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Table of Contents Portside Notes The latest on cargo and ship movements, key stakeholders, and new developments Building ties to Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 All aboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Commerce connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Around the Port Big business WITH MORE INTERNATIONAL LINKS AND HIGH-VALUE LOCAL CARGO, THE PORT OF HALIFAX HAS A BIG (AND GROWING) ECONOMIC IMPACT .

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Feature Powered by people LONGSHOREMEN DO CRUCIAL WORK IN THE PORT OF HALIFAX. BUT THE JOB HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS .

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Building ties to Africa

Above: Ambassador McCullagh visits HMCS Moncton.

Right: HMCS Moncton recently completed a successful goodwill mission in Côte d’Ivoire.

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and Moncton recently returned to their home port of Halifax after a spring visit to Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire. According to an article on the navy website by Leading Seaman Ryan Tenhaaf with Lieutenant Commander Kelly Williamson, the visit aimed to strengthen ties with the West African nation.

The port visit began with a tree planting ceremony at Université Nangui Abrogoua. Lieutenant Commander Nicole Robichaud, Lieutenant Commander Paul Smith, and a small group of sailors planted approximately 20 trees as part of a larger project spearheaded by the Canadian embassy in Côte d’Ivoire.

“The activity was part of a broader Canada 150 initiative to help reforest part of the university campus and emphasizes the importance of environmental stewardship,” says Patricia McCullagh, Canada’s ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire. “The trees are also symbolic and represent the strong ties we are fostering with Côte d’Ivoire. The visit of HMCS Summerside and HMCS Moncton, helps strengthen this bond. Canada’s sailors were tremendous ambassadors for Canada throughout this visit.”

During the visit, sailors also helped with a beach clean-up and joined a friendly basketball tournament with the Abidjan Basketball Academy. Moncton also hosted McCullagh for a day sail, giving the ambassador the opportunity to helm the vessel. Q

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Three new “Port User” directors are joining the Halifax

Port Authority board of directors. Carole-Ann Miller has been appointed for three years, David Cameron has been appointed for two years, and Anne Soucie has been appointed to a term of two years.

Carole-Ann Miller is president of Cansa Inc. (formerly Maple Trade Finance) and a member of the Advisory Board for Sobey School of Business. David Cameron practices law with Burchells LLP and is president of the Canadian Bar Association’s Nova Scotia branch. Anne Soucie is a former chair of the Atlantic Pilotage Authority board of directors.

“The three new appointees bring with them considerable experience from a wide range of backgrounds,” says Hector Jacques, chair of the Halifax Port Authority board of directors.

“I would also like to thank outgoing directors Ted Larsen and Lantz Siteman for their hard work and dedication to the Halifax Port Authority board of directors.” Q

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PORTSIDE NOTES

Commerce connection The movement of containerized cargo through

PHOTO: HPA

the Port of Halifax is a major contributor to the economy of Nova Scotia, according to the most recent economicimpact report produced by Chris Lowe Planning and Management Group for the Halifax Port Authority.

It found the Port of Halifax’s economic output from operations on the economy of Nova Scotia in 2015/16 is $1.7 billion in economic output, up 5.9% from the last economic-impact update to the end of 2013.

Through the Port of Halifax in 2015, Nova Scotia container exporters contributed over $1.9 billion to the province’s gross output. Combined with Port operations, the total impact of the Port of Halifax on Nova Scotia’s gross output is $3.6 billion (with the direct portion being $1.96 billion).

Containerized cargo facilities and marine services at the Port of Halifax enabled Nova Scotia businesses in 2015 to export 76,993 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) shipping containers to international markets through the container terminals. On average, each container exported through the Port of Halifax is worth $25,000 to the Nova Scotian economy in terms of direct and spinoff economic benefits. But an export container filled with Nova Scotia seafood is worth an estimated $73,650 in direct and spinoff economic benefits to the Nova Scotian economy.

“The most remarkable statistic to come out of this economic impact report is the value of a seafood container,” says Karen Oldfield, president and CEO of Halifax Port Authority. “With exports taken as a whole, it is crystal clear how Nova Scotia exports are fundamental to the well-being of our province.” Q

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Karen Oldfield, president and CEO of the Halifax Port Authority.

TALLYING UP

• The Port of Halifax generates $1.7 billion in economic output (up 5.9%).

• The Port of Halifax enables Nova Scotia exporters to contribute $1.9 billion to provincial gross output.

• Combined Port of Halifax operations output and exporter output is $3.6 billion in economic benefit to Nova scotia.

• The Port of Halifax generates $809 million in GDP (up 8.8%).

• Each Nova Scotia export container moving through the Port of Halifax is worth $25,000 in direct and spinoff economic benefits to the Nova Scotian economy.

