G3 Thunder Bay Tariffs Effective April 1 st, 2016

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1 G3 Thunder Bay Tariffs Effective April 1 st, 2016 INTRODUCTION G3 Thunder Bay is a licensed grain terminal located on Lake Superior at Thunder Bay Ontario. It is equipped to load vessels, rail cars, and trucks, and unload, rail cars and trucks. The elevator has storage capacity of tonnes of grain, with a working capacity of 120,000 mt Basic Data Storage Capacity 140,000 mt Vessel Capacity Up to 29,000 MT at seaway draft Water Depth at Datum 8.5 M Loading Laker and Ocean Vessels Up to 1600 MT/hour Railcars Up to 3 cars per hour Trucks Up to 3 trucks per hour Unloading Railcars Up to 7 cars / hour Trucks Up to 3 units hour Environmental Controls Aspiration system for dust collection and suppression across all material handling systems Sampling Automatic CGC approved sampling system PART I Grading Canadian Grain Commission and third party inspection on location Page 1

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS A. TARIFF: This Elevator Tariff (referred to herein as "Tariff") is published and posted by G3 Thunder Bay and will always be on file and available to users of the elevator at the elevator office in Thunder Bay as well as on the G3 Canada Limited Website ( B. DEFINITIONS: 1. The term "Elevator" used in this Tariff shall be understood to mean the grain elevator operated by G3 Canada Limited in Thunder Bay 2. The term "grain" used in this Tariff shall be understood to mean wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, grain sorghums, flaxseed, canola, sunflower seed, soybeans and other grains and screenings as may be handled from time to time by the Elevator, all in bulk. 3. The term "Company" whenever used in this Tariff shall be understood to mean G3 Thunder Bay. 4. The term "vessel" whenever used in this Tariff shall be understood to mean any ship, craft, barge, lighter or any other waterborne vehicle, and shall include any Master, Manager, Operator, Agent, Owner, Disponent Owner, Charterer or other person purporting to act on behalf of the "vessel". 5. The term "user" whenever used in this Tariff shall be understood to mean the owner of grain or any other person, or any vessel, Owner, Manager, Agent, Master, Operator or Charterer of any vessel, to whom the Elevator premises and/or facilities are made available. C. CANADA GRAIN ACT: The Elevator is operated as a licensed Terminal Elevator under the Canada Grain Act and this Tariff is subject to the Canadian Grain Commission Regulations promulgated by the Canadian Grain Commission pursuant to said Canada Grain Act. All grain received is considered to be deposited for storage under the terms of the said Canada Grain Act and Regulations thereto except to the extent said Act is inapplicable. D. CONSENT TO TERMS OF TARIFF: The use of the facilities and services, as described herein, shall constitute a consent to the terms and conditions of this Tariff and evidence of an agreement on the part of all users of such facilities and services to pay all charges specified herein and to be governed by all the rules and regulations stipulated in this Tariff. Page 2 E. PERFORMANCE BY COMPANY: The Company undertakes to furnish all services described in this Tariff with reasonable promptness, but subject to all its terms, conditions and charges and subject to changes and/or additions thereto without prior notice, except as otherwise may be provided by law. However, the Company shall not be obligated to furnish services, nor shall it be liable for failure to do so for any cause beyond its control. The Company does not undertake to receive, unload, handle or deliver grain within any particular time and information furnished by the Company, with respect to the likely dates or times of performing receiving and shipping services shall be considered only as forecasts of the likely availability of service and not as commitments.

