| Port of Halifax | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Location | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates | 44°38′10″N63°33′04″W / 44.636°N 63.551°W /44.636; -63.551 |
| UN/LOCODE | CAHAL[1] |
| Details | |
| Type ofharbour | Natural |
| Size of harbour | 15,000 hectares (150 km2)[2] |
| Land area | 1,000 hectares (10 km2)[2] |
| No. ofberths | 34[3] |
| Draft depth | 16.8 m.[3] |
| President and CEO | Fulvio Fracassi |
| Statistics | |
| Annual cargotonnage | 4,454,707[4] |
| Annualcontainer volume | 546,691 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) (2019)[4] |
| Passenger traffic | 323,709 (2019)[4] |
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ThePort of Halifax comprises various port facilities inHalifax Harbour inHalifax, Nova Scotia,Canada. It covers 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) of land, and looks after 150 km2 (58 sq mi) of water.[2]
Strategically located asNorth America's first inbound and last outbound gateway, the port of Halifax is a naturally deep, wide, ice-free harbour with minimal tides and is two days closer toEurope and one day closer toSoutheast Asia (via theSuez Canal) than any other North American East Coast port. In addition, it is one of just a few eastern seaboard ports able to accommodate and service fully laden post-Panamaxcontainer ships using the latest technology.
With 17 of the world's top shipping lines calling the port, includingtransshipment,feeder ship services and direct access toCanadian National Railway (CN) inland network, the port of Halifax is connected virtually to every market in North America and over 150 countries worldwide supporting the delivery of all types ofcargoes. Annually the port handles over 1,500 vessels, generates 15,000 jobs and $2 billion in economic impact. Halifax is one of Canada's top four container ports in terms of the volume of cargo handled.[5]
After theRoyal Navy withdrew from Halifax in 1905, the dockyards were handed over to the Government of Canada. Prior toWorld War I, the government began the Ocean Terminals project. A new railway was built through the city'sSouth End to service the modern piers, the first of which opened in the early 1920s.[6] Shipping grew sharply duringWorld War II.[6]
With thecontainerisation revolution of shipping, it was decided to build a container terminal in Halifax. The South End Container Terminal opened in the South End in 1969 at the site of the former Seaward Defence Base.[7]
A specialised vehicular processing facility, the Autoport, was opened in 1971. It provides various pre-distribution services in addition to basic loading and off-loading. The number of vehicles handled annually by the Autoport has grown from 100,000 in 1979 to about 250,000 today.[6][8]
By the late 1970s the South End Container Terminal was operating at capacity, handling more tonnage than any other container terminal in Canada.[6] A second container terminal at Fairview Cove was therefore built at a cost of $47 million and opened in 1982.[9] It was originally a single-berth facility, and operations were contracted out to Cerescorp Inc. The terminal has since been expanded. In 2003, Ceres (now a subsidiary ofNippon Yusen) successfully bid on a continued operations contract, effective January 1, 2003 for 20 years.[10]
In 2005 the Fairview Cove Container Terminal berth depth was deepened to 16.8 metres (55 ft) (as deep as theNew Panama Canal).
In 2012 a major expansion of the South End Container Terminal was completed. The depth of the berth was increased from 14.5 to 16 metres (48 to 52 ft) and the pier was extended.[11]
In June 2017 it welcomed its first Neopanamax vessel, theZIM Antwerp.[12]
On August 1, 2019,PSA International completed its acquisition the former Halterm south end container terminal fromMacquarie Group[13]
In 2021, 16,020-TEUCMA CGMExplorer-class container ships made their inaugural visits to thePSA south-end terminal.[14]
Many major port facilities are owned by the Halifax Port Authority (HPA), aport authority operating as a federally regulatedCrown corporation of theGovernment of Canada. HPA has responsibility of managing 260 acres federally owned marine industrial land inHalifax Harbour.
The HPA was created on March 1, 1999 and succeeds the Halifax Port Corporation (HPC). HPC was the successor to theNational Harbours Board, which operated all federally owned ports in Canada. Halifax was one of the first of eighteen national ports in Canada which implemented this administrative change as required by theCanada Marine Act which passed on June 11, 1998.
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Halifax Port Authority facilities include:
Major port facilities not owned or administered by HPA:
All HPA facilities except the Sheet Harbour Port are serviced byCanadian National.
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In addition to being one of the world's largest natural harbours forbreakbulk,bulk,roll-on/roll-off, containerized and project cargoes, the Halifax seaport has become an increasingly popularport of call forcruise ships from around the world. In 2019, the Port of Halifax had 179 cruise vessel calls with over 323,000 passengers aboard. It is estimated that cruise passengers alone contribute about $172 million to Halifax's economy every year.
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