• An average export container filled with Nova Scotia seafood is worth $73,650 in direct and spinoff economic benefit to the provincial economy.

• Port operations result in 12,446 full-time equivalent jobs (up 5.3 %).

• 24,571 full-time equivalent jobs derive from Nova Scotia container exporters.

• $584 million wages and salaries result from Port activity (up 5.8 %).

• In 2016, the total economic output for the cruise-industry in Halifax was $122.9 million (up 17.8 %).

• The Halifax Seaport attracts between 1.2 million and 1.3 million visitors annually.

Find the full report at portofhalifax.ca/about-us/economic-report.

PHOTO: EIMSKIP

Overall findings of the 2015/16 Port of Halifax economic impact study

A single container of fresh Nova Scotian seafood generates $73,650 in economic spinoffs for the province.

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PHOTO: STEVE FARMER

AROUND THE PORT

Big business WITH MORE INTERNATIONAL LINKS AND HIGH-VALUE LOCAL CARGOS, THE PORT OF HALIFAX HAS A BIG (AND GROWING) ECONOMIC IMPACT

By Tom Peters The Port of Halifax is one of Atlantic

Canada’s biggest economic engines. Port operations, combined with container exporters’ output, have $3.6 billion in economic impact on Nova Scotia annually, according to a new study from the Halifax Port Authority (HPA).

The report, prepared for the Halifax Port Authority (HPA) by Chris Lowe Planning and Management Group, says the Port’s operations in 2015/16 generated $1.7 billion in direct and indirect economic activity (see page 7). That’s an increase of 5.9% from the 8

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2013 study. Container exporters contributed over $1.9 billion to the province’s gross economic output.

“Taken as a whole, there has been quite a significant increase in economic impact from 2013,” says HPA President and CEO Karen Oldfield. “We were able to actually put a dollar value on containers.” That’s important because it gives some context to container cargo value and what that means to the economy.

The report determined the standard container cargo is valued at $25,000 (direct

and indirect economic spinoff benefits).

However, an export container of Nova Scotia seafood was valued at an estimated $73,650. “We have always said seafood is one of potential reasons to have carriers call the Port because it is high-value cargo,” says Oldfield. “If we can continue to grow our industry and continue to make our seafood products appealing to carriers, that gives them a very good reason to continue to call Halifax.”

Going forward, Oldfield sees growth opportunity in Asia but also great potential

PHOTO: STEVE FARMER

“TAKEN AS A WHOLE, THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM 2013.”

—KAREN OLDFIELD, HPA

with the European Union and the new freetrade deal, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

“When this comes into force the EU has to be a significant market for us and for seafood products,” Oldfield says. “We are really focused there and have been for a while. But the trick will be “to have some of our small-to-medium-sized exporters to try some of these markets because a lot of them are still focused on the U.S. But now, with these agreements, and hopefully with help from different levels of government to ease the pain of how to export, we should be able to grow those markets.”

A third potential growth area comes from the new carrier alliances and three non-

aligned carriers calling Halifax (ACL, Zim, and Tropical Shipping). These carriers are deploying large-capacity vessels over the coming months. The first ultra-class vessel over 10,000 TEU to call on Halifax will be the Zim Antwerp at the end of July.

The report also shows a big jump in the annual economic impact of the Port’s cruise industry, up 17.8% over the 2013 report, to an estimated $122.9 million. It also noted the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ market, which attracts approximately 1.3 million visitors annually and generates over $23 million in sales at the market, plus some $18 million in sales with surrounding businesses.

LABOUR GROWTH The Halifax Employers Association (HEA) is boosting its labour numbers. “With the increase in tonnage in the last year or so, combined with an aging workforce, an increasing number of retirements, and some union members working less hours than they may have when they were younger, we have experienced some labour shortages,” says HEA president and CEO Richard Moore.

“We are trying to address those by hiring more casual labour to help pick up the slack.

In addition to more longshoremen, we also plan on hiring another 10 checkers for the same reasons.”

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EIMSKIP GETS BUSIER

AROUND THE PORT

Icelandic cargo line Eimskip has increased its calls to the Port of Halifax and Halterm from 21 to 35 per year.

Jeff Simms, managing director, Eimskip Canada, says an increase in activity out of Portland, Maine is driving the growth. Simms says there is a lot of trade with Iceland from Portland. “We still compete in Portland with New York and Boston but right now we are the only international carrier in the New England area,” he says.

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Eimskip’s Green Line serves North America.

The line had three vessels moving from North America ports to Iceland and then on to Europe. Under a new system, Eimskip will sail two 700-TEU vessels between the three North American ports with cargo now transshipped in Reykjavik. Simms says this system will allow the Green Line more time to make more calls.