3 F. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: 1. Payment Charges incurred for services rendered according to this Tariff are due and payable as specified herein. The Company may require any user or vessel to deposit funds as an advance or prepayment of charges and deny the use of the Elevator and/or its facilities until such advance of prepayment has been received. Any payment received may be applied in whole or in part against the oldest invoices rendered the user. Failure to pay charges when presented shall cause the name of the user to be placed upon a "Delinquency List". At the discretion of the Company, any user appearing on said list may be denied further use of the elevator facilities. Any pending or alleged claims against the Company will not be allowed as an offset against outstanding invoices or accrued charges until such claims have been allowed by the Company or legally established. The customary procedure for establishing claims must be followed in respect to such claims the Company and prior to their allowance, such claims shall not constitute a valid reason for non-payment of invoices or accrued charges or for modification of any of the provisions of this Tariff. 2. Shipping Orders Owner of the grain shall forward to the Elevator a shipping orders that must include quality information relating to the grade(s)/product(s) ordered, quantity(s) ordered, any loading specifications other than established grade specifications by regulation or order of the Canadian Grain commission, any additional analysis that the owner of the grain expects the 3 rd party grader or CGC to carry out on an incremental or composite basis and any relevant details or requirements from other parties. 3. Company s Responsibility The responsibility of the Company as warehouseman shall be deemed to commence when grain enters the elevating leg and to cease when it leaves the loading spout. G3 Thunder Bay reserves the right to not protect the integrity of grain which is received in a badly deteriorated condition. The Company reserves the right to reject or demand the removal of any damaged or unsound grain which in the opinion of its representative would prove detrimental to the operation of the elevator or injurious to other grain and such grain if received or retained will be entirely at the owner s risk, except as provided in section 76 (1) of the Canada Grain Act. 4. Damage to Elevator Users of the elevator facilities shall be responsible for any and all occasioned by them or their vessels to the elevator or the dock, equipment or accessories. Any such damages shall be repaired or replaced at the discretion of the Company. The user responsible, in addition to being liable for any other damages such as loss of throughput, shall be liable for the cost of repairs (temporary or permanent) and/or replacement plus 20 percent and also for the cost of temporary hiring of any equipment and services needed to ensure the proper functioning of the Elevator. 5. Marine Loss The Company or any of its servants, agents or independent contractors, shall not be responsible for loss or damage to vessels however caused while they are moored alongside, berthing at or using the Elevator facilities. 6. Force Majeure The Company shall not be obligated to unload or load out grain, nor shall storage charges terminate if, despite the exercise of due diligence, the Company is prevented from or delayed or hindered in loading out grain by strikes, work stoppages or slowdowns, riots, civil commotion, war, floods, wind and waves, Acts of God, Acts of Government, or other causes beyond the control of the Company. Page 3

4 G. CONTRACT TERMS: The Company reserves the right to enter into contracts with any person, firm or company upon terms and conditions and for storage, service and other charges other than as asset forth in this Tariff, provided such person, firm or company provides acceptable guarantees with respect to volume or otherwise. H. CHARGES AND RATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE: All charges and rates stipulated herein are subject to change from time to time without specific notice and all user of the Elevator are hereby cautioned to ensure that they take cognizance of an up-to-date schedule of the Company s charges and rates. PART II RECEIPT, STORAGE, DELIVERY AND HANDLING OF GRAIN A. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: 1. General Grain will be received, stored and handled at the Elevator, subject to the rules, conditions and charges stipulated in this Tariff. All rates and charges stipulated in this Tariff cover work performed on straight time basis. The Company at all times reserves the right to preferentially unload those cars for which outward shipping space has been engaged and is available. Grain will be stored in bins containing the same kind and grade regardless of ownership, except as may be otherwise arranged in writing. 2. Notice of Delivery to the Elevator All companies who proposes to deliver grain to the Elevator shall request and receive Terminal Authorization (TA) in advance of arranging shipment. The Company will provide information stating the expected date of arrival, quantity, kind and grade of grain and any other relevant specs. 3. Loss of Weight Any loss of weight (shrink) in grain due to deterioration or reconditioning shall be borne by the owner of the grain, unless otherwise required by the Canada Grain Act and Regulations thereto. 4. Payment of rates, charges and fees. a. Charges for receiving and delivery of grain shall be due and payable upon presentation of invoice. Storage charges shall commence on the date of deposit of the grain in the Elevator and shall accrue to midnight of the day previous to the grain being loaded out of the Elevator. b. The Company reserves the right to require prepayment of any charges stipulated in this Tariff when in the judgment of the Company, its lien is or may become ineffective. Page 4

