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Table of Contents Portside Notes The latest on cargo and ship movements, key stakeholders, and new developments IMPORT AND EXPORT FINANCING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 REBRANDING HALTERM CONTAINER TERMINAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 REMEMBERING A NAVAL TRAGEDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Around the Port Big year, bright future FROM CRUISE TO CARGO, THE PORT OF HALIFAX SAW SOLID BUSINESS IN 2019, WITH ALL SIGNS POINTING TO ANOTHER STRONG YEAR TO COME . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Feature Change of command KAREN OLDFIELD REFLECTS ON HER 17-YEAR CAREER AT THE HELM OF THE HALIFAX PORT AUTHORITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Carrier Spotlight ONE world WITH ITS EFFICIENCY AND TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED CARGO EXPERTISE, HALIFAX IS A KEY PORT FOR OCEAN NETWORK EXPRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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INSET: Over her 17-year career, Karen Oldfield guided the Halifax Port Authority through a period of change and growth, tapping vital new markets. Photo: Steve Farmer/HPA
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PORTSIDE NOTES
Import and export financing French shipping giant CMA CGM, which calls regularly on the
Port of Halifax, recently announced the launch of Shipfin Trade Finance, its new range of financing services dedicated to importing and exporting, in partnership with Incomlend, a global invoice finance platform. With Shipfin Trade Finance, CMA CGM offers customers a range of “simple, reliable, and rapid financial services to consolidate and support their international growth,” says a recent press release. “Thanks to a dedicated team of experts based in the Group's headquarters in Marseilles, customers can benefit from a set of tailor-made solutions ranging from extended payment terms to financing advances.” Shipfin is based on two initial products dedicated respectively to importing and exporting customers: supply chain financing and cargo financing. “They will be available…to customers based in
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India, Dubai, Singapore, China-Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines before gradually being deployed to other countries or areas,” says the press release. “With supply chain financing, CMA CGM offers a solution dedicated to importers who wish to free up their working capital while stabilizing their supplier relations.” With cargo financing, CMA CGM offers an option for exporters to improve their working capital and ensure the growth of their business. “By launching Shipfin, the CMA CGM Group goes even further in the customer relationship,” says Mathieu Friedberg, senior vice-president (commercial agencies network), CMA CGM. “We draw on our more than 40 years' experience acquired at the heart of international trade to offer innovative, simple and relevant solutions beyond shipping to support our customers' international development.” Q
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Rebranding Halterm Container Terminal PSA International’s Halifax-based
office, operators of the South End container terminal (AKA Halterm), recently adopted a new name: PSA Halifax. “We are proud of our history dating back to 1969,” says PSA Halifax CEO and managing director Kim Holtermand in a press release. “While developing new capabilities, greater capacity and further strengthening our bench, it is with pride that our team now becomes PSA Halifax.” He adds that the change reflects how the Halifax operation fits into PSA’s international operations. “Through this rebranding, the Halifax operation, with its longstanding reputation for service quality and a commitment to customer service, clearly positions itself
as an important node in the global PSA network,” Holtermand says. Acquired by PSA International in July 2019, PSA Halifax is the company’s first Canadian coastal terminal, and currently the only container terminal in Eastern Canada that can serve mega container vessels. With a depth alongside of up to 16 metres, work is now underway to extend the main berth, which will enable PSA Halifax to handle two mega container vessels simultaneously. It’s also adding a fifth super post-panamax quay crane,
which is scheduled to be done by June 2020. PSA is a leading global port group with flagship operations in Singapore and Antwerp. Its portfolio comprises a network of over 50 coastal, rail, and inland terminals in 19 countries. “Our new name PSA Halifax reflects our…focus and vision, as well as our aspiration to be recognized among existing and new customers, as Eastern Canada’s gateway for global trade in 2020 and for decades to come,” Holtermand adds. Q
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Remembering a naval tragedy On Oct. 23, the Royal Canadian
