The Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock Company (P&C Dock) is a state-of-the-art, bulk products terminal facility situated at Conneaut, OH on the south shore of Lake Erie. P&C Dock is actually comprised of three separate docks as described below.

Dock 1 – for inbound stone, aggregate, gypsum and sand products

At Dock 1, P&C Dock receives various grades of limestone, aggregate and industrial sand via self-unloading vessels. Up to 700,000 tons of stone and related products can be stored at this facility. Stockpiled product is reclaimed by front-end loaders and loaded into either railcars or trucks, depending upon the customer's delivery needs.

Limestone facility

P&C Dock's limestone storage and handling facility is a vital link in the supply chain of raw material suppliers and mills, manufacturers and construction sites throughout the northeastern United States.

Located conveniently along the inner harbor, P&C Dock receives bulk commodities via self-unloading lake vessels, and offers year-round ground storage capacity of 800,000 net tons at two docks with an annual throughput capacity of 2.0 million net tons.

Benefits of ground storage:

• No more vessel and railcar "gridlock" during the shipping season
• Quick access to raw materials 365 days per year
• Flexible delivery times - railcars no longer must meet Great Lakes vessel schedules
• No need to stockpile raw materials at mills and plants

Dock 3 – for outbound coal and energy products

At Dock 3, coal and energy products flow either directly from railcar or ground storage to Great Lakes vessels. Coal and energy products are conveyed directly into vessels for immediate shipping or get stored in two separate railcar unloading and ground storage facilities. Spanning 119 acres along the south shore of Lake Erie, P&C Dock's lower and upper facilities can unload up to 400 railcars every.

Services performed include:

• Automatic sampling
• Weighing by track or belt scales at each terminal
• Documented customer information and inbound coal weights in a computerized inventory system

Year-round ground storage

P&C Dock's fully integrated, rail-to-lake transportation system and year-round ground storage eliminate seasonal fluctuations in coal delivery. During winter months, coal is placed in ground storage until vessels can be loaded in the spring when the Great Lakes open for navigation.

A reputation for high quality coal blending

P&C Dock has a reputation for high quality coal blending and fast turnaround of large quantities of coal. The facility's two silos and a series of multiple adjustable feeders provide extensive and precise coal blending options such as:

• Blending of up to three types of coal, using the two silos and a surge bin
• Silo layering
• Simultaneous operation of the lower and upper transport and storage facilities

With a full range of blending choices, coal customers have the flexibility they need to meet the most demanding coal specifications and cost requirements of their Great Lakes consumers

CN offers unparalleled flexibility for P&C Dock customers

CN and CSXT have a strategic alliance to increase customer access to the coal fields of northern and central Appalachia via P&C Dock. The marriage of broadened coal field access, with the tonnage capabilities and variety of services available at Conneaut, provides an unparalleled level of flexibility to P&C Dock customers.

CN provides seamless barge-to-rail transportation

CN and URR work together to provide seamless barge-to-rail transportation service between Duquesne Wharf and Conneaut. Bringing in coal from the inland waterways (including the Ohio, Big Sandy, Kanawha, and Monongahela rivers), URR interchanges with CN for fast, efficient next-day delivery at P&C Dock.

URR's Duquesne Wharf, situated on the Monongahela River near Pittsburgh, is a major transfer point for bulk commodities such as coal, coke breeze, and iron ore.

Dock 4 – for inbound iron ore and related products

At Dock 4, iron ore and related products flow directly from Great Lakes vessels to ground storage for subsequent reclaiming based on steel mill consumption requirements. The annual throughput of capacity of the facility is more than 10 million gross tons.

Iron ore unloaded from the dock into storage

P&C Dock's ore handling and storage system accepts ore from self-unloading Great Lakes vessels at a rate of 10,000 NTPH. Then from a self-unloading hopper at Dock 4, ore travels to the ore storage yard, where two traveling stackers operate continuously to stockpile the commodity.

From ground storage to railcar loading

To meet daily steel mill requirements, P&C Dock uses two traveling bucket-wheel reclaimers and a conveyor system to transport iron ore from storage to an automated railcar loading station. Reclaiming at a rate of 5,000 NTPH, the ore flows into a 1,750 net ton hopper that simultaneously discharges into two railcars. The ore handling system can load up to two hundred 100-ton railcars in eight hours.