5 c. Charges for storage accrued as of March 31 and December 31 in any year shall be invoiced immediately and shall be payable upon presentation of invoice. d. Inspection fees, when applicable, will be paid by the depositor or owner of the Terminal Elevator Receipt in all cases, and such fees are in addition to all other charges stipulated herein. e. The Schedule of charges and rates covers sound grains only. The storage rate on any grain which is out of condition or becoming so and which the Company may at its sole discretion agree to receive for storage will be higher than the rate of storage stipulated herein, and the exact rate will be subject to approval by the Canadian Grain commission and will depend upon the condition of the grain. Grain which, though sound when received, goes out of condition may be dealt with by the Company in accordance with regulations issued by the Canadian Grain Commission under or pursuant to the Canada Grain Act. f. Other charges and rates Services not specifically provided for herein are to be arranged by agreement with the Company. Charges for such services to be as per the maximum rates specified in the Canadian Grain Commission Regulations, where applicable, and, in any case, subject to approval by the Canadian Grain Commission. 5. Working Hours, Holidays, Overtime and Stand-by Times Charges In addition to the charges for receiving storage, delivery and handling of grain stipulated below, overtime and stand-by charges shall be assessed in accordance with the schedule contained herein for any hours worked outside of straight hours. Regular straight time hours shall be 0800 to 1600 hrs. for unloading and loading, daily Mondays through Fridays except official holidays. If a holiday falls on Saturday it will be observed on the previous Friday and if a holiday falls on Sunday it will be observed on the following Monday, and these days will become overtime days. Official holidays are: New Year s Day (January 1st) Thanksgiving Day (October) Good Friday Christmas Day (December25th) Canada Day (July) Labor Day (September) Boxing Day (December 26th) And any other day declared to be such by the Federal government or the Government of the province of Ontario. All work carried out outside regular straight hours as above and on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays shall be subject to overtime charges as stipulated below. The Company reserves the right to refuse services involving overtime, penalty time or payment of wages for a minimum number of hours unless furnished with written order authorizing the service and guaranteeing the payment of the additional expense. Such expense will be assessed against the party or parties authorizing same (except when overtime is ordered hereunder). The Company reserves the right to refuse to work as above, even though requested, at its own discretion and without recourse for failure to do so or for failure to agree to do so. Page 5

6 B. SCHEDULE OF CHARGES AND RATES: Summary of Tariff G3 Thunder Bay 2016 Elevation Receiving, elevating and loading out Wheat (including durum) Oats Barley Rye Flaxseed Canola, Rapeseed or Mustard Corn Soybeans or Peas Other Grains or Scrgs. G3 Thunder Bay Elevation Additional charges for shipping in railway cars * Wheat (including durum) Oats Barley Rye Flaxseed Canola, Rapeseed or Mustard Corn Soybeans or Peas Other Grains or Scrgs. G3 Thunder Bay Storage for each day or part thereof* G3 Thunder Bay Wheat (Including Durum) Oats* Barley Rye* Flaxseed* Canola, ** Rapeseed or Mustard Corn Soybeans or Peas Other Grains or Scrgs. Day 1 to Day 11 to Day 21 to Day 31 and over Cleaning - for removal of dockage *** Wheat (including durum Oats Barley Rye Flaxseed canola Corn Soybeans or Peas Other Grains or Scrgs. G3 Thunder Bay 6.50 *Calculated on the total weight stored **Co-mingling allowed ***Calculated on the total weight received Page 6

