SODES welcomes: The Quebec Gatineau Railway, la Société du port ferroviaire de Baie-Comeau-Hauterive (SOPOR) and Amundsen Science.
Quebec Gatineau Railway
The Quebec Gatineau Railway (QGRY) is a short line railroad operating 450 km of rail line linking the cities of Quebec City, Trois-Rivières, Laval, Lachute and Gatineau. Since 1997, it is owned and operated by Genesee & Wyoming Canada Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc which has its head office in Darien, CT. QGRY moves more than 40,000 carloads per year from and to North American markets with its railroad partners CN and CP. QGRY operates in all commodity markets, has its own fleet of cars, an auto compound in Quebec city and offers a rail link to the ports of Trois Rivières and Quebec city.
Société du port ferroviaire de Baie-Comeau-Hauterive
The Société du port ferroviaire de Baie-Comeau – Hauterive (SOPOR) is a non-profit organization that has been providing rail freight for more than 40 years.
SOPOR’s mission is to provide businesses and industries with access to the North American rail network and intermodal, safe and sustainable transportation and logistics services from its Baie-Comeau port railway complex.
Amundsen Science
Amundsen Science is the not-for-profit corporation responsible for the management of the scientific program of the research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen. Hosted at Université Laval and primarily funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Amundsen Science maintains the ship’s pool of scientific equipment, coordinates the deployment of the icebreaker for science, and provides technical support for user programs. The Amundsen is Canada’s only dedicated research icebreaker. The ship is a 98-metre long icebreaker of the Canadian Coast Guard retrofitted for science in 2003. The platform is accessible to Canadian academics and their partners from governments, the private sector and other countries. In addition to the ship itself and the expertise of its personnel, the Amundsen includes a comprehensive pool of 79 instrumentation systems. The ship can accommodate the needs of physical, chemical and biological oceanographers, paleo-oceanographers, marine geologists and geophysicists, marine ecologists, atmosphere and ocean colour specialists, and epidemiologists studying Inuit health.
