Transport Canada announced an investment of up to $26.3 million under the National Trade Corridors Fund for the Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) Grain Terminal Expansion Project at Port Windsor.
The project will significantly increase its export capacity to global markets in Europe, the United States, and Latin America for agricultural production from southwestern Ontario farmers in Essex, Kent, Lambton, Middlesex and Elgin counties.
The project will include:
- the construction of new grain drying equipment;
- an expansion of grain storage capacity;
- an expansion of shipping and receiving conveyor loading capacity; and
- the development of an automated truck kiosk system to expedite complex traffic flows.
- In addition to expanding infrastructure, the project aims to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of Canadian grain exports. This will ensure their continued growth and successful reach into designated markets.
“Our government’s significant investment in the Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) Grain Terminal Expansion Project is a concrete step to enhance our trade infrastructure. By increasing our export capacity at Port Windsor, we’re helping our farmers get Canadian grain to international markets, which is good for economic growth and for global food security,” said Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Transport.
The project also aims to:
- alleviate the current supply chain bottleneck at Windsor’s grain terminal,
- facilitate increased tonnage, and
- enhance marine transportation for efficiency gains, while reducing emissions in grain transportation.
- This will address issues such as idling trucks, waiting times for marine vessels to dock, and locomotives shuttling around railcars for temporary grain storage on-site.
“This is the largest ever federal investment in Port Windsor, transforming our region into a true multi-modal transportation hub vital to growing industry, investment and jobs. From the battery plant to the Gordie Howe bridge, and the Ojibway National Urban Park, our federal government continues to make historic investments in Windsor-Essex that are driving the revival and prosperity of our region,” said Irek Kusmierczyk, MP for Windsor-Tecumseh.
“The investment being made by the Government of Canada and ADM at Port Windsor will allow ADM to maintain and grow our operations. Improving the infrastructure and export loading capacity at our Export Grain Terminal and Oilseed Processing Facility which will improve our customer experience for grains and oilseeds produced by our farmer customers in Ontario and Canada and support global food security,” said Kevin Wright, GM – Great Lakes Region, Country Manager for Canada.
“This investment by the Government of Canada and Archer Daniels Midland Company Grain Terminal to the region’s largest agricultural multi-modal hub at Port Windsor provides new and continuing markets for local and prairie farmers to export Canadian grains. It proves that marine is not only the right solution for the movement of products to and from their plant, but the greenest solution leading to reduced GHG’s and reduced truck congestion on roads,” said Steve Salmons, president and CEO of Port Windsor.
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