Navy marked the 50th anniversary of the engine-room explosion that killed nine members of HMCS Kootenay’s crew. The commemoration included a ceremony at Point Pleasant Park’s Bonaventure Anchor Memorial in Halifax. “The bravery, heroism and sacrifice of Kootenay’s sailors and their families is foundational to the ‘people first, mission always’ ethos that underpins our modern naval service,” said Vice-Admiral Art McDonald, Commander of the RCN, in a recent report on the navy’s website. “On this date, the RCN experienced the worst peacetime accident in our collective memory with the explosion of HMCS Kootenay. Nine of our shipmates were tragically killed, while 53 others were injured. Swift action by the ship’s company prevented the tragedy from escalating into an even greater calamity.” During the observance, HMCS Kootenay’s crew received the inaugural Commander RCN Unit Commendation for gallantry and bravery, presented by RearAdmiral Craig Baines, commander of the navy’s Atlantic fleet. While the tragedy had devastating effects, it ultimately shaped and redefined the RCN’s firefighting and damage control practices. Kootenay’s legacy lives on in Damage Control Training Facility Kootenay 8
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in Halifax, where sailors continue to pay tribute and learn from disaster. “Our sailors are highly trained and ready to deal with a variety of damage control scenarios,” said McDonald. “This training and these skills have become core competencies that ensure that we, as a navy, are at all times ready to help, ready to lead, ready to fight. Congratulations on this well-deserved commendation.” DISASTER AT SEA On the morning of October 23, 1969, HMCS Kootenay was part of a task force that had been exercising in U.K. waters and was returning to Canada, heading westward in the English Channel off Plymouth. At 6:05 a.m., Kootenay was ordered to separate from the task force and carry out a routine full-power trial. The trial started at 8:10 a.m. and at 8:21 a.m. a bearing in the starboard gearbox failed. Its casing had been improperly installed and the oil intended to circulate through it as a coolant overheated, reaching an estimated temperature of 650°C, and exploded. The explosion and ensuing fire generated considerable toxic smoke. Despite the devastating loss of life, crew members rallied on the ship’s quarter deck and swiftly organized firefighting equipment and rescue operations but the loss of most
of the firefighting equipment hampered their efforts. Three resourceful ship’s divers strapped on their scuba tanks and went below to assist in rescue operations, themselves at great risk of their tanks exploding. The fire was under control by 10:10 a.m. and extinguished between 10:30 and 11 a.m. Kootenay was badly damaged but its crew saved the ship, which would serve for 26 more years. The ability and bravery of Kootenay’s crew to respond quickly, and without panic, was extraordinary. Commander Neil Norton, the Commanding Officer of HMCS Kootenay during the explosion, would later write: “…a less professional crew could easily have finished the day in life rafts.” Several members of the ship’s company were decorated for bravery in the aftermath. In 2019, the RCN awarded Commander (retired) Al Kennedy and Able Seaman (retired) Allan “Dinger” Bell with the Wound Stripe, which was created in 2001 to recognize members of the Canadian Armed Forces who died or were wounded under honorable circumstances as a direct result of hostile action, during service to Canada. Bell was one of only three survivors inside the engine room. He said the 50th anniversary honours the entire group for their bravery and hard work saving the ship, while remembering those who died. “It’s very important to recognize the crew for their sacrifices and what they went through,” he added. “It’s not just about me or any one individual.” Chief Warrant Officer (retired) Denis Couvrette was a Petty Officer 1st Class and senior radioman on board Kootenay in 1969. He recalled a frantic rush to inform Maritime Command and other ships at sea what had occurred once the smoke cleared from his section, followed by nearly 40 straight hours of work to maintain communications. He also acted as a pallbearer during a funeral service for his shipmates five days later. He said memories of the explosion are still vivid and troubling today, but added he was thankful that much was learned in the aftermath. “This led to many positives, and things being modernized for safety, not just in our navy but in navies around the world,” Couvrette added. Q With files from Ryan Melanson, Trident Newspaper.
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BIG YEAR AND BRIGHT FUTURE FROM CRUISE TO CARGO, THE PORT OF HALIFAX SAW SOLID BUSINESS IN 2019, WITH ALL SIGNS POINTING TO ANOTHER STRONG YEAR TO COME By Tom Peters As Halifax Port Authority (HPA)
officials tally the final numbers, 2019 is adding up to be another strong year. The thriving cruise sector is one of the most visible signs of the Port’s activity. The last cruise ship to call the port this year, the Oceania Cruises’ Riviera, arrived Nov. 6 with approximately 1,200 passengers. September 19 was one of the busiest days of the season, as the Port hosted six cruise ships in one day. HPA’s communications manager Lane Farguson says this season’s overall passenger numbers were near expectations for the year. Halifax welcomed 179 vessels. The original schedule had 190 calls but turbulent weather, including Hurricane Dorian, forced some ships to cancel the Halifax stop. But Farguson says most of the diverted ships were smaller vessels. “We saw some very strong numbers on the larger vessels so we should come very close to the 320,000 10
