{{Short description|Company}} {{Infobox company | name = Arctic Gateway Group LP | logo = Arctic Gateway Group logo.png | logo_size = | type = Limited partnership | industry = Transportation | founded = {{Start date and age|2018}} | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | hq_location = | hq_location_city = The Pas, Manitoba<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact |url=http://arcticgateway.com/contact/ |website=Arctic Gateway Group |accessdate=23 November 2021}}</ref> | hq_location_country = Canada | area_served = Northern Region, Manitoba | key_people = | divisions = {{ubl|Port of Churchill|Hudson Bay Railway}} | owner = OneNorth<ref name=ThompsonCitizenCompletelyOwned>{{cite news |title=Port of Churchill, Hudson Bay Railway now completely owned by Northern Manitoba, Nunavut communities |url=https://www.thompsoncitizen.net/nickel-belt-news/port-of-churchill-hudson-bay-railway-now-completely-owned-by-northern-manitoba-nunavut-communities-4296840 |access-date=November 23, 2021 |work=Thompson Citizen |date=March 11, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | website = {{URL|http://arcticgateway.com/}} | footnotes = }}
'''Arctic Gateway Group LP''' is a limited partnership that owns and operates the Port of Churchill and the Hudson Bay Railway, which connects The Pas to Churchill, Manitoba.<ref name=CbcNews2018-09-14/><ref name=CbcNews2018-11-01/> It was originally formed as a public-private partnership; with a fifty percent share held by Missinippi Rail, a consortium of northern Manitoba First Nations and local governments, and the private share split between Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings and Regina-based grains company AGT Food and Ingredients.<ref name=CbcNews2018-08-31/><ref>{{cite news |title=New Owners for Hudson Bay Rail Line |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/western-economic-diversification/news/2018/09/arctic-gateway-group-purchases-omnitrax-companies-in-northern-manitoba.html |accessdate=26 July 2019 |work=Western Economic Diversification Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |date=14 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=Cbc2018-11-19/> 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.<ref name=ThompsonCitizenCompletelyOwned /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Port of Churchill moves under 100% local and Indigenous ownership|url=https://www.realagriculture.com/2021/03/port-of-churchill-moves-under-100-local-and-indigenous-ownership/|access-date=2021-03-24|website=RealAgriculture.com|date=11 March 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=Cbc2018-11-19/> The first Via Rail passenger train service along the repaired HBR line arrived on December 4, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Darbyson |first1=Kyle |title=Passenger rail service finally returns to Churchill, heralds new tourism and research opportunities |url=https://www.thompsoncitizen.net/news/nickel-belt/passenger-rail-service-finally-returns-to-churchill-heralds-new-tourism-and-research-opportunities-1.23519756 |accessdate=August 4, 2019 |work=Thompson Citizen |date=December 5, 2018}}</ref>
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.<ref name=CbcNews2018-09-05/> Al-Katib also said one possible revenue source could be foreign eco-tourists.<ref name=CbcNews2018-09-05/>
== References ==
{{Reflist|30em|refs= <!-- <ref name=macleans2018-11-13> {{cite news | url = https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/when-churchill-needed-ottawa-the-town-was-ignored-now-ottawa-needs-churchill/ | title = When Churchill needed Ottawa, the town was ignored. Now, Ottawa needs Churchill | work = Maclean's magazine | author = Ken Hansen | date = 2018-11-13 | accessdate = 2018-11-20 | url-status = live }} </ref> -->
<ref name=Cbc2018-11-19> {{cite news | url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/churchill-rail-freight-services-1.4912042 | title = Freight services back between Churchill and Thompson, Man. | work = CBC News | 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. }} </ref>
<!-- <ref name=citynews2018-10-07> {{cite news | url = https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/video/2018/10/07/possible-delays-on-railway-to-churchill/ | title = Possible delays on railway to Churchill | work = Winnipeg City News | author = Mike Albanese | date = 2018-10-07 | accessdate = 2018-11-20 | url-status = live | quote = Spirits are still high in Churchill even after the Arctic Gateway Group admitted railway repairs might not get done before winter after all. }} </ref> -->
<ref name=CbcNews2018-09-05> {{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 = CBC News | 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. }} </ref>
<ref name=CbcNews2018-08-31> {{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 = CBC News | 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. }} </ref>
<ref name=CbcNews2018-09-14> {{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 = CBC News | 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. }} </ref>
<ref name=CbcNews2018-11-01> {{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 = CBC News | 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. }} </ref> }}
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