From Thompson Citizen; November 9, 2017
Another knock-on effect of the suspension of rail service between Gillam and Churchill revealed itself Nov. 1 when the Churchill Marine Tank Farm, owned by OmniTrax, which also owns the Hudson Bay Railway (HBR) and the Port of Churchill, notified the town that gasoline prices would be increasing 30 per cent immediately.
“As you will remember, on July 15, as part of an emergency marine fuel supply operation, the Churchill Marine Tank Farm received a shipment of 300,000 litres of gasoline by vessel through the port,” said a notice from OmniTrax. “The cost of purchasing and receiving the fuel was approximately 30 per cent higher than our last fuel shipment via rail. We made a commitment at that time to keep the price of fuel at the same rates until existing inventory was consumed, and we have reached that point today. We understand that this cost increase is an additional challenge for everyone in Churchill that comes at a difficult time. Unfortunately, we are unable to delay the cost increase any further.”
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