Great Lakes Seaway Ports Advance Wind Industry

Tim DowneyInternational Trade Specialist

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

September 20, 2010

Detailed Infrastructure Survey

Contact data Facility specs:

Cranes Rail Highways Rivers Staging area Docks

Strategic priorities: Past experience Terminal upgrades Supply chain integration Manufacturing facilities

Survey Results…Bring it on! GLSLS ports possess requisite infrastructure, intermodal relationships, experience and interest to address unique wind turbine cargo needs. Ports can safely handle cargo from project cargo carriers for suppliers, manufacturers, and developers.

Great Lakes shipping = $ Savings: $3.6B pa vs Rail-Truck Eco(nomy): Marine Impact

US 44K direct; 150K indirect; $3.4B revenue Great Lakes St. Lawrence Corridor Ontario-Quebec: $107B

Eco(logy): Charting a course for eco-savings below

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Wind on the Water: Eco-, Eco

Ports Intermodal Role: Wings of the wind

Ports, rail, trucks combine to deliver transport solution. Labor and logistics pros help keep complex projects on schedule, ledgers in the black.

Great Lakes Region and Wind Power

NREL confirms region rich in wind.

Wind is growth market in bulk-oriented marine system.

1000% increase in Great Lakes windmill component imports for regional wind farms development.

DESTINATIONTOTAL

2005-2009Duluth 93,928

Menominee 56,196Ogdensburg 29,023

Windsor 25,749Milwaukee 25,259

Oswego 23,308Hamilton 16,583Toronto 15,169

Thunder Bay 14,312Burns Harbour 10,192Owen Sound 2,668

Buffalo 2,102Toledo 1,388Total 315,877

WINDMILLS & PORTSIn Metric Tonnes

Labor, equipment, training Stevedores deliver

Safety Product care Experience =

Time = $$$ Cranes, reacher-

stackers, forklifts Trade schools &

community colleges

Land-of-Lakes, High Plains, Big Sky

Menominee aerial Duluth gantry

cranes UP – BNSF Unit

Train to Wyoming

Wind on the Wires: Clean Energy

GL key player in fast growing wind energy market Quebec Targets 4,000 MW wind power by 2015 Ontario Feed in Tariff Jumpstarts Global Interest and

Gold Rush for Offshore Markets U.S. GL Region projects total 1,611 MW under

construction—absence of longterm financial incentives dampen growth

Season Highlights for 2010

CSL’S Birchglen, loaded with wind components, sails from Quebec to Burns Harbor, IN.

Offshore Needs: Turbine Installation, Support Vessels

Dutch HSSV 2610

MV Resolution

1st

Wartsila TIV 800-ton crane

Austal Wind

Express Support Vessel

Ports of Bécancour-Menominee Shuttle ServiceTonnage : 48 922 TMMorceaux : 1230 piècesBateaux : 32 bateaux

Québec Manufacturer Bécancour loading K&K Integrated Logistics unloading/ loading Final site location: CA, ID, NM, NE, IL, IN, OK, ND, WY

2010 2009# of wind vessels

25 0

Freight measurement

40,125 mt 0

Future includes Floating Wind & Tidal Turbines

Blue-HSwayHywindWindfloatAK-1000Sabella

Catalyst for change

ConclusionGLSLS Ports Play Vital Role

Advancing Wind Industry Advantages

Key transportation mode for safe, efficient, reliable handling with essential intermodal connections

Binational Waterway, uniform regulations, unused capacity

Labor Stability Modest Port Expansion and Modernization

Challenges US-Canadian cabotage laws Financing Shipyards Vision NIMBYism