At this point, the NWTSA国际影视传媒檚 barge schedule has not been affected by wildfires that closed the NWTSA国际影视传媒檚 highway link to Alberta and destroyed part of the rail link to Hay River, according to the Department of Infrastructure.
All six barges for the first northbound tow are ready to be loaded and set to launch on June 14, Infrastructure Minister Wally Schumann told the NWT Legislative Assembly last Thursday
Fuel transportation was in question after wildfires destroyed the Steen River rail bridge last week. Schumann said there will be no foreseeable SA国际影视传媒渟ignificant delaysSA国际影视传媒� because of this damage.
At of the beginning of last week, Infrastructure Department spokesperson Greg Hanna said everything was still on schedule.
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Bulk fuel supplier Imperial Oil, which usually ships fuel north via rail, is trucking fuel to Hay River now that the line has been disrupted.
Schumann said Imperial Oil has told the GNWT that it will cover the extra costs for transporting the fuel, as well as managing logistics for its arrival.
The GNWT will only pay the agreed-upon rail rates for delivery this year.
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In the event that AlbertaSA国际影视传媒檚 Highway 35, which becomes Highway 1 in the NWT, is closed again, fuel will be trucked to Hay River from Fort Nelson, B.C. via the NWTSA国际影视传媒檚 Highway 7 and the northern section of Highway 1.
In late May, the minister said his department was working out a long-term trucking solution to this supply chain interruption.
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This yearSA国际影视传媒檚 Marine Transportation Services sailing schedule has been posted on the Department of InfrastructureSA国际影视传媒檚 website, with cargo acceptance deadlines for communities staggered throughout the summer.
The last arrival of the season is scheduled for Cambridge Bay, Nunavut on Aug. 25.
Fall shipments were cancelled last year after MTS was late getting barges to the Beaufort Sea, which froze up earlier than expected.
Last week, Schumann told MLAs a bad shipment of fuel from Imperial Oil that wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 discovered until it reached Norman Wells was partially to blame for the delay.
