Eastern Canada

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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-halifax-gets-ca7m-to-build-container-examination-facility

Government of Canada announces a five-year extension of the Ferry Services Contribution Programme in Eastern Canada

In support of ferry services in Atlantic Canada and Eastern Quebec, the relevant ministers announced the renewal of the Ferry Services Contribution Program for five years until March 31, 2027. This renewal means that there will be continued services between: Saint John, New Brunswick and Digby,...

https://ferryshippingnews.com/government-of-canada-announces-a-five-year-extension-of-the-ferry-services-contribution-programme-in-eastern-canada/

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.

Expandin...

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Canadian Pacific celebrates expanded intermodal offerings in Eastern Canada

A photograph of a Canadian Pacific train carrying containers. The train is traveling through a forest.

Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) launched its foray into Eastern Canada intermodal service on Tuesday, sending its first westbound intermodal train from Brownville Junction, Maine, and through the Port of St. John to greater Montreal.

The train, carrying containers from the Hapag-Lloyd vessel Detroit Express, was bound for Canadian and U.S. intermodal terminals on CP’s network, the railway said.

“The new Port of Saint John service offers shippers a compelling value: a congestion-free port with a...

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Canadian Pacific finalizes US portion of Atlantic Canada short line

A photograph of a train locomotive outdoors on a track.

Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) has been given the green light to own the portion of the Central Maine & Quebec (CMQ) Railway operating in the U.S.

The Surface Transportation Board approved CP’s acquisition of CMQ US on May 4. It became effective on Wednesday, June 3.  

CMQ will act as a subsidiary of CP. The acquisition of CMQ’s Canadian operations was finalized on December 30, 2019. 

CP has said the acquisition of the U.S. and Canadian operations of the short line railroad would boost CP’s reach...

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