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Originally Posted by fenwick16
The container business is already up about 30% in Halifax compared to the first 3 months of 2009 (1st quarter of 2010 versus 1st quarter of 2009). I read recently (I can't find the article) that it will take only 23 days to Halifax from Asia through the Suez Canal versus 30 days through the Panama Canal.
Montreal is one of Halifax's biggest competitors, if these very large ships can't go down the St. Lawrence then we will likely see a huge jump in cargo coming into Halifax over the next few years.
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The Federal Government will probably widen and dredge the St. Lawrence so Quebec can get the business.