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1/20/2026
A coalition of Manitoba port authorities and government entities yesterday announced the formation of a trade alliance to expand businesses' access to international markets and attract investment in the province's trade corridors.
The Prairies Economic Development Canada, the province of Manitoba and three transportation and logistics authorities signed a memorandum of understanding titled the "Ports Manitoba Project."
The authorities involved are Arctic Gateway Group (AGG), which owns the deep water Port of Churchill and the Hudson Bay Railway; CentrePort Canada Inc., a Winnipeg-area inland port and Foreign Trade Zone location; and the Winnipeg Airports Authority, an international cargo airport.
Together, the authorities will develop an integrated supply chain across air, land and sea, said CentrePort officials in a press release yesterday.
The MOU calls for the creation of an integrated supply chain network by connecting the partners' individual assets, including the country's only rail-connected deep water Arctic port, the airport's year-round air cargo capabilities and CentrePort's Foreign Trade Zone, rail, road and industrial land infrastructure.
"Canada needs new routes to global markets, and Manitoba is primed to step up and deliver," said AGG President and CEO Chris Avery in the press release. "[W]e’re aligning Canada’s Arctic Trade Corridor with its largest inland port and its premier cargo airport to build something far greater than the sum of its parts."