Atlantic Canada

Port of Halifax enjoyed banner year in 2022

The Port of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada, is touting a new record of “crossing the 600,000 [twenty-foot equivalent units] annual throughput threshold for the first time.” 

Halifax, along with the Port of Saint John in New Brunswick, is jockeying with other eastern coastal ports along North America to process more volumes. Halifax has access to eastern Canada and the U.S. Midwest through Canadian railway CN (NYSE: CNI), including the cities of Montreal, Toronto and Chicago.

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Atlantic Canada ports: Saint John exceeds 2021 volumes, Halifax goes green

Port Saint John has already exceeded 2021 volumes 

At the end of September, Port Saint John had already exceeded the volumes that it handled in 2021, and that growth could balloon in the coming years as more terminal capacity comes online, port officials said.

The port, located in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, has handled about 100,000 twenty-foot equivalent units since the start of 2022, “which is more throughput than Port Saint John has ever experienced on an annual basis,” the port...

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Ports of Halifax, Saint John brace for approaching Fiona

A lighthouse at a pier's edge stands watch over a harbor.

Hurricane Fiona continues its march northward up the Atlantic Ocean, and the Canadian ports of Halifax and Saint John are preparing for its arrival.

“We are actively monitoring the forecast related to Hurricane Fiona and communicating with our partners. Our port community is well equipped to make operational decisions which will prioritize health and safety of our waterfront workers and visitors,” Port Saint John spokesperson Jane Burchill told FreightWaves. Port Saint John is in New Brunswick. 

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Port Saint John CEO: ‘Containers are where we see major growth’

A container ship vessel calls at Port Saint John

Craig Bell Estabrooks, president and CEO for Port Saint John in New Brunswick, Canada, eyes big plans for the port he oversees. And they’re not just big in a metaphorical sense — the national and provincial governments just announced Wednesday that more than CA$84 million (US$65.5 million) will go toward improving supply chain efficiency in New Brunswick, providing the port with an impetus to boost its annual capacity from 150,000 twenty-foot equivalent units to 800,000 TEUs. Of that $84...

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Port of Halifax gets CA$7M to build container examination facility

The Canadian government is investing CA$7 million (US$5.4 million) to build a marine container examination facility within the Port of Halifax in Nova Scotia that the government says will significantly reduce inspection turnaround times and port congestion.

Government funding will come from the National Trade Corridors Fund. The Halifax Port Authority will invest $8 million for the project, putting the total project investment at $15 million.

The new facility will replace the existing off-site...

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Hundreds of trucks stranded in Canada amid protest over COVID travel rules

Trucks lined up during a protest blockade at the New Brunswick-Nova Scotia border in Canada.

A protest over COVID-related travel restrictions has effectively cut off the flow of commercial trucks going in or out of the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

Hundreds of trucks have been stranded on both sides of the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border since Tuesday. Protesters have been blocking the Trans-Canada Highway on the Nova Scotia side of the border, cutting off the province’s only link to the rest of Canada and the U.S. 

“Panic has started to set in because there is seafood and...

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Seaboard Transport to buy fellow Atlantic Canada trucking company Armour

A photograph of a truck driving by a lake.

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia-headquartered Seaboard Transportation Group plans to acquire fellow trucking company Armour Transportation Systems for an undisclosed amount.

With operations in the U.S. and Canada, Seaboard Transport specializes in bulk truckloads. In recent years, the company has added rail terminal transload services and options for bulk storage of dry and liquid products.

Armour operates 24 terminals and owns more than 4,000 pieces of equipment. Affiliated companies include Armour...

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Canadian Pacific, Hapag-Lloyd extend Port Saint John agreement

A photograph of intermodal containers in a rail yard.

Container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd and Canadian Pacific Railway (NYSE: CP) are extending their rail service agreement to 2025 at the Port Saint John in New Brunswick, Canada.

According to CP, the agreement comes after “successful calls” to the Port Saint John this past summer, and Germany-headquartered Hapag-Lloyd will begin regular service with CP in 2021. 

CP gained expanded access to the Port Saint John via its acquisition of the short line Central Maine & Quebec Railway. It also has...

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Railways see untapped potential in Atlantic Canada ports

A photograph of a Canadian Pacific train crossing a grassy field.

Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) and CN (NYSE: CNI) are vying to be the top freight railroad in Eastern Canada, with both companies seeing the Atlantic Canada ports as having untapped potential.

The ports at Saint John and Halifax have access not only to Eastern and Central Canada, but also to the coveted U.S. Midwestern market and the Eastern U.S. CN has access to both ports, while CP — with its recent acquisition of the Central Maine and Quebec Railway — has direct access to Port Saint John.

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