“As Eimskip’s preferred terminal vendor over many years, Halterm is looking forward to working with the carrier on its newly optimized Green Line service,” say Kim Holtermand CEO of South End Container

Terminal operator Halterm. “With capacity to and from North America increased by 11% and vessel frequency improved, the carrier is offering quick transit from Netherlands, Denmark, and U.K. over Iceland to Halifax and from here a weekly Thursday morning departure to Portland [Maine]. In this we see potential for both Eimskip’s trans-Atlantic trade and in the developing short-sea market to the U.S.A.” The move opens up connections for international shippers. “Halterm’s many global carriers, which from April will also

Holtermand, “and create opportunities for European flagged/based carriers to better serve new and existing Montreal shippers via Halifax.”

Simms says Eimskip will now focus more attention on Halifax to build the business and fill the slots on its vessels.

“We see more growth opportunities through the Port of Halifax then we do out of Newfoundland and Labrador due to the current economy,” says Simms. “Our focus in Canada, in terms of our office, will be to be really aggressive in the Halifax market. We see

cargoes that are suited to our trade lanes and niche ports. We carry to Iceland, the Faroes, Greenland, and Norway, and in all those niche areas that we sail to, we can see substantial opportunity out of Halifax,” he says. Eimskip will continue to provide Halifax customers with service to Europe and Rotterdam.

Eimskip would eventually like to have a weekly service calling Halifax, Simms says.

The company has made several changes to its routes to ports in Europe. A jump in business, forecast to continue at 7% to 11% annually, is driving the changes. Q

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include new Ocean Alliance partners, OOCL and Evergreen, can now take advantage of an extensive network of regional connections over Halterm,” Holtermand says. Those regional links include including Portland, Maine; Palm Beach, Florida; St. John’s, Newfoundland; and the French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

“The passage of Bill C-30 through Ottawa, implementing the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement with the European Union, will develop stronger European cargo flows for carriers including Eimskip,” adds

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Powered by people LONGSHOREMEN DO CRUCIAL WORK IN THE PORT OF HALIFAX. BUT THE JOB HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS

By Suzanne Rent

PHOTO: STEVE FARMER

Over the last 18 months, the Halifax

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Employers Association and the Halifax Longshoremen’s Association, Local 269 (ILA) hosted two job fairs to recruit longshoremen to its ranks. These were the first such job fairs in Halifax since 2004.

Some 420 people showed up in November 2015, another 490 this past March. These weren’t just information sessions; candidates had a chance to test their physical strength and endurance for the job at the lashing lab.

Candidates could try using a lashing rod, a tool used to secure containers to the ships.

Richard Moore, president and CEO of the Halifax Employers Association, says about half of those who attended each fair applied for jobs.

The ILA and HEA were hiring 32 people at the last session.

It’s an in-demand job, but it’s not an easy gig. “There are many, many around-the-clock operations around here,” says Kevin Piper, president with the Halifax Longshoremen’s Association, Local 269 (ILA).

Shifts may start any time from 6 a.m. to midnight. Work depends on when ships are in port. There are no paid sick days or vacation. A minimum call is four hours, but longshoremen can work from the early morning to the wee hours the next day. The container terminals operate every day except Christmas and Labour Day. The Halifax Employers Association trains new longshoremen. A Grade 12 education and a driver’s licence are minimum requirements for the job. “That gets your through the door,” Piper says. “We’ve been very lucky to attract some very skilled individuals over our last few hirings.”

The ILA refers candidates to the HEA, which puts them through the selection process: interviewing, testing, orientation, and basic training. Once candidates join the ILA, they are trained based on seniority.

Training is a mix of classroom time and hands-on learning. Candidates review operating manuals for the equipment they’ll use and learn about policies of terminals, traffic flow, safety, and respectful workplace behaviour.

That regime reflects some big changes.

“A lot of training used to be on the job,” Moore says. “If someone wanted to learn a skill they put their hand up or talked to another longshoreman. They would show them how to do it or give them some seat time to show them how to do it.”

Newcomers start out doing general labour and lashing. They can work their way up to gantry cranes that load and unload ships.

Piper says the gantry cranes are the “pinnacle” of training.

“We have some people who aren’t interested in that,” Piper says. “It takes a special person to want to work a hundred feet above in a little cab.”

But the training is also specific to the Port of Halifax.

“Someone who’s a crane operator here, for example, just can’t go get a job in another port as a crane operator,” Moore says. “When they get the skill, there is an evaluation that’s done.

We have our own trainers who do that. The skills they are used in the industry are only valid in the longshoremen industry in Halifax only. They apply to Halifax and they apply for our equipment.”

