Halifax Port Authority

Port of Halifax receives Transport Canada grant

The Halifax Port Authority was awarded funding up to CA$22.5 million (US$15.7 million) from Transport Canada through the Green Shipping Corridor Program to prepare the port for the fuels and energy sources of the future.

Major funded project activities for the port of Halifax include completing a risk assessment for hosting alternative-fuelled vessels, working with partners to support electrification efforts, investing in equipment to continue lowering emissions, developing the workforce,...

https://container-news.com/port-of-halifax-receives-transport-canada-grant/

Two new escort tugs to join Port of Halifax tugboat fleet

Atlantic Towing Limited, a member of the J.D. Irving Limited family of companies, and Svitzer report that they have made a significant joint investment in the modernization of the Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, tugboat fleet by acquiring two new RAstar 3200 series escort tugboats, each with an 85-ton bollard pull.

The Port of Halifax has seen substantial growth over the past decade, with a marked increase in both the number of tug jobs and the size of vessels. The new tugboats were specifically...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/two-new-escort-tugs-to-join-port-of-halifax-tugboat-fleet/

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.

Halifax Port...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-halifax-enjoyed-banner-year-in-2022

Ports of Hamburg and Halifax ink MoU to decarbonise shipping corridor

The Halifax Port Authority and Hamburg Port Authority have announced their collaboration to decarbonise the shipping corridor between Halifax, on Canada’s east coast, and Hamburg, along Germany’s northwest coast.

The leaders of the two port authorities, Jens Meier, CEO of the Hamburg Port Authority, and Captain Allan Gray, president and CEO of the Halifax Port Authority, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Hamburg on 29 September.

Jens Meier, CEO of the Hamburg Port Authority, and...

https://container-news.com/ports-of-hamburg-and-halifax-ink-mou-to-decarbonise-shipping-corridor/

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

Containerization pioneer Chris Kritikos dies at 95

Christos “Chris” Kritikos, hailed as a pioneer from the golden era of containerization, died Jan. 31. He was 95 years old.

“Our industry has lost one of its most memorable and unique individuals,” said Thomas J. Simmers, past president and CEO of Ceres Terminals Inc. “He was a colorful soul full of ambition and drive and the nerve to pull his vision off.

“Using his progressive vision and outsized personality, Chris built a small Chicago-based startup company into one of the leading stevedoring...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/containerization-pioneer-chris-kritikos-dies-at-95

Halterm terminal planned to be expaned

The controversial plan by the Halifax Port Authority to temporarily extend the berth at the Halterm container terminal, is reported to be moving ahead as planned.

In a news release Wednesday (Oct. 24), the port authority announced that it’s board of directors and CEO had confirmed that work on the temporary south end container terminal berth should begin and has started to be implement its August 2018 board decision.

That’s despite the port authority’s plan being panned by federal officials,...

http://container-news.com/halterm-container-terminal-planned-expaned/