7 Blending & Segregation Additional charge for the uniform blending of one or more grains, grades of grain, protein levels, varieties within a grade, and specially segregated products to be done at time of shipment as ordered by the shipper of grain, basis the gross tonnes of the entire blended shipment G3 Thunder Bay 0.7 Special selection and segregation within a grade basis degrading factors (such as: i.e. fusarium levels, ergot, hard vitreous kernels, sprouted) or other factors requested by the owner of the grain Drying - Tough * Wheat (including durum) Oats Barley Rye Flaxseed Canola, Corn or Peas Scrgs. G3 Thunder Bay Drying - Damp, Moist & Wet * Wheat (Including durum) Oats Barley Rye Flaxseed Canola Corn Soybeans or Peas G3 Thunder Bay Grains or Scrgs. De-stoning, all grains (per tonne)/ Fumigation, all grains (per tonne plus cost of fumigant) Additional expense in handling and unloading bulkhead cars (per bulkhead) G3 Thunder Bay Preparing cars for loading (where paper liners are used) (per car, cost of liners plus labour) G3 Thunder Bay Preservation of identity of specially binned grain (including storage), for each day or part thereof, excluding the day on which the storage period ends, all grains - per tonne of wheat equivalent storage capacity in the special bin (one tonne of wheat equivalent storage capacity is equal to m3 of storage) 0.25 Separate binning of held identity preserved, suspect treated seed, or sample admixture account treated seed grain, for each day or part thereof, excluding the day on which the separate binning ends, all grains (per car) Documentation for self-administered producer railway cars respecting delivery of grain to the CWB and issuance of payment Elevation surcharge when special protocols are requried during the unloading and sampling of railcars. - per car - G3 Thunder Bay Where a party ordering the commodities to be loaded to a vessel requires incremental analysis and certification G3 Thunder Bay Additional charge for unloading any car that has been previously designated as a suspect car 800 *Direct Hit Loading (Wheat and Durum) - $ per car - Page 7

8 SCHEDULE OF ELEVATOR CHARGES FOR OVERTIME AND STAND-BY TIME. In addition to elevation charges for receiving and shipping of grain, the following charges will be made for any hours worked outside of straight time hours (straight time hours shall be from 0800 to 1600 hrs. for unloading and for loading. Monday through Friday, except for holidays): G3 Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Overtime Rates Current Rates Monday to Friday 08:00-16:00 N/A Monday to Friday inclusive after 16:00 Hours Saturday up to 16:00 Hours Saturday after 16:00 Hours Sunday and Stat Holidays up to 16:00 Hours Sunday and Stat Holidays after 16:00 Hours G3 Thunder Bay - for vessels loading between the rates applicable from 16:00 to 24:00 will apply. Minimum call out of 3 hours at the above rate will apply in any case of cancellation or significant rescheduling of loading. LOADING OPERATIONS AT G3 THUNDER BAY BERTH ASSIGNMENT AND BERTHING PRIORITY G3 Thunder Bay requires that any Terminal user notify the Terminal at the earliest time possible of intent to direct a shipment through the terminal, typically accomplished by forwarding a vessel nomination request to G3 Thunder Bay. G3 Thunder Bay will advise the user whether a shipment can be accommodated in the time frame requested. In all cases acceptance of the nomination will be subject to the conditions noted herein. The request should include the grain to be shipped, the delivery period (laycan), the best estimate of expected actual arrival date within the delivery period, the shipment size, type of ship (saltie or laker), the origin of the grain and the delivering Railroad. This will allow G3 Thunder Bay to begin planning for receipt of cargo into the terminal, including (when necessary) the issuance of Terminal Authorization to a delivering Railroad. The information above should be updated as frequently as new information becomes available. Berthing Priority will be on the basis of chronological order of arrival of ships into the Port of Thunder Bay subject to the following: - The vessel is presenting itself for loading within the Delivery Period which the Terminal acknowledged when accepting the vessel nomination. Page 8

