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Local businesses vie for work at port venture

A project to build a modern deep water terminal in the Strait of Canso is proceeding, and local businesses are hoping to get in on the action.

Neil Kenney says his wood cutting firm would like to help the group constructing the $350 million Maher Melford Terminal by clearing the trees off the land it needs for the loading and storage areas and roads and railways required to connect them with the existing network.

“It would be quite a bit of work for someone like me,” Kenney said. “I think it’s a great opportunity for Pictou County.”

MacGregor Machine Shop marketing director Nick MacGregor said the company could supply the project with steel frame buildings it makes at its plant in Plymouth and could export products through the proposed port in Melford.

“We’re looking to get in on the supply chain,” he said. “We’re looking at a terminal for export prospects, such as the Caribbean.”

The businessmen were among those who attended the latest business breakfast hosted by the Pictou County Chamber of Commerce at the Holiday Inn Express in Stellarton.

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http://www.pictouadvocate.com/2011/0...-port-venture/