminal
2005 – Present Investment: $10 million
• Dockside rail realignment
• Liebherr LHM 320 mobile harbour crane
• Cargo laydown expansion
• 5,300 sq. metre clear-span transit shed
• Intermodal yard
• 45-ton top-lifter
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS FOR PROJECT CARGO
• Mobile harbour crane
• 104 tonne lifting capacity
at 18 metres reach
• Capable of discharging
cargo from gearless
vessels
• Project cargo, break bulk,
forest products, containers
and bulk
• Load charts available
KEEFER TERMINAL VALUE ADDED SERVICES
• Caboose
• Work train services
for project cargos
• Available for rent
KEEFER TERMINAL VALUE-ADDED SERVICES
• Skilled tradespeople
• Stevedores, metal fabricators, iron workers, crane
operators
• Contractors’ mobile cranes available
• 100 ton to 400 ton capacities
• Electrical infrastructure and servicing
KEEFER TERMINAL VALUE-ADDED SERVICES
• Vessel services contractors
• Top-side repair
• Potable water supply
• Vessel garbage disposal
• Approved environmental
waste carriers
• Diving contractors
KEEFER TERMINAL VALUE-ADDED SERVICES
• Controlled-access facility
• 24-hour security patrol
• Fully fenced
• Video surveillance
KEEFER TERMINAL SECURITY
TWO-WAY CARGO RESULTS
Thunder Bay handled
18% of the Seaway’s
Project Cargo in 2011
Over 100,000 metric
tonnes of bulk cargo
have been exported
as part of the
two-way cargo
program
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Thunder Bay Port Authority
100 Main Street
Thunder Bay, ON
P7B 6R9
T (807) 345-6400
F (807) 345-9058