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passengers that had been forecast for the season,” he adds. The biggest cruise ship to visit this season was MSC Meraviglia, the sixth largest cruise ship in the world, with a passenger capacity of 4,485 plus crew. Halifax’s cruise industry is worth an estimated $172 million to the provincial economy. Ambassatours Gray Line is one business reaping those spinoffs, hosting thousands of cruise passengers a year on a variety of tours. Popular options include Halifax city tours, a three-hour jaunt of Peggy’s Cove, and a seven-hour expedition that takes in Lunenburg, Mahone Bay, and Peggy’s Cove. “Every cruise client has a niche or preferred format in their product offerings which appeal to their guests,” says Ambassatours communications manager Terri McCulloch. “European visitors enjoy a wide range of active and outdoor programs. Larger ships, who are regular callers, enjoy a wide range
of programs which offer a variety of tours to guests, and high-end, boutique lines prefer smaller, intimate group sizes when touring.” Ambassatours works with the cruise lines to customize tours to suit them. “Therefore, we end up offering various permutations of tours that result in over 400 tours in the many ports we service,” she adds. The popularity of the different tour options varies year to year. “[It depends on] external drivers like popular movies such as Titanic, advertising, social-media pushes, TripAdvisor ratings, general overall interest of the locations, weather conditions, and how much capacity is available,” McCulloch explains. Max Rastelli owns Segway Nova Scotia, another local business benefiting from the cruise traffic. “Our Segway PT [personal transporter] tour business continues to get more and more cruise ship passengers every year,” he says. “Our business is growing and the cruise ships play an important role
in that growth. I believe this is due to our partnerships and promotional efforts, but also because of our reputation. In September/ October, as much as 70% of our business may come from cruise-ship passengers.” Meanwhile, the work continues to enhance the Port’s cargo capabilities. The $35-million extension of the South End container terminal, operated by PSA Halifax, is moving forward on schedule, says Farguson. All eight concrete caissons are now in place and infilling with pyritic slate and rock to cap it off, is underway. Five caissons are 21 metres high, 17 metres wide, and 33 metres long. The remaining three vary in size but are all 11 metres wide. The next stage of construction will be a cope wall around the caissons. The cope wall is the surface people see when the ship docks against the pier. The tender for the cope wall was scheduled to close Nov. 12. Following completion of the cope wall, work will proceed on supporting infrastructure such as lighting, asphalt and installation of 100-foot gauge crane rail for a new super post-panamax crane. The laying of asphalt on the surface of the new extension is scheduled for June 2020. The completion of the pier extension will allow the South End terminal to dock two super-post-panamax container ships at the same time. Containerized cargo volume through the Port of Halifax to the end of September is consistent with last year’s numbers, according to the latest statistics. The port handled 133,893 TEU in the third quarter of this year compared to 141,340 TEU for the same period in 2018. Total containerized throughput year-to-date is 416,883 TEU compared to 417,245 last year. Non-containerized tonnage in the third quarter of this year stood at 97,821 tons. The Port experienced a 40.7% jump in noncontainerized export cargo bolstered by a major shipment of wood pellets. The total cargo tonnage through HPA facilities in the third quarter this year was 1,029,414 tons. Total tonnage, port-wide for both HPA and non-HPA facilities for the first three quarters of this year is 6,489,732 tons. In 2018 the port handled 547,445 TEU for the entire year which followed a record year in 2017 of 559,242 TEU. Farguson won’t try to predict final numbers, but isn’t expecting any big surprises. “Every effort is being made to move as much cargo through the Port over the next three months,” he says, adding that he expects final statistics to be very close to 2018 results. Contributing to that traffic is a new connection from the Port of Halifax to Newfoundland and Labrador. TMSI Ltd.,
headquartered in Dartmouth, has started a weekly cargo service between the Ceresoperated Fairview Cove Container Terminal and Argentia, on Newfoundland’s East Coast. TMSI is using the Nolhan Ava, a 120metre Con-Ro (container/roll-on, roll-off) cargo vessel with a 400-TEU capacity. TMSI Ltd. is a private company specializing in commercial cargo marine services for over 50 years. It operates between the European markets and Saint Pierre and Miquelon and has established a new Canadian division that provides the service to Argentia from Halifax.
TMSI says it has invested in modern upgraded vessel technology, a new fleet of marine-rated equipment, a new $8-million harbour crane, and an array of other equipment to provide a reliable and consistent year-round service. “TMSI is establishing itself as a customer-focused carrier working closely with its customers to provide a high standard of on-time service,” says the company’s website. Oceanex also offers service between the Port of Halifax and Newfoundland and Labrador. Q
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KAREN OLDFIELD REFLECTS ON HER 17-YEAR CAREER AT THE HELM OF THE HALIFAX PORT AUTHORITY By Tom Peters After 17 years as president and CEO
