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The latest on cargo and ship movements, key stakeholders, and new development­­s New equipment at Halterm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Caribbean links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The future of Canada’s navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Around the Port Good to grow THE PORT OF HALIFAX MARKS A STRONG 2018 AND EXPANDS TO HANDLE FUTURE GROWTH IN CARGO AND CRUISE TRAFFIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Carrier Spotlight The French connection CMA CGM LINKS THE PORT OF HALIFAX TO SHIPPING NETWORKS THAT SPAN THE GLOBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PHOTOS: STEVE FARMER/HPA

PORTSIDE NOTES

WITH RECENTLY ANNOUNCED CRANE UPGRADES, SOUTH END TERMINAL OPERATOR HALTERM WILL CONTINUE TO WELCOME THE LARGEST CARGO SHIPS SERVING THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA.

New equipment at Halterm Halterm, which operates the South End

Container Terminal, has announced plans to buy a new super post-panamax ship-toshore container gantry crane and lifting equipment, together with container yard equipment, including two rubber-tired gantry cranes and nine terminal tractors and trailers, with an option to buy another ship-to-shore crane in 2019, according to a recent press release.

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The new super post-panamax ship-toshore crane, due June 2020, will offer enhanced outreach (24 wide) and height, capable of spanning the largest vessels being deployed on North America’s East Coast. It will go on Halterm’s main berth alongside four existing super postpanamax units and one panamax unit.

“We have refocused the terminal to ensure that we not only meet existing

customer requirements, but have a credible plan to realize future growth,” says Kim Holtermand, CEO and managing director of Halterm. “We will deliver on our plans at the waterfront, in concrete and steel, to ensure that Halterm Container Terminal stays ahead of customer demand and maintains the flexibility at three deepwater berths to deliver world-class service for vessels from feeders to the Ultra-class.”

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“For example, the new berth extension will allow Halterm to handle two ultraclass vessels, while recent container yard expansion and inland rail initiatives with CN provide highly efficient low impact through-port container movements. The

cranes and support equipment are key to the terminal’s unique position as Eastern Canada’s ‘ultra-vessel’ container gateway.”

In January, Halterm received Halifax’s largest container ship to date, the 364m, 11,400-TEU CMA CGM Libra, on its Ocean Alliance South Asia-Halifax weekly service. Q

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The equipment further supports the Halifax Port Authority’s on-going development of Halterm Container Terminal’s deep-water main berth to 800 metres in length, says the press release.

“Halterm is working with the Halifax Port Authority to ensure dynamic demand-led

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PORTSIDE NOTES

Caribbean links The Tropical Shipping vessel Tropic

to 20 knots, serving ports in Nova Scotia, Florida, Puerto Rico, the Eastern Caribbean, and the Virgin Islands.

The other two new vessels are smaller Mini Express Class and will carry up to 300 TEU with a speed of 14 knots. They can deliver cargo in ports as shallow as four metres, and will serve the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, and the Dominican Republic.

“Tropical Shipping has been and continues to be the leader in ocean transportation to the Caribbean,” says Tropical vice-president Tim Martin in a press release. “Tropical develops and maintains outstanding relationships with our customers and provides them unmatched on-time reliability and fast, purpose-built, versatile ships.”

Halterm maintains a basic workforce of some 140 longshoremen. According to Kim Holtermand, Halterm managing director and CEO, “the terminal has strengthened its basic workforce, operational capabilities and its handling capacity to meet its commitments to Tropical Shipping around the carrier’s delivery of the larger capacity vessels. This is a landmark day in our service to Tropical Shipping.”

HPA president and CEO Karen Oldfield hails the launch of the new vessels. “We are excited to welcome the captain and crew of the Tropic Hope to our Port city,” she says.

“We look forward to our continued work... to further develop trade between Eastern Canada and the Caribbean.” Q

PHOTO: STEVE FARMER/HPA

Hope recently made its inaugural call at Halterm Container Terminal at the Port of Halifax. This is the first of two new Tropical Shipping vessels that will visit Halifax, with Tropic Island arriving later this year.

