PORT OF HALIFAX

Port of Halifax celebrates longstanding relationship with Holland America Line

The Port of Halifax will host a shoreside ceremony on 28 August, 2023, to celebrate the longstanding relationship with Holland America Line.

More specifically, the celebration will honour the 150th Anniversary of Holland America Line and 30 years of Holland America Line cruise ship calls at the port of Halifax.

A welcome celebration will feature ceremonial drumming by the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre and a farewell performance by the 78th Highlanders.

Following a blessing by Mi’kmaw Elder...

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Ports of Halifax and Hamburg sign agreement to develop “Open Innovation Platform”

The two port authorities of Hamburg and Halifax have officially inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a joint maritime innovation network platform.

The PIER, a global centre of excellence for research and collaboration in port innovation, planning, and strategy in Halifax, Canada and homePORT, an innovation campus located in the port of Hamburg in Germany are “very similar”, according to the two port authorities.

According to the statement, the goals of The PIER and homePORT are...

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Port of Halifax exceeds 600,000 TEUs in record year

The Port of Halifax has crossed the 600,000 TEU annual container throughput threshold in 2022 for the first time in history.

In particular, 601,700 TEUs have been moved through PSA Halifax Atlantic Hub and PSA Halifax Fairview Cove, the two box terminals of the Canadian port.

“In 2022, PSA Halifax, CN and the Halifax Port Authority worked together in a collaborative, meaningful way, and the increased throughput volume is a positive outcome of that collaboration,” said Captain Allan Gray,...

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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...

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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 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...

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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 of Halifax takes actions to reduce vessel emissions

The Halifax Port Authority (HPA) joined the World Port Climate Initiative (WPCI) as an Incentive Provider with the International Association of Ports and Harbours’ (IAPH) Environmental Ship Index (ESI) on 1 April, in another action to reduce vessel emissions.

The authority of the Canadian port is now offering incentives to container and RoRo vessels that voluntarily register and meet ESI’s requirements in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The ESI formula evaluates the amount of nitrogen oxide...

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