of the Halifax Port Authority (HPA), both Karen Oldfield and the Port of Halifax have grown. Oldfield, who took over the top job in 2002 has stepped down from her position. Capt. Allan Gray, former harbour master and general manager, operations at Fremantle Ports in Perth, Australia, is stepping into the role. Oldfield, a lawyer by profession, had been chief of staff for former Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm, before jumping into the HPA role sending her into a deep learning curve of the marine industry. Through her tenacity and professional ability to grasp the depth of her new position, Oldfield and staff charted a course for the Port’s future. 12
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During an interview at Halifax Port Days, Oldfield said there were several accomplishments that she’s proud of from her tenure. The first, she said, was the development of the Port’s Asia strategy. Prior to a major focus on Asia, the Port’s main trading lanes were across the Atlantic with over half the Port’s trade being with Europe, and that trade wasn’t growing. “So if we wanted to grow we had to hitch our wagon to a growing market and at that time the Asian market was growing in leaps and bounds,” she said. So Asia became the place to develop relationships and market for Halifax. “Really, we started from ground zero. It took a long time to put it all together,” she recalled. “When we first started over half our trade was with Europe and
about a third with Asia and now that has completely reversed,” she added. Asia, as a source of trade, caught Oldfield’s attention back as far as 2004–5. Some questioned the strategy but “in the end it is one thing I’m very proud of,” she said. She also takes pride in HPA’s work to bring people back to the waterfront. For many years the Port and its weathered cargo sheds were a dull, unattractive part of the city. Fast forward 15 years: and the Seaport area is now a vibrant and bustling place. The HPA worked with the cruise industry and waterfront businesses (many in the old immigration annex near Pier 21) to create and implement a plan that transformed the Seaport into a cultural
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and vibrant hub. In 2018, 1.4 million people, including 300,000+ cruise passengers, visited the Seaport. New developments like the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, retailers, the Cunard Centre, the Seaport Farmers’ Market have been a boon to the region and the city in general. A third proud achievement, said Oldfield, is the strengthening relationship between the Port and the city; the Port and city’s identities have become intertwined. “forging that bond, making the Port part of the city in such a fantastic manner, is great,” she added. Over the years, Oldfield has logged a lot of kilometres promoting Halifax as an efficient seaport with a hard-working marine community. When cargo traffic dipped, Oldfield and the HPA faced criticism. But she said she has taken it in stride, point out that 2019 is on pace to be a record year for cargo, reflecting the combined efforts of HPA, stakeholders, and the private sector. The Port of Halifax is one of the province’s top economic drivers and plotting its daily direction is not for the fainthearted. “During her tenure as President and CEO of the Port of Halifax,
Karen Oldfield has definitely left her mark on the port and the City of Halifax,” said Richard Moore, president and CEO of the Halifax Employers Association (HEA). “While the Port continues to be an economic engine for the Province of Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada, under Karen’s leadership it has also transformed itself into a cultural centre and tourist destination co-existing with a modern working port.” He points to the HPA’s work, under Oldfield’s leadership, to boost the Port’s global presence. “Karen and her team have worked extremely hard to promote the Port of Halifax, help develop new trade routes and cargo sources, promote local industry, develop the cruise industry, obtain funding and invest in infrastructure improvements, all the while being on the cutting edge of implementing technological and environmental improvements,” he says. Moore praised Oldfield’s ability to handle the high-profile role and balance the Port’s interests. “She has always supported the HEA and we have a very good working relationship with the Halifax Port Authority that we are confident will continue under her successor,” he said. Oldfield has also had a long association
with education and Saint Mary’s University, having served on its board for over 20 years. In a recent reception held in her honour at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Saint Mary’s University announced an endowment in her name. Oldfield is working with Saint Mary’s to finalize the terms of the scholarship. “Our strength is our people, especially our youth,” she said. “I know firsthand how incredibly smart and talented the young people of our province are, and I especially admire their passion for the important issues of our time including climate change, environmental sustainability, and the importance of collaboration amongst diverse groups and communities.” And what will she take away from 17 years of building strategies, sleepless nights, and traveling halfway around the world on a moment’s notice? “I sure have learned a lot and I sure have had my eyes opened so wide to opportunities globally,” she summed up. “I think the hardest thing I tried to do is to make sure Halifax is relevant and I think we are relevant.” Q
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SAILING SCHEDULE Line
Service
Ports Served (alphabetically)
Cargo Type
