halifax gateway - make the connection

Gateway Cargo Facilities

PORT OF HALIFAXServing over 150 countries on every continent

Port of HalifaxCanada’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

11 of the world’s top 15 container lines call the Port of Halifax

Reach Central Canada up to 5 days faster

Strategic Import Markets• North Europe & Med• Southeast Asia via Suez• Pearl River Delta• Latin America

• 2 day discharge advantage from European/Med/Asian ports than ECNA ports

• 1 day dwell advantage (minimum) over other ECNA ports• 2 days faster to Central Canada than other ECNA ports

Port of Halifax’s inland market40% of the North American population can be reached in 72 hours

North America’s First Inbound Port GatewayFastest scheduled transit times to Halifax:

• 2 days faster than New York• Same-vessel service – no transshipment• Scheduled reliability between terminals & rail • Defined KPIs – 1st Canadian port to provide clear performance metrics for terminals & rail service for cargo owners

Halifax – Worth A Closer Look

• 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 port for all-water Asian

routings

• Direct line-haul calls from 20 shipping lines

• CN double-stack service to Toronto in 46 hours

• Faster factory-to-DC transit times

(transit/discharge/dwell)

Shortest route from the Atlantic coast to the U.S. midwest

Two days to Toronto, three days to Chicago

20,000 route-miles serving ports on three coasts

On-dock, double-stack rail service to over 43% of the North American population

Halifax is the preferred gateway for food shippers

Complete Transportation Solutions

20 Intermodal Terminal

The only rail connection to

3 coasts

“We have people with a deep DNA of innovation at CN. It’s our people that make the difference.”

Claude Mongeau, President and CEO

Roughly 5800 containers and chassis

More than 1000 drivers covering Canada and the US

State-of-the-art technology

Recovery capability

Top tier safety performance

Leader in the SmartWay fuel conservation program

Our First Mile/Last Mile

Connects to Ports on all North American coasts

Co-location with CN Intermodal terminal significantly reduces dray and handling cost

Logistics Parks

Significant environmental benefits

280truck loads on a single intermodal train

440miles = 1 gallon of fuel

6xless GHGs than heavy trucks

VancouverSigned July 23

Prince RupertSigned Sept 17

MontrealSigned Sept 24

HalifaxSigned April 29