Arctic Gateway Group


Arctic Gateway Group LP is a public-private partnership formed to own and operate the Port of Churchill and the Hudson Bay Railway, which connects The Pas to Churchill, Manitoba. The fifty percent public share of the partnership is Missinippi Rail LP, a consortium of northern Manitoba First Nations and local governments, with the private share split between Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings and Regina-based grains company AGT Food and Ingredients. The partnership operates from offices in The Pas and Regina.

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 Via Rail 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 potash, ore and petroleum products. Al-Katib also said one possible revenue source could be foreign eco-tourists.