Herschel Island to Hay River Module moves

Dec 8, 2010 SNAME

Northern Point of View History in Northern

• Established 1934 Waterways, AB • Served Western since 1957 • First to move drill rig by barge to Alaska’s North Slope in 1963 NTCL Offices and Terminals

• Head office located in , Alberta • Offices and terminals located in, Hay River Norman Wells, Inuvik, , Churchill, Halifax and Calgary Assumptions

• Road Truck-able modules • Arriving at Herschel Island (65 feet draft) on ocean going vessels with cranes • Craned onto NTCL barges to Hay River for furtherance by road transportation. Shipping Season – Western Arctic

• MAY 1 - Hay River terminal opens to receive cargo. Capable of year-round operation • JUNE 15 - Northbound shipping starts • AUGUST 1 – Shipping around Pt. Barrow starts • OCTOBER 15 - Fleet heads to home port

Herschel to Hay River Shipping

• August 1 – Approximate date for sailing around Point Barrow, Alaska • August 7 – Offload heavy-lift ship at Herschel Island or Tuktoyaktuk • August 18 – Arrival at Hay River Ocean Going Transfer 1500 Series Barge Naval Architect

• Confirm barge stability with modules loaded • Develop module stow plan • Determine module tie-downs • Robert Allan Ltd – Naval Architects designed the NTCL fleet of barges. Example of Loaded Barge

1,250 ton Doyan Drill Rig NTCL’s Fleet

• 11 mainline tugs, including 2 in Hudson Bay • More than 90 barges • Three Arctic Class II supply ships, Canadian flagged • One 12,000 ton ocean barge Major Exploration Projects – Badami for BP Alaska Badami modules in transit Doyon rig in transit at mile 1060, Mackenzie

Pisurayak Kootook River on the , south of Inuvik

Henry Christofferson Barges at anchor in the Mackenzie River at Norman Wells, NT.

Hay River Terminal Hay River Terminal

• Over 180 acres of terminal area • Terminal C: 67 acres secure, graveled staging area • Accessible by paved highway and Canada’s most northerly railhead • Forklifts ranging in capacity from 2 to 40 tons • Mobile cranes • Fleet of 1000 - 20 foot ISO containers Syncrolift and rail transfer system The Shipyard

• Capable of handling any size river or coastal vessel or barge • Syncrolift – 1200-ton capacity lift • Shipyard rail transfer system • Marine maintenance building consists of two 100’ x 300’ bays, each equipped with two 20- ton overhead cranes at anchor in Tuktoyaktuk Harbour,

Alex Gordon August 2007, with 1500 and 800-series barges.

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