Tropical Shipping is the primary reefercarrier serving the Caribbean region; these new vessels increase Tropical Shipping’s capacity to bring temperature-controlled cargo to the Caribbean. The vessels also offer increased speed and efficiency.

Tropic Hope and Tropic Island are among six new Tropical Shipping vessels entering service.

Four of the new vessels, including the Tropic Hope and Tropic Island, are Carib Class vessels that are 160 metres long with 1,100-TEU capacity including 270 reefer plugs and can travel up

TROPIC HOPE, THE LATEST ADDITION TO TROPICAL SHIPPING’S FLEET, RECENTLY VISITED THE PORT OF HALIFAX FOR THE FIRST TIME.

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BY TREVOR J. ADAMS

The future of Canada’s navy unveiled the selected design and design team for the Royal Canadian Navy’s next class of warship, the Canadian Surface Combatants, which will be built in the Port at Halifax Shipyard.

The Canadian Surface Combatant project is the largest, most multifaceted procurement ever undertaken by the Canadian government, according to a report on the navy’s website.

The selection of the design and design team is the result of a complex evaluation and selection process. Through this process, the government has identified a design based on BAE’s Type 26 design (also known as the Global Combat Ship) as the starting point for the design of the future warships.

The defence department aims to have the warships in service for the next 40 years.

That means anticipating future threats and security needs. The warships will be equipped with the latest technology, with flexibility to adapt as necessary.

The navy has unique requirements. Canada has the world’s longest coastline along three oceans and a climate of extreme weather conditions. Its operations include monitoring and defending Canadian waters, and leading international naval operations in open oceans and highly complex littoral environments.

Defence experts, together with ISI and Lockheed Martin Canada will now refine and finalize the design to incorporate capabilities specific to Canada (such as support for the navy’s Cyclone helicopter). Q

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In February, the Canadian government

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AROUND THE PORT

Good to grow THE PORT OF HALIFAX MARKS A STRONG 2018 AND EXPANDS TO HANDLE FUTURE GROWTH IN CARGO AND CRUISE TRAFFIC

By Tom Peters The Halifax Port Authority (HPA)

has started work on a major infrastructure project that will see the South End container terminal extended by 135 metres. The project, with an estimated cost of $35 million, is expected to be complete in early 2020, giving the terminal, operated by Halterm, the capability to handle two ultra-class container ships simultaneously.

At a Port stakeholder session in January, HPA President and CEO Karen Oldfield said, “These are the big ships that are calling now and in order to stay relevant as a big ship port on the East Coast of North America, we need to be able to berth and service two of those vessels at the same time.”

On Jan. 12, the Port welcomed its largest container vessel ever to call, the CMA CGM Libra. The ultra-class ship, with an 11,400-TEU capacity, docked at Halterm. The extension at the South End terminal is a temporary solution to serving these big ships. To help develop 10

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a long-term infrastructure strategy, in 2016 the HPA retained WSP Global Inc., a leading engineering professional services firm, headquartered in Montreal. The firm reviewed and assessed numerous infrastructure options. The WSP report was followed by approximately 50 additional reports and studies.

HPA senior vice-president Paul MacIsaac, says HPA took an expanded look at the port and “investigated raising bridges, building a Northwest Arm crossing, building a terminal on McNabs Island with rail connections to the mainland and using cross-harbour barges to move containers or trucks between Halifax and Dartmouth.”

However, he adds “none of these options were deemed feasible because quite frankly, there is no business case to support the development cost.”

Other options considered included widening the CN rail cut for the movement of container cargo by rail and truck. The

logistics, costs and other operational issues made this project unfeasible. There was also further discussion on constructing a new terminal on the Dartmouth side of the harbour but in the end, that was a $2-billion project that would not be available until sometime in the 2030s.