Frequency
Day
Terminal
Agent
North Europe Atlantic Container Line
ACL A Service
Antwerp (BE) - Gothenburg (SW) - Hamburg (GE) - Liverpool (UK)
cc-gc-tc-rr
Weekly
Mon-Ex / Sun-Im Ceres
Atlantic Container Line
ACL AL1 Service
Antwerp (BE) - Hamburg (GE) - London Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE)
cc-gc-tc
Weekly
Monday
Ceres
ACL ACL
CMA CGM
CMA CGM SL1 Service
Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam (NE)
cc-tc
Weekly
Saturday
PSA Halifax
CMA CGM
Eimskip
Eimskip Green Line Service
Reykjavik (IC)
cc-tc
Weekly
Thursday
PSA Halifax
Eimskip
Hapag-Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd AL1 Service
Antwerp (BE) - Hamburg (GE) - London Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE)
cc-tc
Weekly
Monday
Ceres
Hapag Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd ATA Service
Antwerp (BE) - Gothenburg (SW) - Hamburg (GE) - Liverpool (UK)
cc-gc-tc
Weekly
Mon-Ex / Sun-Im Ceres
Hapag Lloyd
Maersk
Maersk CAE Service
Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam (NE)
cc-tc
Weekly
Saturday
Maersk
varies
Melfi Marine
Melfi MedCaMex Service
Lisbon (PT)
cc-gc-tc
12 days
Nirint Shipping
Nirint ECCE Service
Bilbao (SP) - Rotterdam (NE)
cc-tc
15 days
Ocean Network Express "ONE"
ONE AL1 Service
Antwerp (BE) - Hamburg (GE) - London Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE)
cc-tc
Weekly
Ocean Network Express "ONE"
ONE AL8 Service
Antwerp (BE) - Hamburg (GE)
cc-tc
Weekly
PSA Halifax PSA Halifax
Melfi
Ocean
Nirint
Monday
Ceres
ONE
Monday
Ceres
ONE
Wallenius Willhelmsen
WW A Service
Antwerp (BE) - Gothenburg (SW) - Hamburg (GE) - Liverpool (UK)
cc-gc-tc-rr
Weekly
Mon-Ex / Sun-Im Ceres
Wallenius
Yang Ming
Yang Ming AL1 Service
Antwerp (BE) - Hamburg (GE) - London Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE)
cc-tc
Weekly
Monday
Ceres
Yang Ming
Hapag Lloyd
South Europe (Mediterranean) Hapag-Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd AL7 Service
Algeciras (SP) - Barcelona (SP) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP)
cc-tc
Weekly
Wednesday
PSA Halifax
Melfi Marine
Melfi MedCaMex Service
Barcelona (SP) - Genoa (IT) - Livorno/Leghorn (IT) - Valencia (SP)
cc-gc-tc
12 days
varies
PSA Halifax
Melfi
Ocean Network Express "ONE"
ONE AL7 Service
Algeciras (SP) - Barcelona (SP) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP)
cc-tc
Weekly
Wednesday
PSA Halifax
ONE
Yang Ming
Yang Ming AL7 Service
Algeciras (SP) - Barcelona (SP) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP)
cc-tc
Weekly
Wednesday
PSA Halifax
Yang Ming
Zim Integrated Shipping Line
Zim ZCA Service
Ashdod (IL) - Barcelona (SP) - Haifa (IL) - Izmir/Aliaga (TR) Livorno/Leghorn (IT) - Mersin (TR) - Piraeus (GR) - Tarragona (SP) Valencia (SP)
cc-tc
Weekly
Wednesday
PSA Halifax
Zim
varies
PSA Halifax
Melfi
Latin America (Caribbean, Central & South America) Melfi Marine
Melfi MedCaMex Service
Altamira (MX) - Mariel (CU) - Veracruz (MX)
cc-gc-tc
12 days
Nirint Shipping
Nirint ECCE Service
Barcadera (AN) - Mariel (CU) - Moa (CU) - Willemstad (AN)
cc-tc
15 days
Tropical Shipping
Tropical Canada-Caribbean Service
Philipsburg (NA) - San Juan (PR) - St. Thomas (USVI)
cc-tc
Weekly
Monday
Ocean
Nirint
PSA Halifax
Tropical Shipping
Zim Integrated Shipping Line
Zim CFX Service
Kingston (JA)
cc-tc
Weekly
Tuesdays
PSA Halifax
Zim
Zim Integrated Shipping Line
Zim ZCP Service
Via the Panama Canal: Kingston (JA)
cc-tc
Weekly
Tuesday (via CFX Service)
PSA Halifax
Zim
Cargo Type cc-tc
Frequency Weekly
Day Saturday / Sunday
Terminal PSA Halifax
Agent APL
South / Southeast Asia & Middle East Line APL
Service APL PE1 Service
Ports Served (alphabetically) Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Hong Kong (CH) Jakarta (ID) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)
CMA CGM
CMA-CGM Columbus Service
Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Hong Kong (CH) Jakarta (ID) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)
cc-tc
Weekly
Saturday / Sunday
PSA Halifax
CMA CGM
COSCO
COSCO AWE5 Service
Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Hong Kong (CH) Jakarta (ID) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)
cc-tc
Weekly
Saturday / Sunday
PSA Halifax
COSCO
Evergreen
Evergreen PE1 Service
Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Hong Kong (CH) Jakarta (ID) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)
cc-tc
Weekly
Saturday / Sunday
PSA Halifax
Evergreen
Hapag-Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd EC5 Service
Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Singapore (SG)
cc-tc
Weekly
Fri-Imp / WedExp
Ceres
Hapag Lloyd
Ocean Network Express "ONE"
ONE EC5 Service
Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Singapore (SG)
cc-tc
Weekly
Fri-Imp / WedExp
Ceres
ONE
OOCL
OOCL SEAP Service
Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Hong Kong (CH) Jakarta (ID) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)
cc-tc
Weekly
Saturday / Sunday
PSA Halifax
OOCL
Yang Ming
Yang Ming EC5 Service
Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Singapore (SG)
cc-tc
Weekly
Fri-Imp / WedExp
Ceres
Yang Ming
Zim ZCP Service
Via the Panama Canal: Ningbo (CH) - Pusan/Busan (SK) - Qingdao (CH) - cc-tc Shanghai (CH) - Tianjin/Xingang (CH)
Weekly
Tuesday (via CFX Service)
PSA Halifax
Zim
North Asia Zim Integrated Shipping Line
Eastern Canada, United States, St. Pierre & Miquelon Atlantic Container Line
ACL A Service
Baltimore (MD) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA)
cc-gc-tc-rr
Weekly
Mon-Ex / Sun-Im Ceres
