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Why Develop in Port Hawkesbury?

Access to Highly Skilled Workforce: Over half of the population in the Strait Region has some form of post-secondary education — approximately 20% have a college-level diploma or certificates, about 20% have a university degree or higher, and an estimated 15% have an apprenticeship or trade certificate.

Location: Our Port Hawkesbury campus offers a broad range of industrial utilities, services and assets that can be leveraged to support lower-cost development. It is strategically located within 80 km of the Great Circle shipping route and is close to major transportation links.

Most importantly, it offers an ice-free port, year around rail and 100 series highway links

Rail CBSL — CNR	Shipping Time in Days to:
Halifax Int’l Airport: 238 km/148 miles	Rotterdam: 6 days
Regional Airport: 3 km/2 miles	Mumbai: 16 days
	Singapore: 20 days
	HoChiMin City: 21 days

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Site Assets

Our site is rich with assets that can be leveraged to support lower-cost development

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Logistics

Experienced logistics team and supply chain management
Wharf is located in an ice-free port (10.2m draft, 185m length)
Trans-loading facility with qualified personnel and heavy lift capabilities
and year-round rail and highway transportation hub with truck scales
Marine vessel to rail or truck; rail to truck or marine vessel;
truck to rail or marine vessel; three hours to NFLD ferry

Covered Warehouse Space

Rail Warehouse

The building has rail siding for inside loading, complete with a ground-level door and an unused truck bay with leveling on the south end and a ramped dock at the north end.
240’L x 160’W x 24’H
4 rail car positions inside, deck-level
loading
OH Truck Door 14’6”W x 14’H

Wharf Warehouse

250’ L x 87’ W x 23’ H
OH door 15’ W x 14’ H (both ends)

Scale House

Two separate industrial scales (tare in/ out);
each scale pad = 11” W x 160’ L; max wt = 90 MT
FRID access linked to mobile phone load reports resulting in simple and quick gate stops
Large load by-pass gates

Liquid Transload and Storage

Liquid unloading capacity complete with steam and air

Secure Site

24/7 Security, and access control with two licensed security officers every shift
International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS)
3rd licensed security officer on the wharf when interfacing with an international vessel
24-hour onsite high-resolution camera monitoring and recording
Patrolled facility
Monitored rail access

Resources & Infrastructure

Fifteen separate brownfield site development opportunities within a secure area
Significant permitted surplus industrial waste treatment capacity
Three-phase power available throughout the site
Fresh and saltwater availability
Reclaimable waste heat
High, Medium, and Low-pressure steam
Access to skilled trades/workforce, machine shop and stores
Local crane company operates on neighboring property (between access and yard)
Yard and fiber procurement capacity
Deepest port in the North Atlantic and in proximity to the Great Circle Route, Northeast U.S., and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Strait of Canso is truly ice-free, easy to navigate, and has no congestion at 20km x 1.5km and 27m deep

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Why Develop in Port Hawkesbury?

Most importantly, it offers an ice-free port, year around rail and 100 series highway links

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