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Aggregate receiving terminals are a critical element in the logistical chain linking a coastal quarry to its customers in maritime urban areas. Coastal receiving, storage and distribution facilities become "virtual quarries" in the heart of markets, where the ships meet the trucks that distribute the construction aggregates to the end users. Each time Polaris secures access to a terminal, it establishes a base for further business growth.
Polaris made a quantum leap forward in 2007 when it gained long-term access to several additional port terminals in San Francisco Bay, and also the Vancouver and Hawaiian markets through sales contracts. In September 2007, it entered into the valuable Strategic Alliance with Cemex through which it plans to aggressively expand its network of port terminals.
Polaris operates in California through Eagle Rock Aggregates Inc. (ERA), its 70%-owned port and marketing subsidiary. ERA is the exclusive construction aggregate provider at four port terminals in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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The Richmond Terminal, owned by ERA, serves the northeastern Bay area. |
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The Landing Way Depot, located in Sonoma County, is a major barge-serviced receiving facility on the Petaluma River that meets the northern Bay requirements of Shamrock Materials, a leading local independent ready-mix concrete company. |
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Pier 92 is the barge-supplied site of a strategically located ready-mix concrete plant owned by Cemex near downtown San Francisco. |
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Cemex's Redwood City Terminal serves the southern portion of the Bay area. |
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| The Richmond Terminal, located in the Port of Richmond, San Francisco, is a state-of-the-art aggregate receiving, storage and distribution facility. Featuring high-speed overhead conveyors, the terminal can receive product from Panamax freighters at their maximum unloading rate of 5,000 tons per hour. The terminal's enclosed building can store approximately 70,000 tons of material, and features a truck loading facility that can rapidly load customer's trucks. Commercial operations at the terminal began in the first quarter of 2008. |
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The Richmond Terminal site |
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In British Columbia, Orca Quarry products are shipped by customer barges to two terminals located on the Fraser River. Both terminals are operated by Burnco Rock Products, one of western Canada's leading independent building materials companies.
In Hawaii, sand from the Orca Quarry is handled through the Barbers Point Terminal, near Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. |
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| Richmond Terminal Construction Progress |
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