Atlantic Container Line
ACL AL1 Service
New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Philadelphia (PA)
cc-gc-tc
Weekly
Monday
Ceres
ACL ACL
APL
APL PE1 Service
Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)
cc-tc
Weekly
Saturday / Sunday
PSA Halifax
APL
CMA CGM
CMA CGM SL1 Service
Montreal (QC)
cc-tc
Weekly
Saturday
PSA Halifax
CMA CGM
CMA CGM
CMA-CGM Columbus Service
Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)
cc-tc
Weekly
Saturday / Sunday
PSA Halifax
CMA CGM
COSCO
COSCO AWE5 Service
Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)
cc-tc
Weekly
Saturday / Sunday
PSA Halifax
COSCO
Eimskip
Eimskip Green Line Service
Argentia (NL) - Portland (ME)
cc-tc
Weekly
Thursday
PSA Halifax
Eimskip
Evergreen
Evergreen PE1 Service
Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)
cc-tc
Weekly
Saturday / Sunday
PSA Halifax
Evergreen
Hapag-Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd AL1 Service
New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Philadelphia (PA)
cc-tc
Weekly
Monday
Ceres
Hapag Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd AL7 Service
New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)
cc-tc
Weekly
Wednesday
PSA Halifax
Hapag-Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd ATA Service
Baltimore (MD) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA)
cc-gc-tc
Weekly
Mon-Ex / Sun-Im Ceres
Hapag Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd EC5 Service
Via the Suez Canal: Jacksonville (FL) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)
cc-tc
Weekly
Fri-Imp / WedExp
Ceres
Hapag Lloyd
Maersk
Maersk CAE Service
Montreal (QC)
cc-tc
Weekly
Saturday
PSA Halifax
Maersk
Oceanex
Oceanex Service
Argentia (NL) - St. John's (NL)
cc-gc-tc-rr
Weekly
Thursday
PSA Halifax
Oceanex
Ocean Network Express "ONE"
ONE AL1 Service
New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Philadelphia (PA)
cc-tc
Weekly
Monday
Ceres
ONE
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Hapag Lloyd
Ocean Network Express "ONE"
ONE EC5 Service
Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Singapore (SG)
cc-tc
Weekly
Fri-Imp / WedExp
Ceres
ONE
OOCL
OOCL SEAP Service
Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Hong Kong (CH) Jakarta (ID) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)
cc-tc
Weekly
Saturday / Sunday
PSA Halifax
OOCL
Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Singapore (SG)
cc-tc
Weekly
Fri-Imp / WedExp
Ceres
Yang Ming
Frequency Weekly
Day Tuesday (via CFX Service)
Terminal PSA Halifax
Agent Zim
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Yang Ming
Yang Ming EC5 Service
North Asia Line Zim Integrated Shipping Line
Service Zim ZCP Service
Ports Served (alphabetically) Via the Panama Canal: Ningbo (CH) - Pusan/Busan (SK) - Qingdao (CH) - Cargo cc-tc Type Shanghai (CH) - Tianjin/Xingang (CH)
North Europe Eastern Canada, United States, St. Pierre & Miquelon Atlantic Atlantic Container Container Line Line
ACL A Service
Antwerp - Gothenburg (SW)--Norfolk Hamburg (GE) - Liverpool (UK) Baltimore(BE) (MD) - New York (NY) (VA)
cc-gc-tc-rr
Weekly
Mon-Ex / Sun-Im Ceres
Atlantic Atlantic Container Container Line Line
ACL AL1 Service
Antwerp (GE)--Philadelphia London Gateway New York(BE) (NY)- Hamburg - Norfolk (VA) (PA) (UK) - Rotterdam (NE)
cc-gc-tc
Weekly
Monday
Ceres
ACL
CMA APL CGM
CMA CGMService SL1 Service APL PE1
cc-tc
Weekly
CMA CGM APL
Eimskip Green Line Service CMA CGM SL1 Service Hapag-Lloyd AL1 Service CMA-CGM Columbus Service Hapag-Lloyd ATA Service
cc-tc cc-tc cc-tc cc-tc cc-gc-tc
Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly
PSA Halifax PSA Halifax Ceres PSA Halifax Ceres
Eimskip CMA CGM Hapag Lloyd CMA CGM Hapag Lloyd
Maersk COSCO Melfi Marine
Maersk CAE Service COSCO AWE5 Service Melfi MedCaMex Service
cc-tc cc-tc cc-gc-tc
Weekly Weekly 12 days
Saturday / Sunday Thursday Saturday Monday Saturday / Mon-Ex / Sun-Im Sunday Saturday Saturday / Sunday varies
PSA Halifax
Eimskip CMA CGM Hapag-Lloyd CMA CGM Hapag-Lloyd
Antwerp (BE) Canal: - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam Via the Suez Charleston (SC) - New York(NE) (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA) Reykjavik (IC) Montreal (QC) Antwerp (BE) - Hamburg (GE) - London Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE) Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Antwerp (BE) - Gothenburg (SW) - Hamburg (GE) - Liverpool (UK) Savannah (GA) Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam (NE) Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah Lisbon (PT)(GA)
PSA Halifax PSA Halifax PSA Halifax
Maersk COSCO Melfi
Eimskip Nirint Shipping
Eimskip Green Line Service Nirint ECCE Service
Argentia (NL) - Portland (ME) Bilbao (SP) - Rotterdam (NE)
cc-tc
Weekly 15 days
Thursday
PSA Halifax Ocean
Eimskip Nirint
Evergreen Ocean Network Express "ONE"
Evergreen PE1 Service ONE AL1 Service
Via the Suez Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) (VA)(NE) Antwerp (BE) Canal: - Hamburg (GE) - London Gateway (UK) --Norfolk Rotterdam Savannah (GA)
cc-tc
Weekly
Saturday Monday / Sunday
PSA CeresHalifax
Evergreen ONE
Hapag-Lloyd Ocean Network Express "ONE" Hapag-Lloyd Wallenius Willhelmsen Hapag-Lloyd Yang Ming Hapag-Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd AL1 Service ONE AL8 Service
New York(BE) (NY)- Hamburg - Norfolk (VA) Antwerp (GE)- Philadelphia (PA)
cc-tc
Weekly
Monday
Ceres
Hapag ONE Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd AL7 Service WW A Service Hapag-Lloyd ATA Service Yang Ming AL1 Service Hapag-Lloyd EC5 Service