Longshoremen are becoming a more diverse group. Roseanne Weagle was the first women to join the union in 2000. She is still employed with the ILA. Piper says about 10 per cent of union members are women. Moore says the HEA actively recruits women, working with postsecondary schools to recruit younger workers.

But it’s not a job for everyone: hours can be sporadic and the weather extreme. “We are looking for people who are going to work safely and are aware of their surroundings,” Moore says. “It can be a dangerous place to be on the terminal when there are all the trucks, cranes, and yard tractors and front-end loaders. That’s why we look for people who can meet our standards and meet our testing.”

Piper says safety is the top concern. There are now full-time safety officers and safety committees ensuring safety standards are met.

Piper says safety standards went higher after

Nova Scotia’s Westray Mine disaster in May 1992, when unsafe conditions killed 26 workers.

The job can take a toll on workers’ personal lives. “These people go to work at 6 or 7 a.m. and they don’t come back until 7 a.m. the next day,” says Piper. “So it’s hugely hard on family life down here. There are days when you may not see your significant other or kids for days on end. People look through the gates and they see it looks like organized chaos in there.

There are machines going in every direction, but it’s a highly skilled workforce and we’re just hardworking regular people.”

It’s a far cry from the heyday of the mid1900s, when the job was essentially unskilled

manual labour. Gangs of longshoremen were responsible for unloading each ship, whose cargo included rolls of newsprint, grain, coal, iron ore, and sugar. Containerization changed all of that “Back in the ‘40s and ‘50s, there would have been 1,000 to 1,500 longshoremen working the Port,” Piper says. “After containerization, there was no need for as many men.”

Moore sees automation continuing in Halifax: smart containers that can track a container, its contents, and destination. But the Port will always need skilled longshoremen.

“Still the basic thing is you have to take it from the pier to the ship and from the ship

to the pier and get it to the rail,” Moore says.

“That is the basic equipment we use. I don’t see that changing too much.”

Piper expects the ranks of longshoremen to keep growing, and sees a good outlook for the Port: ideally positioned for the next generation of container vessels, and a short run to Europe. “Things are on the up for Halifax,” Piper says. “We’ve seen great increases. We’re doing volumes we haven’t seen since 2005.

We’ve seen double-digit increases. We see good things coming.” 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 / Sat-Im

Ceres

ACL

Atlantic Container Line

ACL B Service

Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam (NE) - Southampton (UK)

cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

ACL

APL

APL PA1 (Transatlantic) Service

Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam (NE) - Southampton (UK)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

APL

CMA CGM

CMA CGM SL1 Service

Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam (NE)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

Halterm

CMA CGM

Eimskip

Eimskip Green Line Service

Reykjavik (IC) - Rotterdam (NE) - Immingham (UK)

cc-tc

18 days

Hapag Lloyd

HL A Service (ATA)

Antwerp (BE) - Gothenburg (SW) - Hamburg (GE) - Liverpool (UK)

cc-gc-tc

Weekly

Hapag Lloyd

HL PA1 (Transatlantic) Service

Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam (NE) - Southampton (UK)

cc-tc

Hyundai

Hyundai PA1 (Transatlantic) Service

Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam (NE) - Southampton (UK)

cc-tc

Maersk

Maersk Canada Atlantic Express Service (CAX)

Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam (NE)

Melfi Marine

Melfi Med-Canada Service

MOL

MOL PA1 (Transatlantic) Service

Nirint Shipping

Halterm

Eimskip

Mon-Ex / Sat-Im

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

HMM

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

Halterm

Maersk

Lisbon (PT)

cc-gc-tc

10 days

Halterm

Melfi

Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam (NE) - Southampton (UK)

cc-tc

Weekly

Ceres

MOL

Nirint ECCE Service

Bilbao (SP) - Rotterdam (NE)

cc-tc

15 days

Ocean

Nirint

Nirint Shipping

Nirint Med-Canada Service

Lisbon (PT)

cc-gc-tc

10 days

Halterm

Nirint

NYK Line

NYK PA1 (Transatlantic) Service

Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam (NE) - Southampton (UK)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

NYK

OOCL

OOCL PA1 (Transatlantic) Service

Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam (NE) - Southampton (UK)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

OOCL

Wallenius Willhelmsen

WW ACL A Service

Antwerp (BE) - Gothenburg (SW) - Hamburg (GE) - Liverpool (UK)

gc-rr

Weekly

Mon-Ex / Sat-Im

Ceres

Wallenius

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

APL

Ocean

Protos CMA CGM

Sunday

SOUTH EUROPE (MEDITERRANEAN) APL

APL AZX Service

Cagliari (IT) - Damietta (EG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Bahri

