• St. Lawrence ports are the oldest in Canada

• Investments have been delayed since 1996

• Tonnage of certain cargos (e.g. iron ore) has increased fivefold over the past 10 years

• Practical capacity has currently been reached in several ports, leaving no room for volume increases or the addition of new markets

• NEEDS:

- Build new wharves

- Increase storage spaces

- Deepen dockside accesses

IMPROVE AND EXPAND BULK FACILITIESON THE ST. LAWRENCE AND SAGUENAY RIVERS

• NEEDS:

- Ensure sustainable land accesses

- Improve road accesses’ traffic flow

- Protect railway corridors

ENHANCE PORT-LAND NETWORK INTERFACES IN ORDER TO REDUCE CONGESTION IN THE MAIN URBAN CENTRES

• Many problems involving interconnec-tion between the road network and certain shipping or multimodal terminals have been identified. Most of these bottlenecks are on the Island of Montreal serving the port and railway hubs

• The port network is linked to all continents and offers a gamut of advantageous services

• A natural gateway for trade between North America and Europe

• Corridor-related activities are a source of economic development and generate spinoffs for all

NORTHAMERICA

AFRICA

EUROPE

ASIA

SOUTHAMERICA

ST.LAWRENCE - GREAT LAKES

CORRIDOR

Panamacanal Suez

canal

• Effective and efficient intermodal connections: railroads and the road/highway system are linked to the North American continent

• NEEDS:

- Invest $400 million to meet maintenance requirements for the next 10 years

4TH LARGEST ECONOMIC ZONE IN NORTH AMERICAafter California, Texas and New York

CANADA’S MOST-USED AND LARGESTMULTIMODAL CORRIDOR, representing $560 billion in trade (74.4% of the canadian total)

8 OF CANADA’S 15 BIGGEST PORTS(in terms of tonnage handled) are located on the St. Lawrence–Great Lakes Trade Corridor

REPLACE AGING INFRASTRUCTURES TO MEET NEEDS, ADVANCE TRAFFIC MOBILITY, AND REDUCE TRANSIT TIME

• Montreal is the St. Lawrence – Great Lakes Trade Corridor’s only port that offers regular international containerized services

• 98% of Quebec’s importers and exporters and 93% of Ontario’s choose the Port of Montreal to reach Europe

• With an annual capacity of approximately 1.7 million TEUs and a total of 1.4 million TEUs worked in 2010, the current rate of container terminal use is approaching the threshold considered effective

- Accommodate bigger ships

• NEEDS:

- Install new container terminals

• NEEDS:

- Dredge the St. Lawrence navigation channel and port accesses up to Montreal in order to maintain or improve the Corridor’s competitive position

• NEEDS:

- Develop new terminals dedicated to overseas hydrocarbon exports viaSt. Lawrence – Great Lakes ports

- Develop a network of shipping terminals for use in supplying liquefied natural gas to areas not served by gas pipelines

STRATEGIC

MARKETNew geographyof hydrocarbons’distribution

Implementation of the Canada-European UnionComprehensive Economicand Trade Agreement

Panama Canalexpansion

AFTER 2013BEFORE 2013

Quebec’s Maritime Strategy + Building Canada Plan + Re-launch of Plan Nord

+ +

BENEFIT OF THE CORRIDOR’S POTENTIAL FOR LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS AND HYDROCARBONS TRANSPORT FROM WESTERN CANADA TOREFINING CENTERS AND EXPORT MARKETS

STRENGTHEN MONTREAL’S POSITION ASAN INTERNATIONAL CONTAINERTRANSPORTATION HUB

IMPROVE NAVIGATION CHANNEL USE AND PORT ACCESS THROUGH DREDGING TO ENABLE BIGGER SHIPS TO USE THE CORRIDOR

• US Eastern Seaboard competitor ports are currently investing more than $6 billion in dredging to enhance their maritime accesses to accommodate bigger ships

• To maintain the Corridor’s competitive advantages and diminish transportation costs for domestic industries, for both containers and other cargo types, we must keep up with market developments

AFRICA

EUROPEST.LAWRENCE - GREAT LAKES

CORRIDOR

WESTERNCANADA

350 000 BPD1,1M BPD

300 000 BPD

DepliantSODES_EN_RECTO--AnglaisDepliantSODES_EN_VERSO-Anglais