New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA) Antwerp (BE) - Gothenburg (SW) - Hamburg (GE) - Liverpool (UK) Baltimore (MD) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Antwerp (BE) - Hamburg (GE) - London Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE) Via the Suez Canal: Jacksonville (FL) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)
cc-tc cc-gc-tc-rr cc-gc-tc cc-tc cc-tc
Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly
Wednesday Mon-Ex / Sun-Im Mon-Ex / Sun-Im Monday Fri-Imp / WedExp
PSA Halifax Ceres Ceres Ceres Ceres
Hapag Lloyd Wallenius Hapag Lloyd Yang Ming Hapag Lloyd
Montreal (QC) Algeciras (SP) - Barcelona (SP) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP) Argentia (NL) - St. John's (NL) Barcelona (SP) - Genoa (IT) - Livorno/Leghorn (IT) - Valencia (SP) New York (NY)(alphabetically) - Norfolk (VA) - Philadelphia (PA) Ports Served Algeciras (SP) - Barcelona (SP) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP)
cc-tc cc-tc cc-gc-tc-rr cc-gc-tc cc-tc Cargo Type cc-tc
Weekly Weekly Weekly 12 days Weekly Frequency Weekly
Saturday Wednesday Thursday varies Monday Day Wednesday
PSA Halifax PSA Halifax PSA Halifax PSA Halifax Ceres Terminal PSA Halifax
Maersk Hapag Lloyd Oceanex Melfi ONE Agent ONE
South Europe (Mediterranean)
Maersk Hapag-Lloyd Oceanex Melfi Marine Ocean Line Network Express Ocean "ONE" Network Express "ONE" Ocean Network Express Yang "ONE"Ming Zim Integrated Ocean NetworkShipping ExpressLine
"ONE"
Maersk CAE Service Hapag-Lloyd AL7 Service Oceanex Service Melfi MedCaMex Service ONE AL1 Service Service ONE AL7 Service
ACL
ONE AL7 Service Yang Ming AL7 Service
New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA) Algeciras (SP) - Barcelona (SP) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP)
cc-tc cc-tc
Weekly Weekly
Wednesday Wednesday
PSA Halifax PSA Halifax
ONE Yang Ming
Zim ONEZCA AL8Service Service
Ashdod (IL)(MD) - Barcelona (SP)(NY) - Haifa (IL) - Izmir/Aliaga (TR) Baltimore - New York - Norfolk (VA) Livorno/Leghorn (IT) - Mersin (TR) - Piraeus (GR) - Tarragona (SP) Valencia (SP) Via the Suez Canal: Jacksonville (FL) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)
cc-tc cc-tc
Weekly Weekly
Wednesday Monday
PSA Halifax Ceres
Zim ONE
cc-tc
Weekly
Fri-Imp / WedExp
Ceres
ONE
Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Altamira (MX) - Mariel (CU) - Veracruz (MX) Savannah (GA) Barcadera (AN) - Mariel (CU) - Moa (CU) - Willemstad (AN) Argentia (NL) Philipsburg (NA) - San Juan (PR) - St. Thomas (USVI)
cc-tc cc-gc-tc
Weekly 12 days
PSA Halifax PSA Halifax
OOCL Melfi
cc-tc cc-gc-tc-rr cc-tc
15 days Weekly Weekly
Saturday / varies Sunday Thursday Monday
Ocean Ceres PSA Halifax
St.-Pierre and Miquelon (FR) Kingston (JA)
cc-gc-tc-rr cc-tc
Weekly Weekly
Friday Tuesdays
Ceres PSA Halifax
Nirint TMSI Tropical Shipping TMSI Zim
Via the Panama Canal: Kingston (JA) West Palm Beach (FL)
cc-tc cc-tc
Weekly Weekly
Tuesday (via Monday CFX Service)
PSA Halifax PSA Halifax
Ocean Network Express
ONE EC5 Service
OOCL Melfi Marine
OOCL SEAP Service Melfi MedCaMex Service
"ONE" America (Caribbean, Central & South America) Latin Nirint Shipping Nirint ECCE Service Transport Service International Transport Maritime Service Tropical Shipping Tropical Canada-Caribbean Service International
Transport Service International Transport Maritime Service Zim Integrated Shipping Line Zim CFX Service International Zim Integrated Shipping Line Zim ZCP Service Tropical Shipping Tropical Canada-Caribbean Service
Baltimore (MD) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA)
cc-gc-tc-rr
Weekly
Mon-Ex / Sun-Im Ceres
YangPE1 Ming AL1 Service APL Service Yang Ming AL7 Service
Newthe York (NY) - Norfolk (VA)(VN) - Philadelphia Via Suez Canal: Cai Mep - Colombo(PA) (SL) - Hong Kong (CH) Jakarta (ID)(NY) - Laem Chabang - Port Kelang New York - Norfolk (VA)(TH) - Savannah (GA) (MY) - Singapore (SG)
cc-tc cc-tc cc-tc
Weekly Weekly Weekly
Monday / Saturday Sunday Wednesday
Ceres PSA Halifax PSA Halifax
Yang Ming
Yang Ming EC5 Service
Via the Suez Canal: Jacksonville (FL) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)
cc-tc
Weekly
Fri-Imp / WedExp
Ceres
Zim Integrated Shipping Line
Zim CFX Service
New York (NY)
cc-tc
Weekly
Tuesdays
PSA Halifax
Zim Integrated Shipping Line
Zim ZCA Service
New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)
cc-tc
Weekly
Wednesday
PSA Halifax
Wallenius Yang Ming APL Yang Ming Yang Ming Zim Zim
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South Middle East Wallenius/ Southeast Willhelmsen Asia & WW A Service Yang Ming APL Yang Ming
Zim Tropical Shipping
cc – containerized cargo
gc – general cargo
tc – temperature-controlled cargo
rr – roll-on/roll-off cargo
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CARRIER SPOTLIGHT
ONE WORLD WITH ITS EFFICIENCY AND TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED CARGO EXPERTISE, HALIFAX IS A KEY PORT FOR OCEAN NETWORK EXPRESS By Tom Peters Now that the teething process is
complete, Ocean Network Express (ONE), which calls at the Fairview Cove Container Terminal, operated by Ceres-Halifax, continues to build a strong and vibrant business through the Port. ONE, with global headquarters in Singapore, is comprised of three Japanese lines, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), Mitsui Osaka Shosen Kaisha Lines (MOL), and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K-Line), and is a member of THE Alliance with shipping lines Hapag Lloyd and Yang Ming. ONE is the top transpacific container cargo carrier and the sixth largest carrier in the world, with a container fleet capacity of over 1.4 million TEU. It launched in April 2018. Like many new alliances, it had its initial growing pains, says Maria 16