9 Page 9 - The Terminal must have in hand a Vessel Load Order supplied by the Shipper which coincides with the information supplied by the shipper (above) and which requests shipment parameters consistent with the grain supplied by the shipper. - The vessel requesting the berth must have a Certificate of Readiness issued by the Port Warden as well as a Clearance to Load from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. At the sole discretion of the Terminal the Terminal may make the Berth available for such inspections as may be required while on berth. A vessel allowed the berth for inspections which fails to receive the necessary passes from the governing authorities may be required (at the vessel s sole expense) to vacate the berth to complete the inspection process. - The vessel must be in all aspects ready to receive cargo upon arrival. Any conditions or requirements which may prevent an immediate start to cargo operations must be conveyed to the Terminal prior to berthing. Any vessel presenting at berth which is not able to commence cargo operations may be required to vacate the berth (see Order to Vacate the Berth) below. - The cargo for the shipment must be in the terminal. Failure of delivery of any portion of a cargo by a shipper may result in a vessel being denied permission to berth until such cargo is received into the terminal and prepared for shipment (if cleaning, blending or other conditioning is required) - If on berth failure to deliver any portion of the cargo required may result in an order by the Terminal to vacate the berth (without cost to the Terminal) to await balance of cargo. - The terminal will be under no obligation to unload such railcars as may be required to complete a cargo ahead of any other rail cars which may be in the Thunder Bay train yard complex awaiting unload. Order to Vacate the Berth - Under the conditions noted above and other conditions, which might result in undue extensions of berth occupancy, a vessel may be ordered by the Terminal to vacate the berth at the vessel s sole expense notice to vacate will be supplied to the vessel through the vessel s Agent. - Any vessel which fails to or refuses to vacate the berth once required to do so by the Terminal will pay to the Terminal the amount of $ per hour for each hour or part thereof after a vacating notice has been given. This charge shall not affect the right of the Terminal to effect the removal of the vessel from the berth by any lawful means, at the vessel s risk and expense. Operations at Berth - Whenever one or more vessels are waiting to load or will be waiting to load or whenever the Terminal is threatened with congestion at the berth or trackside, Terminal management at its discretion may require vessels to work overtime at the vessel s sole expense. Any vessel on the berth which refuses the request of the Terminal to work overtime shall vacate the berth on order of the Terminal management (see Order to Vacate Berth above). - A vessel refusing to work overtime shall lose its turn at berth in favour of the next vessel that is willing to work overtime until completion of loading. Any vessel ordered to deberth under this provision will be allowed back on berth once loading of any vessel working overtime is complete, subject to the same overtime requirements. - Notwithstanding the above the Terminal may change the rotation of vessels and assign the berth when confronted with an urgent requirement to receive or ship a particular grade or type of grain or when in Terminal Management s judgment conditions aboard any vessel, at the berth and/or in the terminal will be positively affected by such assignment. Vessel at Berth - Any vessel at berth must at all times maintain adequate crew and officers in place to accommodate shifting and cargo operations. Failure of any vessel to complete a hold shift, hatch opening, cargo or stability calculation within a 30 minute period will result in a charge of $ per 30 minute period or portion thereof that the Terminal is on standby awaiting such action. Completion of Loading - Upon completion of loading a vessel shall not occupy the berth without prior consent of the Terminal for a period exceeding one hour. Any request to occupy the berth beyond one hour past completion of loading must be

10 conveyed to the Terminal prior to completion of loading. Occupancy of the berth past one hour of completion of loading without consent will lead to the assessment of a charge of $ /hr against the ship STEVEDORING SERVICES A. GENERAL The company will arrange for the exclusive provision of necessary stevedoring services for the loading and stowing of grain in bulk. Only stevedoring services arranged by the company will be allow to provide loading and stowing of grain in bulk. Such stevedoring services shall be performed free of all risk whatsoever to the Company and only as directed and supervised by vessel s Master and/or his duly authorized representative and the stevedores shall at all times remain servants of the vessel. Any order for the ordering of personnel necessary for loading should be given to the Company in writing for the use of such service. By permitting stevedoring services to be performed for and on the vessel, the vessel and its Owners and Charterers shall be deemed to agree to be bound by all the rules and regulations of the Company and without restricting the generality of the foregoing shall be deemed to agree to hold the Company harmless from and indemnify it against any and all claims and damages whatsoever (including loss of throughput and legal cost) arising from or related to the stevedoring services. Page 10