GrainsConnect Canada and Parrish & Heimbecker (P&H) have signed an agreement to make Fraser Grain Terminal a 50-50 joint venture subject to obtaining necessary approvals from the relevant competition authorities. The facility will have capacity to export up to 4 million tonnes of wheat, barley, oilseeds, pulses and other commodities per annum.
Klaus Pamminger, GrainsConnect’s Chairman of the Board, says the announcement was a clear vote of confidence in Canadian grain producers.
“Fraser Grain Terminal will connect our state-of-the-art facilities in Alberta and Saskatchewan directly to global customers, providing a highly efficient, integrated end-to-end solution,” Pamminger says. “It is exciting to deliver this project with such a highquality partner in P&H.”
Key features of the Fraser Grain Terminal include:
- Capacity to rapidly handle and discharge 120 railcars
- Three ship loader towers – reducing loading time by enabling simultaneous loading of multiple holds at approximately 2000 tonnes per hour
- 70,000 tonnes of storage and over 4 million tonnes of terminal capacity per year
- Integrated container packing facilities
- Sensitive design to minimize footprint, maximize efficiency, reduce noise and dust emissions, and minimize energy use