Bahri (NSCSA) North America Service

Livorno/Leghorn (IT)

cc-gc-rr

Monthly

CMA CGM

CMA-CGM Bengal Bay Service

Cagliari (IT) - Damietta (EG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

HL AZX Service

Cagliari (IT) - Damietta (EG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Hyundai

Hyundai AZX Service

Cagliari (IT) - Damietta (EG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

HMM

Melfi Marine

Melfi Med-Canada Service

Barcelona (SP) - Genoa (IT) - Livorno/Leghorn (IT) - Valencia (SP) Salerno (IT)

cc-gc-tc

10 days

Halterm

Melfi

MOL

MOL AZX Service

Cagliari (IT) - Damietta (EG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

MOL

Nirint Shipping

Nirint Med-Canada Service

Barcelona (SP) - Genoa (IT) - Livorno/Leghorn (IT) - Valencia (SP) Salerno (IT)

cc-gc-tc

10 days

Halterm

Nirint

NYK Line

NYK AZX Service

Cagliari (IT) - Damietta (EG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

NYK

OOCL

OOCL AZX Service

Cagliari (IT) - Damietta (EG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

OOCL

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim Container Service Atlantic (ZCA)

Barcelona (SP) - Genoa (IT) - Haifa (IL) - Livorno/Leghorn (IT) Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP) - Piraeus (GR) - Ashdod (IL)

cc-tc

Weekly

Thursday

Halterm

Zim

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim SAS Service

Cagliari (IT) - Damietta (EG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

Zim

LATIN AMERICA (CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA) APL

APL PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Manzanillo (PA)

cc-tc

Weekly

APL

HL PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Manzanillo (PA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday Sunday

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Hyundai

Hyundai PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Manzanillo (PA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

HMM

Melfi Marine

Melfi Med-Canada Service

Altamira (MX) - Veracruz (MX) - Progreso (MX) - Mariel (CU)

cc-gc-tc

10 days

Halterm

Melfi

MOL

MOL PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Manzanillo (PA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Ceres

MOL

Nirint Shipping

Nirint ECCE Service

Havana (CU) - Moa (CU) - Willemstad (AN)

cc-tc

15 days

Ocean

Nirint

Nirint Shipping

Nirint Med-Canada Service

Altamira (MX) - Veracruz (MX) - Progreso (MX) - Mariel (CU)

cc-gc-tc

10 days

Halterm

Nirint

NYK Line

NYK PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Manzanillo (PA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

NYK

OOCL

OOCL PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Manzanillo (PA) - Balboa (PA

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

OOCL

Tropical Shipping

Tropical Canada-Caribbean Service

St. Thomas (USVI) - Philipsburg (NA) - San Juan (PR)

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Halterm

Tropical Shipping

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim Container Service Pacific (ZCP)

Kingston (JA) - Balboa (PA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

Zim

APL AZX Service

Via the Suez Canal: Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

APL

APL CE2 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Hong Kong (CH) - Yantian (CH) Vung Tao/Ho Chi Minh (VN) - Port Kelang (MY)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

APL

Ocean

Protos

Sunday

SOUTH / SOUTHEAST ASIA & MIDDLE EAST APL APL

Bahri (NSCSA) North America Service

Via the Suez Canal: Damman (SA) - Jeddah (SA) - Mumbai (IN) Port Said (EG) - Dubai (UA)

cc-gc-rr

Monthly

China Shipping Container Line

China Shipping AAE1 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Hong Kong (CH) - Yantian (CH) Vung Tao/Ho Chi Minh (VN) - Port Kelang (MY)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

China Shipping

CMA CGM

CMA-CGM Bengal Bay Service

Via the Suez Canal: Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

CMA CGM

CMA CGM

CMA-CGM Columbus Service

Via the Suez Canal: Hong Kong (CH) - Yantian (CH) Vung Tao/Ho Chi Minh (VN) - Port Kelang (MY)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

CMA CGM

COSCO

COSCO AAE1 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Hong Kong (CH) - Yantian (CH) Vung Tao/Ho Chi Minh (VN) - Port Kelang (MY)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

COSCO

Hamburg Sud

Hamburg Sud ECAS Service

Via the Suez Canal: Hong Kong (CH) - Yantian (CH) Vung Tao/Ho Chi Minh (VN) - Port Kelang (MY)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

Montship

Hapag Lloyd

HL AZX Service

Via the Suez Canal: Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Hyundai AZX Service

Via the Suez Canal: Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

HMM

MOL AZX Service

Via the Suez Canal: Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

MOL

NYK Line

NYK AZX Service

Via the Suez Canal: Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

NYK

OOCL

OOCL AZX Service

Via the Suez Canal: Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

OOCL

UASC AUC1 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Hong Kong (CH) - Yantian (CH) Vung Tao/Ho Chi Minh (VN) - Port Kelang (MY)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

