Arctic Gateway Group LP is a

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that owns and operates the Port of Churchill and the Hudson Bay Railway, which connects The Pas to Churchill, Manitoba. It was originally formed as a public-private partnership; with a fifty percent share held by Missinippi Rail, a consortium of northern Manitoba

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and local governments, and the private share split between

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-based Fairfax Financial Holdings and Regina-based grains company AGT Food and Ingredients. Fairfax and AGT transferred their shares of Arctic Gateway to OneNorth (formerly Missinippi Rail) in March 2021, meaning that Arctic Gateway is completely owned by the local governments and Indigenous partners.

Operations

On November 19, 2018, Murad Al-Katib, CEO of AGT Food and Ingredients announced that freight service along the HBR had begun and that passenger service was expected to begin by the end of November. The first

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passenger train service along the repaired HBR line arrived on December 4, 2018. While grain had traditionally been the major cargo shipped from the port, AGT CEO Al-Katib said the partnership would look into shipping

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, ore and

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products. Al-Katib also said one possible revenue source could be foreign eco-tourists.

References

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, author = Aidan Geary , date = 2018-11-19 , accessdate = 2018-11-20 , quote = Arctic Gateway Group is a coalition of local rail-line communities, area First Nations, Saskatchewan grain and pulse trader AGT Food and Ingredients and Toronto holding company Fairfax Financial. {{cite news , url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/churchill-port-rail-owners-hudson-bay-line-1.4810683 , title = Warm reception in Churchill for new owners of port and railway , work =

, author = Erin Brohman , date = 2018-09-05 , accessdate = 2018-11-01 , quote = Phase two applies to their long-term plans for the port and rail line, he said, as the consortium, with 50 per cent ownership by AGT and Fairfax, and 50 per cent by the communities, signed a 99-year management agreement. {{cite news , url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/churchill-raiway-sale-omnitrax-1.4807450 , title = Railway to Churchill, Man., sold — repairs to begin 'immediately' , work =

, date = 2018-08-31 , accessdate = 2018-11-01 , quote = The railway and the Port of Churchill have been purchased from Denver-based Omnitrax Inc. by Arctic Gateway Group Limited Partnership, a private-public partnership that includes Missinippi Rail Limited Partnership, Fairfax Financial Holdings and AGT Limited Partnership. {{cite news , url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/churchill-rail-repairs-sale-1.4823974 , title = Feds to spend $117M for Churchill railway sale, repairs , work =

, author = Sean Kavanagh , date = 2018-09-14 , accessdate = 2018-11-01 , quote = Of the announced funding, $74 million will be spent over the next three years to help cover the costs of buying and repairing the line and the port. The remaining $43 million will be spent over 10 years to pay for operations and to enhance the commercial viability of the line, the port and the tank farm. {{cite news , url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/churchill-rail-service-returns-november-1.4887333 , title = Churchill residents rejoice as rail service gets back on track , work =

, author = Cameron MacIntosh , date = 2018-11-01 , accessdate = 2018-11-01 , quote = Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement at the Port of Churchill this morning, as hundreds of residents gathered for a street party to celebrate the arrival last night of the first train into Churchill in 18 months. Public–private partnership projects in Canada Canadian railroad holding companies Companies based in Manitoba Transport companies established in 2018 Canadian companies established in 2018 2018 establishments in Manitoba