Other options included Halterm South, extending the terminal southward that had a final price tag of approximately $423 million, and Halterm East, a phased-in project, with a first-phase cost of $501 million.

The Halterm North option has proven to be top choice. This project would involve “infilling the main Ocean Terminal slips between Piers A, A1 and B and using a caisson wall that supports a new container pier creating a new ultra-class container vessel berth,” MacIsaac says. “This proposal would create an efficient yard that can still accommodate dry-bulk and cruise operations along the north side of Pier A. The Halifax Port Authority would

investigate relocating users of Ocean Terminals to other locations within the Port of Halifax. The estimated cost to move this forward is $416 million.”

Halterm North would become the permanent solution for a second ultra-class berth and will develop when demand requires it.

YEAR-END CARGO FIGURES Containerized cargo volume through the Port of Halifax in 2018 remained relatively consistent with 2017, the highest-volume year the Port has experienced. In 2017 the port handled 559,242 TEU while in 2018 that dipped slightly to 547,445 TEU (down 2.1%).

HPA spokesman Lane Farguson says poor weather, and in particular a lot of wind, may have a hand in the lower numbers in 2018. “We did have some challenging conditions with weather, especially in the first and fourth quarters,” he explains. These conditions resulted in schedule interruptions for some carriers.

Farguson adds: the Port experienced “some adjustment of services through Halifax as the shipping alliances continued to evolve through 2018 so looking ahead for 2019 we are hoping those movements have more or less stabilized and we will continue to work with terminal operators and shipping lines, CN and labour and all parties involved, to continue to push on big-ship trade through Halifax.”

Looking to the future, Farguson anticipates Halifax will see even larger vessels than the CMA CGM Libra. “As we continue to see the cascading effect with the deployment of larger vessels to the East Coast trade,” Farguson says Halifax will see ships in the 14,000 TEU range but doesn’t know just when that will happen.

Port land is divided into six categories: container terminals, grain elevator, cargo-handling facilities, non-cargo facility, Halifax Harbour, and Halifax Seaport (including cruise terminals).

“Currently, across all of our real estate property, we have less than 1% vacancy,” she says.

Port properties include the approximately 11 hectares consisting of various buildings and facilities for cruise operations, commercial tenants, and events.

Dempsey says during the past year “we have been working to further grow the Halifax Seaport, especially in the shoulder seasons. Our goal is to build on what is already in place for the local community and tourists. We want to grow the waterfront experience by adding new activities and one way of doing that is through strategic leasing and developing new land side opportunities.”

HPA works with various partners in the Halifax Seaport, including the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Garrison Brewing, East Coast Lifestyle, the Cunard Centre event space, and with neighbours such as the Westin hotel, the Discovery Centre, and Develop Nova Scotia.

“With these partners and others, we will work on new ways to further promote and grow the district as a year-round destination,” she recently told Port stakeholders. She added that “as part of our strategy, we are also working to revitalize the Halifax Seaport Farmers Market building, especially during the week days. Planning is underway and we are having discussions with the existing vendors and tenants of the market building.” Q

RECORD YEAR FOR CRUISE The Port had its busiest cruise year in 2018 hosting 316,869 passengers, an increase of 8% over 2017, and 198 vessel calls, an increase of 14% over the previous year.

Cathy McGrail, the HPA’s associate vice-president of strategy and innovation, told the stakeholder session that the Port expects to have similar cruise ship numbers in 2019. The port will host 192 vessel calls and an expected 320,000 passengers in 2019.

Two factors drive the strong cruise performance, she said: “ships are getting bigger which means more passengers per call, and also Halifax is a big-ship port and able to handle these vessels.”

McGrail said cruise lines are expanding their offerings to attract more people. Some of the newer vessels now have water slides, climbing walls, and more family-focused amenities. She pointed to the two-level go-cart track on the 4,200-passenger Norwegian Bliss, which made its first visit to Halifax in 2018.