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Bodnar, ONE’s senior director of sales for North America. “We had challenges when we launched and it took us a little while to get our feet underneath us,” says Bodnar, based in Richmond, Va., the North America headquarters for ONE. “We look at the first six months as teething issues.” The challenges mainly dealt with personnel transitioning from three companies into one new company going global while still working to operate and effectively sunset the three legacy container companies. By late September of last year, ONE was fully functional and operational. “We are in a good solid growth mode as far as our business goes,” Bodnar says. “We are looking good right now as far as we are concerned. We have a solid business plan
and management in Singapore is laying out forward-thinking initiatives for us.” The Port of Halifax is an important port in ONE’s global system, says Bodnar. THE Alliance, of which ONE is a partner, presently has three services through Halifax. The AL1 (a weekly service that calls Halifax, the U.S. East Coast, and Central European ports), the AL7 ( a weekly service that calls Halifax, the U.S. East Coast, and Mediterranean ports), and the EC5 (a twice-weekly service that calls Halifax, the U.S. East Coast, and Asian ports via the Suez Canal). The three services employ 24 vessels. Approximately 60% of the cargo on the services is imports and 40% exports. “The Port of Halifax plays an important role in our service structure,” says Bodnar.
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“We view the Port as a really solid partner. Our customers are very happy with our business that moves through the Port and it is certainly a key reefer market for us in the Canadian gateway. We are certainly interested in continuing that and I think 2020 will look very positive for us and with our relationship with the Port of Halifax.” Strategically, she adds, Halifax provides excellent access to serve the Canadian market, especially on the transatlantic service. She explains that Halifax is an efficient port. “[Halifax] provides us a primary gateway on the East Coast that 18
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offers value for our customers,” she says, add that it also provides a vital hub in the area of temperature-controlled cargo, mainly seafood. “And that reefer market is a key element for us.” ONE has blossomed in the reefer container sector. Jeremy Nixon, ONE’s CEO, said on the company’s first anniversary, that “ONE has managed to ensure competitiveness and relevance by achieving such accomplishments in its first-year of establishment” and one of those achievements, he said, was “The enhancement of its refrigerated container
capacity to which ONE is now ranked among the top five largest refrigerated carriers in world [over 250,000 TEU].” Other achievements in the company’s first year of operation included the introduction of 31 super-large megacontainer vessels (including 20,000-TEU vessels), the successful launch of a four mega-container ship berth terminal (4 million TEU) at the Pasir Panjang Terminal in Singapore (a joint-venture between ONE and PSA Singapore), and achieving the highest productivity record at the Pasir Panjang Terminal in Singapore for the vessel NYK Swan (a ONE-operated container ship). Bodnar says she isn’t in a position to comment on whether or not ONE had any immediate expansion plans for Halifax as THE Alliance is currently in final discussion for their 2020 deployment. But she explains: “We view the Port of Halifax as a strategic partner. Our customers are very happy with our business that moves through the Port and I think 2020 will look very positive for us and our relationship with the Port.” ONE’s partnership is highly valued at Ceres, according to president Calvin Whidden. “ONE line is one of the three partners in THE Alliance shipping group and THE Alliance, in various previous forms, has been a valued customer of Ceres-Halifax since the terminal was opened in 1982,” he says. The NYK Group, one of the legacy companies in ONE, owns Ceres-Halifax. “That is one of the many reasons we have had a very long and productive business relationship with them,” says Whidden. “Halifax is a major port of call for THE Alliance and with our partners, CN and the Port of Halifax and our collective quality service we provide to them has helped us build a strong and trusting relationship over the past number of years. We are collectively committed to continue a high quality of service and to improve container fluidity through our Port and terminal.” ONE, like its partners in THE Alliance, is also doing working to improve its environmental performance. Starting in January 2020, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will ban ships from using fuel with sulphur content over 0.5%. The present content number is 3.5%. ONE has announced plans to adhere to the new policy. “Initially our approach is to burn the [low-sulfur] 0.5% fuel,” she says. “We are exploring scrubber technology and implementation in 2020 but regardless, being compliant with regulatory and environmental requirement is job one.” Q
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