UASC

Zim SAS Service

Via the Suez Canal: Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

Zim

Bahri

Hyundai MOL

United Arab Shipping Company Zim Integrated Shipping Line

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Service

Ports Served (alphabetically)

Cargo Type

Frequency

Day

Terminal

Agent

APL

APL CE2 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Ningbo (CH) - Pusan/Busan (SK) - Shanghai (CH)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

APL

APL

APL PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Via the Panama Canal: Kobe (JA) - Nagoya (JA) - Pusan/Busan (SK) Shanghai (CH) - Tokyo (JA) - Yokohama (JA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

APL

China Shipping Container Line

China Shipping AAE1 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Ningbo (CH) - Pusan/Busan (SK) - Shanghai (CH)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

China Shipping

CMA CGM

CMA-CGM Columbus Service

Via the Suez Canal: Ningbo (CH) - Pusan/Busan (SK) - Shanghai (CH)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

CMA CGM

COSCO

COSCO AAE1 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Ningbo (CH) - Pusan/Busan (SK) - Shanghai (CH)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

COSCO

Hamburg Sud

Hamburg Sud ECAS Service

Via the Suez Canal: Ningbo (CH) - Pusan/Busan (SK) - Shanghai (CH)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

Montship

Hapag Lloyd

HL PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Via the Panama Canal: Kobe (JA) - Nagoya (JA) - Pusan/Busan (SK) Shanghai (CH) - Tokyo (JA) - Yokohama (JA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Hyundai

Hyundai PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Via the Panama Canal: Kobe (JA) - Nagoya (JA) - Pusan/Busan (SK) Shanghai (CH) - Tokyo (JA) - Yokohama (JA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

HMM

MOL PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Via the Panama Canal: Kobe (JA) - Nagoya (JA) - Pusan/Busan (SK) Shanghai (CH) - Tokyo (JA) - Yokohama (JA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

MOL

NYK PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Via the Panama Canal: Kobe (JA) - Nagoya (JA) - Pusan/Busan (SK) Shanghai (CH) - Tokyo (JA) - Yokohama (JA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

NYK

OOCL PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Via the Panama Canal: Kobe (JA) - Nagoya (JA) - Shanghai (CH) - Tokyo (JA) - Yokohama (JA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

OOCL

UASC AUC1 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Ningbo (CH) - Pusan/Busan (SK) - Shanghai (CH)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

UASC

Zim Container Service Pacific (ZCP)

Via the Panama Canal: Ningbo (CH) - Pusan/Busan (SK) - Shanghai (CH) Qingdao (CH) - Slavyanka (RU)

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

Zim

NORTH ASIA

MOL NYK Line OOCL United Arab Shipping Company Zim Integrated Shipping Line

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 / Sat-Im

Ceres

ACL

Atlantic Container Line

ACL B Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

ACL

APL

APL AZX Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

APL

APL

APL CE2 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

APL

APL

APL PA1 (Transatlantic) Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

APL

APL

APL PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Los Angeles (CA) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Oakland (CA) Savannah (GA) - Tacoma (WA) - Vancouver (CA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

APL

Bahri

Bahri (NSCSA) North America Service

Baltimore (MD) - Houston (TX) - Jacksonville (FL) - Savannah (GA) Wilmington (NC)

cc-gc-rr

Monthly

Ocean

Protos

China Shipping Container Line

China Shipping AAE1 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

China Shipping CMA CGM

CMA CGM

CMA CGM SL1 Service

Montreal (QC)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

Halterm

CMA CGM

CMA-CGM Bengal Bay Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

CMA CGM

CMA CGM

CMA-CGM Columbus Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

CMA CGM

COSCO

COSCO AAE1 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

COSCO

Eimskip

Eimskip Green Line Service

Argentia (NL) - Portland (ME)

cc-tc

18 days

Halterm

Eimskip

Hamburg Sud

Hamburg Sud ECAS Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

Montship

Hapag Lloyd

HL A Service (ATA)

Baltimore (MD) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA)

cc-gc-tc

Weekly

Mon-Ex / Sat-Im

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Hapag Lloyd

HL AZX Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Hapag Lloyd

HL PA1 (Transatlantic) Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Hapag Lloyd

HL PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Los Angeles (CA) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Oakland (CA) Savannah (GA) - Tacoma (WA) - Vancouver (CA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Hyundai

Hyundai AZX Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

HMM

Hyundai

Hyundai PA1 (Transatlantic) Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

HMM

Hyundai

Hyundai PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Los Angeles (CA) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Oakland (CA) Savannah (GA) - Tacoma (WA) - Vancouver (CA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

