b'18American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comEnergy and infrastructure investments drive CanadasPROJECT CARGO growing project cargo market BI-ANNUAL 2026Canadasprojectmarketisbeginningtoboom withinvestmentsforrenewableenergy,oiland gas and large-scale infrastructure.By Leo Ryan, AJOTThereismuchevidenceThemomentumisbuild-ofgrowingmomentumontheingfast.WeexpectCanadas Canadianmarketforprojectinstalled wind, solar, and energy cargoandheavyliftshipping.storagecapacitytogrowbya Itisdrivenbyrobustdemandthird in the next four years and andinvestmentsforrenewabledoubleinthenextdecade, energy,oilandgasandlarge- saysVittoriaBellissimo,Can-scale infrastructure projects.REAs President and CEO. At NotonlythecountrysCanREA, we are working hard larger portsnamely Vancou- toclearthepathaheadand ver,Montreal,Quebec.Princereducethefrictiontobuilding Rupert,Halifax,andSaintclean energy projects from coast Johnhaveinvestedintheto coast.infrastructure needed to handleTherearepresentlynearly breakbulk,projectandheavy350 wind energy projects gener-lift cargoes.ating power across the country.On the St. Lawrence River,(INVESTMENTScontinuedMassive modules arriving at Woodfibre LNG site in British Columbia emerging as Canadas second entry into the the ports of Trois-Rivires andon page 20) global energy market.(Courtesy of Woodfibre LNG.)Bcancouraredevelopingthis nichebusiness.Some40-miles southwest of Montreal, the Port of Valleyfield specializes in theEXPERT LOGISTICS transshipmentofbulk,general and project cargoand acts as a major service point for suppliesON DEMANDtotheCanadianandQuebec Arctic communities.g reAtl AkeS& S t .ANYWHERE. ANYTIME. ON TIME. l AwrenceS eAwAyOn the Great Lakes/St. Law-renceSeawaywaterway,the HamiltonOshawaPort Author-ity(HOPA),withitsterminal partnersLOGISTECandQSL providingthecranesandother specializedequipmentneces-saryforprojectandheavylift operations, is steadily increasing project volume at the Hamilton andOshawaharbourfacilities. Project cargo is also handled at the Port of Toronto as well as the Port of Windsor which has been expanding ship berth and ware-house space.On the tip of Lake Superior, one finds the Port of Thunder Bay, which in recent years has had a virtual meteoric rise as a project gateway for Western Canada. It receives shipments mainly from Europe of wind energy compo-nents, steel products and mining equipmentdestinedforAlberta and Saskatchewan.In 2025, our Keefer Termi-nal had 20 vessel calls totaling 128,491metrictons,includ-ingcommoditiessuchassteel rail,steelpipe,windturbine componentsandothergeneral project cargo, port CEO Chris Heikkinen told AJOT.Project cargovolumesincreasedyear-over-yearcomparedto2024, reflectingsteadydemandfor specializedcargomovements throughtheterminal.In2026, weexpectoverallthroughput to remain consistent with 2025 levels. While pipe volumes may soften somewhat due to evolv-ingtariffconsiderations(aris-ing from Trump Administration measures), we anticipate contin-ued stability across our broader cargo mix.According, to the CanadianCONTACT USRenewableEnergy Association 1000 Foust Road Brownsville, TX 78521(CanREA),Canadasinstalled+1 (956) 831-4592capacityofwindenergy,solarwww.portofbrownsville.comenergy & energy storage is now more than 25 GW, up by 56% in the last five years.'