Corridor Connect Consulting
Independent rail and corridor advisory, built by industry insiders. We turn rail complexity into scoped, costed options, acting as your rail desk or alongside your in-house team.
What We Do
We advise across rail, inland terminals, ports, new energy corridors and the infrastructure that connects them, grounded in a railway network that already moves this country.
Feasibility, business case development and entry strategy for shippers.
Rail service negotiations, fleet planning and procurement, and corridor-development strategy.
Design and launch rail programs, operating models and implementation support.
Integrated delivery of fleet, storage, regulatory approvals and commercial agreements.
Data-driven intelligence on port and rail corridors, specializing in bulk logistics.
Coordination with First Nations, government and industry to reach the finish line without surprises.
From concept to moving assets: design, build, operating and maintaining solutions through industry-leading partners.
Funding and financing: viability analysis supporting capital raising, grants and capital deployment.
Bilingual delivery: mandates run in English and French, across Canada, the US and Mexico.
Services Offered
We offer supply chain studies, railway advisory, project-specific expert panels and interim logistics support to fill staffing gaps, each one client-centric and built for international as well as domestic mandates.
A robust egress plan, established at the conceptual stage of new resource development, is essential to efficient, cost-effective market access. Early integration of rail infrastructure mitigates bottlenecks and optimizes the corridor from the outset.
We speak the railroading language, ensuring seamless communication with carriers and stakeholders. Our relationships and insider knowledge of how railways operate save you time and optimize your logistics with unparalleled efficiency.
A white-glove solution, meticulously tailored to each project's unique needs. We convene best-in-class industry captains to provide unparalleled advice and strategic guidance.
We seamlessly fill staffing gaps, ensuring continuity and expertise when you need it most. We also audit your current rail logistics setup, identifying efficiencies and optimizing performance.
Our Mission
To provide top-notch North American supply chain and logistics infrastructure consulting services.
Who We Are
Our goal: help you commit rail-related capital with confidence. We turn rail complexity into scoped, costed options, acting as your rail desk or alongside your in-house team.
Seen through railway, shipper and operator lenses.
Decades of logistics and business development experience.
Independent consultancy built by Canadian industry insiders.
How We Operate
Strategies designed around your operational requirements.
Purpose-built team aligned with project needs and budget.
Data-driven analysis that turns opportunity into advantage.
How We Deliver
01 SCOPE
02 INTEL
03 ALIGN
04 FUNDING
05 DELIVERY
Confirm objectives, scope, decision criteria and measures of success.
Assess corridor economics, validate rail and port/terminal capacity, benchmark rates and service alternatives.
Engage supply chain stakeholders to keep alignment throughout the process.
Build the investment case and identify financing options.
Negotiate terms and coordinate design, build and operating partners.
Confirm objectives, scope, decision criteria and measures of success.
Assess corridor economics, validate rail and port/terminal capacity, benchmark rates and service alternatives.
Engage supply chain stakeholders to keep alignment throughout the process.
Build the investment case and identify financing options.
Negotiate terms and coordinate design, build and operating partners.
Senior team members remain directly involved from initial scoping through implementation. Engagement models range from discrete studies and project-based mandates to ongoing advisory retainers.
Representative Work
Collaborating with the owner's representative of a global energy trading house to support Canadian export diversification through the West Coast, structuring a new energy supply chain from the ground up.
Rail logistics and fleet procurement plan, contract negotiations and regulatory coordination for a new shipper.
Corridor monetization and risk mitigation for data-sovereignty and fibre projects.
Development concept and investment case for a First Nation pursuing a 400-acre rail-served industrial site.
Placement of specialized fleet for a global mineral producer and refiner, enabling a new energy supply chain.
Leading a Western Canadian shipper survey benchmarking true shipment cost.
Advised on across Corridor Connect's first year of engagements.
Full rail desk build: stood up strategy, fleet, terminal, in-transit storage and freight negotiation for a bulk refined-product distributor and end user migrating up the supply chain to control its own rail logistics.
Alternative corridor thinking: creative, outside-the-box options for how to structure a utility corridor.
Market-validated business cases: in-depth, data-driven research building the business case behind a nation-led rail development plan.
Sensitivity analysis: stress-tested against geopolitical context and commodity pricing.
Value-leakage quantification: identifying where value leaks from the supply chain, not to assign blame but to propose solutions, constructively, wherever the cost of fixing it is lower than the cost of the leak.
Perspectives
The Team
Founder and Principal Consultant
20+ years across trade, rail and logistics, including international trade promotion, Class 1 rail and rail terminal development. Laurence has worked inside a Class 1 railway in sales, marketing, strategy and business development, and led Canadian business development for a rail terminal services provider and service user.
She approaches every mandate through the railway, first-and-last-mile operator, and shipper lens, because she's held all three roles herself.
Corridor Connect was founded to close an industry gap: as Canada moves to build new energy corridors, speed to market means using the infrastructure already in place while new corridors are developed in parallel. Rail is an "AND" conversation, not an "OR." Independent, with no allegiance to any one railway. Based in Calgary, Alberta. Bilingual in English and French, working across North America and beyond.
Delivery Team
Runs mandate delivery and stays client-facing across every active assignment, allowing one single point of contact and accountability.
Rail operations background: oversaw 3,000-car fleets, track-and-trace design, vessel and rail superintendence, IT programs and quantitative analysis.
Vetted consultants and leading industry partners, matched to each mandate.
01
Discuss your objectives, priorities, constraints and timeline.
02
Confirm engagement scope and measures of success.
03
Mobilize the right team to deliver rail solutions for new, expanded or optimized supply chains.
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