HMM

Montreal (QC)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

Halterm

Maersk

Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

MOL

MOL

Maersk Canada Atlantic Express Service (CAX) MOL AZX Service

MOL

MOL PA1 (Transatlantic) Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

MOL

MOL

MOL PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Los Angeles (CA) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Oakland (CA) Savannah (GA) - Tacoma (WA) - Vancouver (CA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

MOL

NYK Line

NYK AZX Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

NYK

NYK Line

NYK PA1 (Transatlantic) Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

NYK

NYK Line

NYK PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Los Angeles (CA) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Oakland (CA) Savannah (GA) - Tacoma (WA) - Vancouver (CA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

NYK

Oceanex

Oceanex Service

St. John’s (NL)

cc, gc, tc, rr

2x week

Tuesday & Friday

Halterm

Oceanex

OOCL

OOCL AZX Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

OOCL

OOCL

OOCL PA1 (Transatlantic) Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

OOCL

OOCL

OOCL PA1 (Transpacific) Service

Los Angeles (CA) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Oakland (CA) Savannah (GA) - Tacoma (WA) - Vancouver (CA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

Transport Service International Tropical Shipping United Arab Shipping Company Wallenius Willhelmsen

Transport Maritime Service (St. Pierre et Miquelon) Tropical Canada - Caribbean Service

St. Pierre and Miquelon (FR)

cc-gc-tc

Weekly

Friday

Halterm

Maersk

OOCL

West Palm Beach (FL)

cc-tc

Weekelt

Monday

Halterm

UASC AUC1 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Halterm

902481-9335 Tropical Shipping UASC

WW ACL A Service

Baltimore (MD) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA)

gc-rr

Weekly

Mon-Ex / Sat-Im

Ceres

Wallenius

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim Container Service Atlantic (ZCA)

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Thursday

Halterm

Zim

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim Container Service Pacific (ZCP)

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

Zim

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim SAS Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday/Sunday

Ceres

Zim

cc – containerized cargo

gc – general cargo

tc – temperature-controlled cargo

rr – roll-on/roll-off cargo

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The Disney Magic returns to Halifax on Oct. 26.

Cruising to success FIVE INAUGURAL CALLS AND 274,000+ VISITORS HIGHLIGHT HALIFAX’S BUSIEST CRUISE SEASON EVER

By Janice Hudson The 2017 cruise season is going to be a big one: Port officials

expect 173 vessel calls, featuring 17 cruise lines, and 274,000 cruise visitors. “It’s the busiest we’ve seen to date in terms of vessels calls and passengers,” says Lane Farguson, communications advisor with the Halifax Port Authority. “We’re up 27 per cent for the number of vessel calls, and up 15 per cent for the total number of passengers.”

Cruise passenger activity stimulates the local economy, boosting traffic to local businesses and tourism operators. “Where cruise is really felt is on the local tourism economy and the economy of Halifax and the surrounding areas,” Farguson says. “Places like Peggy’s Cove and Lunenburg, and other places that a bus can visit in an hour and half or so.”

Cathy McGrail bears that out. She’s the chair of the Atlantic Canada Cruise Association (ACCA), which represents all ports in Atlantic Canada. “We’re expecting 750,000 cruise passengers for the whole region this season, which is up 30% from last year,” she says. “Our association is working with our partner ports, niche ports, cruise industry members in provincial and destination marketing groups in Atlantic Canada to market our region as a cruise destination.”

A recent study by the ACCA shows the cruise sector is a powerhouse for local economies, with cruise spending in the region in 2016 totaling $102 million. Adding in spinoff spending takes the number to $233 million in benefits for Atlantic Canada.

The group estimates the sector generates 1,400 jobs, paying $61 million in wages. “We’re very pleased that the sector continues to grow,” says McGrail. “To see the actual economic impact in the region speaks to the importance of this sector.”

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In the Port of Halifax, the process begins as soon as passengers disembark their vessels and meet staff and vendors at the Cruise Pavilion, an open-concept market at Pavilion 22. “It’s a hive of activity down there,” Farguson says. “There’s souvenir-type vendors of items that you can only get in Nova Scotia. Visitors want unique Nova Scotia or Halifax gifts, so that later on, they’ll identify them with this part of their tour.”

From there, visitors can catch an organized tour or go on their own self-guided walk. “Halifax is a tremendously walkable city,” says Farguson. “We work with Waterfront Development with wayfinding signage. They look like the signs in Sesame Street, and point people in the right direction. We also have large maps placed ostensibly, so you don’t have to walk far to find them.”

