Canadian Port thread
 

I thought we should have a thread on Canadian ports as they are a very important part of transportation for all of Canada.

http://www.tc.gc.ca/en/services/mari...-harbours.html

http://www.tc.gc.ca/en/services/mari...thorities.html


I thought I would start with this article about the port of Prince Rupert.

Prince Rupert has added another major shipping line to its customer base.

https://biv.com/article/2018/04/alli...-cargo-service

Port Alberni Port Authority opens doors to public

https://www.albernivalleynews.com/ne...ors-to-public/

https://www.portalberniportauthority.ca/

Port of Nanaimo The Solutions port

https://npa.ca/en/

https://portauthority.npa.ca/en/

https://deepsea.npa.ca/en/

https://marina.npa.ca/en/

https://cruise.npa.ca/en/

Nanaimo Auto Terminal Planned for Nanaimo Assembly Wharf

https://npa.ca/en/blog/2018/04/nanai...ssembly-wharf/

https://npa.ca/en/blog/2018/04/mv-st...assed-opening/

Prince Rupert port is Canada's Leading edge port!

http://www.rupertport.com/

http://www.rupertport.com/shipping

http://www.rupertport.com/operations

http://www.rupertport.com/port-authority/mission

http://www.rupertport.com/future

http://www.rupertport.com/news/releases

http://www.rupertport.com/shipping/performance

Now can anybody tell me if Ontario or Quebec have ports? I was wondering if someone from Victoria knows if they have a port also? I know that Vancouver has a port of somekind.

I believe the Port Of Montreal is one of the largest inland ports in the world.

Thunder Bay has a port. It mostly is used for grain transport.

I believe that Montreal still has a port.

Neither of these is anything as large as in the past.

I have heard tell that Atlantic Canada may have some ports but this is unconfirmed...

Aha! I have found a website for the "Port of Saint John"!


We're actually the 3rd busiest port in Canada by tonnage, mainly due to liquid bulk (pretty much all of which consists of crude oil and petroleum products related to the Irving Oil refinery).

Here are some stats on the cargo side:

https://i.imgur.com/jZ2tqeD.png
Source

The Port's West Side facilities are currently undergoing a 7-year, $205 million modernization project that will significantly increase their capacity.

Saint John is also a major port of call for cruise ships from May to October. This year marks our 30th cruise season, and we're expecting 75 ships carrying approximately 176,000 passengers and 70,000 crew.

Thank you very much I really wish to learn more about the ports of Atlantic Canada as I am not well in the understanding of such ports! I love to learn so thanks for all that post!:cheers:

seriously?

You of all people I thought would know about this!:P

Thunder Bay's port isn't even a shadow of its former self; you have to have mass to cast a shadow. Or something? What it does in a year, it once did in a week.

Our first Salty arrived on Tuesday morning, it will bring Canada wheat to Casablanca which is pretty cool I guess. The first Laker was a month ago.

https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-ne...t-salty-903420

The Port of Thunder Bay operated April to January in 2017 and moved 8.8 million tonnes on 393 vessels. For comparison, the busiest year was 1983, when 1,359 vessels moved 23.6 million tonnes.

http://www.portofthunderbay.com/arti...istics-281.asp

In terms of total land area dedicated to port activities, Thunder Bay has one of the largest in the country. In other terms, it's not very large anymore. Duluth-Superior is similar to Thunder Bay in that almost all of its waterfront is dedicated to industry. Unlike Toronto where people live on the water, no one lives near it in this city. Our breakwater is also among the longest in the world, and one of the furthest from land, since the bay is too large to provide adequate shelter.

Great post Vid! That is awesome certainly something I did not know before! :)

Sorry but your question might be the most ill-informed that I have seen on SSP in at least 6 months. You don't even know that Montreal has a port? You think that Vancouver "has a port of somekind" (sic)?

It is like I was to say something like this:


Now can anybody tell me if Ontario or Quebec have skyscrapers? I was wondering if someone from Victoria knows if they have a skyscraper also? I know that Vancouver has a skyscraper of somekind.

knock yourself out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Montreal

I find the humor in my post since I really wish for someone that has a strong pull or influence on these ports to show their passion and answer the questions. I understand your reflection with regards to myself so no big deal! It does not matter if you wish to contribute or not other than to stat the above because that says as much about you as it does about me right!

Thank you for your effort! I did not expect as much! ;)

Vancouver has Canada's largest port by far. More than one actually. And is served by ships from over 100 countries.
It is also North America's largest exporting port.
Someone else can post all the stats and articles as I don't know how.

Wow, that is interesting about Tbay. I almost didn't believe you until I looked at the map. No one backs onto the water! Not even on the river.

Hamilton Harbour is the same on the Hamilton side. Across the harbour in Burlington it is the opposite. When I drive through that rich area of Aldershot, Burlington, I always wonder how those 1%ers feel about their lake view including giant smoke stacks spewing out emissions.

However, on the Lake Ontario side of Hamilton, many homes line the lake.

As for that breakwater, that's pretty cool. That is indeed pretty damn long.

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Ham...!4d-79.8711024

The reason Thunder Bay's port is so industrial (and likely Hamilton's too) is that in the late 1800s/early 1900s, the city engaged in a practice called "Bonussing", which was outlawed just before WWI, where they would give bribes (land, money, tax free status, etc) to companies to convince them to set up in the community. The most famous example is where Fort William, in about 1913, gave $600,000 (the equivalent to around $13 million today) to a company that almost immediately went bankrupt. It was supposed to build a factory that built tractors or something? Meanwhile, there was no sewage system and a large part of the city was an overpopulated slum with raw sewage running in ditches lining the streets.

All the land of our waterfront, even the undeveloped parts, are zoned for industrial use and owned by private companies. The exceptions, and there are three, are parts of the west ends of the islands in the river delta, a small park across the river from that, and Port Arthur's waterfront marina. These were created in 1981, 1994, and 1971 respectively. The location of the original Fort William is under the rail yard at the mouth of the river.

The breakwater and larger grain elevators were built in the 1930s to 1950s, a legacy of CD Howe and the men around him at the time. It moved port operations out of the river and into the lake, just in time for the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway and the beginning of international shipping to the port.

I am glad you did not ask him to google it!:cheers: