Crowded field of container projects on Canada’s East Coast

Halifax expansions

At the deepwater Port of Halifax, second largest container gateway on Canada’s East Coast after Montreal with box throughput of some 550,000 TEUs, the comeback trail was demonstrated by the acquisition of Halterm from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners by PSA International.

A provisional expansion of its existing berth to 2,890 feet will allow Halterm to handle two 10,000-TEU vessels simultaneously by 2020. A planned second expansion phase is to increase capacity on a more permanent basis. 

This will be high on the radar screen for Captain Allan Gray, general manager of operations at Australia’s Port of Freemantle who as of November will take over the helm of the Port of Halifax from longtime CEO Karen Oldfield.