Taking the Halifax Transit ferry to Dartmouth is another perk for cruise guests venturing on foot. “We have such easy access to the Dartmouth side,” Farguson says. “We have a tremendous city on both sides of the harbour.”

Making it easier for people to navigate the Halifax waterfront area is key. Work continues on the Queen’s Marque, a 10-storey development by the Armour Group and Waterfront Development for the area historically known as Queen’s Landing between George and Prince streets. Scheduled to be complete in 2019, the project will add a Queen’s Marque district with 75,000 square feet of public space.

To help people bypass the construction this summer, Waterfront Development Corporation will be installing a temporary floating sea bridge in its place that will extend from Cable Wharf to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic wharf (where CSS Acadia is docked).

By mid-June, a range of seasonal kiosks will open between Salter and Sackville streets. The new area also features 20,000 square feet

of public space, including Sands at Salter (an “urban beach” park), a performance stage with seating, and public washrooms. “A cluster of small businesses will be showcased alongside local entertainment and attractive, accessible public spaces where people can gather,” says Jennifer Angel, acting president and CEO of Waterfront Development.

Ambassatours Gray Line-Murphy’s The Cable Wharf is also operating a seasonal road train along the Halifax waterfront. The by-donation Halifax community road train will offer a half-hour loop run from the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel along Lower Water Street, up Duke Street and then along Hollis Street. It holds up to 60 people and will operate daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

“Some cruise passengers are older, so they may be looking for a way to get back to their vessel,” says Terri McCulloch, communications manager at Ambassatours. “It’s good to be able to offer this service so they can explore the boardwalk.” She says when they were testing the train last year, people lined up to try it out. “The train in and of itself is an attraction, which is really fun too.”

Farguson says having engaged partners like Ambassatours and Waterfront Development will make new services run smoothly for cruise clientele. “There is communication between the different groups to make sure that nothing is overlooked,” he says.

On the regional front, McGrail credits the cruise industry’s growth to the growing range of options available in Atlantic Canada. “The diversity of the cruise lines calling into the region is very positive,” she says. “Not every port gets every line, but in the Port of Halifax over 17 different cruise brands will be visiting, everything from small adventure luxury brands to large high-end brands like Cunard. A full scope of brands is calling the region, offering a richness in cruising options.”

The cruise season kicked off on April 24 with the arrival of Amadea, a vessel of the Phoenix Reisen Line based in Germany. Notable visiting cruise ships for this season include Disney Magic on October 26. “It’s

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Anthem of the Seas is the biggest cruise ship to call on Halifax.

always a fun call,” Farguson says. “Disney visitors are very enthusiastic about the Disney brand.”

Cunard Line’s flagship Queen Mary 2 will visit the Port four times this season, with calls June 13, July 3, August 10, and October 4. “The Queen Mary 2 always brings harbour-watchers out,” says Farguson.

Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas will set a record when it visits.

“She’s the biggest cruise ship that’s ever called on the Port of Halifax,” Farguson says. It makes its first call on June 29, with other calls on September 7, September 21, October 3, and October 17.

Celebrations for Canada’s 150th birthday may be why one cruise vessel, Celebrity Summit, is staying overnight in the Port on July 1. “An

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overnight stay is not common,” Farguson says. “It will be a fun time to be in Halifax. Pier 21 and the Seaport Market will be very animated spaces on Canada Day.” Celebrity Summit also calls September 20, October 4, and October 20.

He’s also excited about Viking Ocean Cruises’ Viking Sky, one of five ships calling on the Port for the first time. It visits on September 30, October 10, and October 24.

“It’s an unbelievably luxurious ship,” Farguson says. “It’s a smaller-capacity cruise ship, but they really put effort in the little touches that you don’t see in other ships…It has a steam room and a snow room, and an infinity pool cantilevered off of the ship’s stern.”

This vessel is on the Canada-New England run, which usually starts in Boston or New York, going up the eastern seaboard visiting ports like Halifax, Sydney, Charlottetown, and St. John’s, N.L., then up the St. Lawrence River to Montreal or Quebec City. “We’re part of that network,” says Farguson. “All cruise ports work together. A cruise ship wants a variety of experiences.”

The cruise season peaks in the fall, with September 14 as the only five-ship day. October 3 will be the busiest passenger day with over 11,000 passengers plus crew visiting the Port.

“The lines are always looking for new products—new tours and new events,” says McGrail. “It’s nice to have so much to offer them. That’s what brings the brands here.

Farguson agrees. “It’s shaping up to be a strong season,” he says. “It really ties into the buzz that Nova Scotia tourism has this year. It’s really coming into its own.” Q

The cruise sector is a powerhouse for local economies, with cruise spending in the region totaling $102 million in 2016.

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