McGrail said Halifax is a key cruise destination for the region, and growing accordingly: “To ensure that we can maintain and grow the business for the port and the region, we are in the preliminary stages of planning for additional cruise infrastructure. We are exploring options on both sides of the harbour.”

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CARRIER SPOTLIGHT

The French connection CMA CGM LINKS THE PORT OF HALIFAX TO SHIPPING NETWORKS THAT SPAN THE GLOBE

By Tom Peters The French container line CMA CGM

has been a force on Canada’s shipping scene for nearly 30 years.

Founded in 1978 by Jacques Saadé, the family business has evolved into one of the largest shipping companies in the world and one of the major international container lines calling the Port of Halifax.

Based in Marseille and a member of the Ocean Alliance with China Cosco Shipping, Evergreen Line, American President Lines (APL) and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), CMA CGM has a fleet of approximately 500 ships connecting (total capacity 2.6 million TEU) to approximately 420 ports in 160 countries and has over 750 offices worldwide.

CMA CGM began cargo operations to Canada with a separate representative agency in 1991 and started its own office in Canada in 2001, says Jean-Baptiste Longin, who became general manager of CMA CGM Canada Inc. in January. With its Canadian headquarters in Montreal, 12

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CMA CGM also has offices in Vancouver and Mississauga.

Longin says the company has grown fast in Canada. In the Port of Halifax, where its operations began in 2005, CMA CGM has one sales person and offers two weekly services: the St. Laurent 1, which connects Halifax to Montreal and ports in Northern Europe and the Columbus JAX service which calls Halifax from Asia through the Suez Canal. After Halifax, the service calls several U.S. East Coast ports (New York, Norfolk, Charleston, and Savannah), before returning to the Suez and Asia.

The St. Laurent 1 service has four ships in the loop, each with an average capacity of 2,900 TEU. The Columbus JAX service operates with 17 vessels that have capacities of between 9,000 and 11,400 TEU. The two services have about 15% to 20% of the container market share though Halifax. The Port handled an overall total of 547,445 TEU in 2018.

Halifax has become “more and more important [to CMA CGM] in the past three or four years, especially in the reefer business,” says Longin. “We are strong in reefer worldwide. We started our reefer [business] in the Maritimes four years ago.”

Halifax is also important to CMA CGM because it presents an uncongested alternative to other North American ports.

Longin says major ports and terminals on both coasts are becoming congested. CMA CGM sees Halifax as an alternative gateway for cargo going to Quebec and into the American Midwest from Europe and Asia.

The Port’s rail connection, as the East Coast terminus of CN’s continent-spanning network, is also important, he adds.

Containers can be off the ship and on a rail car within 24 to 48 hours. “This is very important to us and to our customers,” he says.

Halifax is the first port of call when coming from the Gibraltar Strait (connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea), says Longin and “every single service going

to New York is passing in front of Halifax.”

That geography makes it a good alternative for the shipping line, he adds.

In January, CMA CGM brought the largest container ship ever to call Halifax, the CMA CGM Libra, which has a capacity of 11,400 TEU. Industry watchers expect ultra-large ships like that to be the future of shipping.

CMA CGM is “looking to slowly but surely upsize the fleet” in the Columbus service from 9,500 TEU ships of today to 11,500 TEU ships by the end of this year,” Longin says. “We see the possibility of 14,000- and 15,000-TEU in two or three years.”

That timeline dovetails with HPA plans to extend the South End container terminal by 135 metres so the Halterm-operated facility will be able to handle two of these ultra-large vessels simultaneously. The HPA hopes to be ready by 2020.

Longin says the North American economy and the container industry are both strong “and we see Halifax today as an alternative [port].” But he adds that he feels Halifax will need major investments to upgrade its current infrastructure to compete with or even compliment other East Coast ports. Those investments, he suggests, will need to come from both the private sector and government.

