The Hudson Bay Port Company and Braden Burry Expediting (BBE) today announce a new service to Nunavut through the Port of Churchill. Now customers in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut will be able to obtain an all-inclusive, through rate from the origin in Winnipeg to the destination in the towns on the western shore of Hudson's Bay.

“We are very excited about the new service,” said Eitan Dehtiar, BBE’s Vice President of Finance, the company that will be providing the logistical and stevedoring services for the movement of freight from Winnipeg to the towns in Nunavut. “BBE is operating a warehouse in Winnipeg at which it consolidates and stages the freight for movement by truck to Thompson or The Pas, from where the Hudson Bay Railway then transports it to Churchill,” Dehtiar said. “At the Port, BBE then transfers the freight onto ships or barges for delivery to the customer.”

Pat Avery, Vice President – Commodities for OmniTRAX Canada, the owner of the Port, said, “This new service offers the customers of the Port and BBE an expedited, cost effective way to move their freight. The consumer will benefit from frequent service options and not have to rely on once a season deliveries from the East Coast.”

His Worship Michael Spence, mayor of Churchill, stated, “Having a service like this one announced by BBE and the Port is terrific news. It not only will benefit consumers in Nunavut but also the citizens of Churchill as all will benefit from an economic, efficient service to the North.”

BBE, headquartered in Yellowknife, NWT, has been providing high quality supply chain management, project planning and third party logistical services to clients operating in northern Canada since 1977. BBE offers a broad range of services, including freight forwarding, cargo consolidation, procurement of transportation services and delivery of cargo utilizing the most cost effective/time critical modes of transport, including air, road, rail and marine carriers. BBE has developed facilities and relationships and has operations in Winnipeg, Baker Lake, Iqaluit, Yellowknife, Inuvik, Edmonton, Norman Wells, Calgary and Fort Simpson. BBE is a member of the NorTerra Inc. (“NorTerra”) group of companies. NorTerra is owned by the Inuvialuit Development Corporation on behalf of the Inuvialuit of the Western Arctic and the Nunasi Corporation on behalf of the Inuit of Nunavut.

The Port of Churchill is owned by OmniTRAX Canada, Inc. (www.omnitrax.com), based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Port is Canada's only deep-water Arctic port and it is served by its affiliate, Hudson Bay Railway Company. The Port and HBR make up a transportation system geared to provide service to and from northern Manitoba and Nunavut. In addition to the Port of Churchill, OmniTRAX manages transportation businesses located in three Canadian provinces and 10 states and offer a full range of transportation and logistics services. These services include railroad, port and freight terminal operations. Through its affiliation with The Broe Group (www.broe.com) and its managed companies, OmniTRAX has the unique capability of offering customers specialized industrial development and real estate solutions, both on and off the OmniTRAX network.

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