CMA CGM also professes a focus on environmental sustainability. “We are aware, as a shipping line, of our environmental impact,” says Longin and it is one of “the pillars of our chairman” to drastically reduce ships’ carbon emissions.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has set a sulphur cap on marine fuel of 0.50% to be in place in 2020. CMA CGM is working to meet that target and is looking to liquified natural gas (LNG) as a new, cleaner fuel source. CMA CGM took possession of its first LNG-fuelled vessel, a 1,400-TEU ship, in December 2018 and has more under construction or on order including some in excess of 20,000 TEU.

Longin says there are LNG bunkering possibilities in Vancouver and also Montreal but “in Halifax, from what I know, there is no possibility to bunker ships with LNG but we hope it comes in the future.”

Stakeholders in Halifax see CMA CGM as a key part of the Port’s equation. “We value each and every shipping line that calls the Port of Halifax,” says HPA President and CEO Karen Oldfield. “Each provides different options and trade lanes for cargo moving through our Atlantic gateway.

The Ocean Alliance, Hapag-Lloyd, ONE and YML, are integral for our South and Southeast Asia direct port call coverage and the high potential for growth from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.”

Some of the largest vessels calling on Halifax today come from CMA CGM. “We certainly appreciate having those vessels in our Port,” Oldfield says. “We recognize the tremendous value they provide to the larger Port community.” Q

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SAILING SCHEDULE Line

Service

Ports Served (alphabetically)

Cargo Type

Frequency

Day

Terminal

Agent

Atlantic Container Line

ACL A Service

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

cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Mon-Ex / Sun-IM

Ceres

ACL

Atlantic Container Line

ACL AL1 Service

Antwerp (BE) - Hamburg (GE) - London Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE)

cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

ACL

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)

cc-tc

Weekly

Thursday

Halterm

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

Halterm

Maersk

Melfi Marine

Melfi Med-Canada Service

Lisbon (PT)

cc-gc-tc

13 Days

Thursday

Halterm

Melfi

Nirint Shipping

Nirint ECCE Service

Bilbao (SP) - Rotterdam (NE)

cc-tc

15 days

Ocean

Nirint

Ocean Network Express (ONE)

AL1

Antwerp (BE) - Hamburg (GE) - London Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE)

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

ONE

Ocean Network Express (ONE)

AL8

Antwerp (BE) - Hamburg (GE)

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

ONE

Wallenius Willhelmsen

WW A Service

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

cc

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

Hapag-Lloyd AL7 Service

Algeciras (SP) - Barcelona (SP) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP)

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

Hapag-Lloyd

Melfi Marine

Melfi Med-Canada Service

Barcelona (SP) - Genoa (IT) - Valencia (SP)

cc-gc-tc

13 days

Thursday

Halterm

Melfi

Ocean Network Express (ONE)

AL7

Algeciras (SP) - Barcelona (SP) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP)

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

ONE

Yang Ming

Yang Ming AL7 Service

Algeciras (SP) - Barcelona (SP) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP)

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

Yang Ming

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim ZCA Service

Algeciras (SP) - Ashdod (IL) - Barcelona (SP) - Haifa (IL) - Izmir/Aliaga (TR) Mersin (TR) - Piraeus (GR) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP)

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

Zim

NORTH EUROPE

SOUTH EUROPE

LATIN AMERICA (CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA) Melfi Marine

Melfi Med-Canada Service

Havana (CU)

cc-gc-tc

13 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

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim CFX Service

Kingston (JA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday

Halterm

Zim

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim ZCP Service

Via the Panama Canal: Kingston (JA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday (via CFX Service)

Halterm

Zim

APL 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

Halterm

APL

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

Halterm

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

Halterm

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

Halterm

Evergreen

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 / Wed-Exp

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Ocean Network Express (ONE)

EC5

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Fri-Imp / Wed-Exp

Ceres

ONE

OOCL

OOCL SEAP Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Hong Kong (CH) Laem Chabang (TH) - Singapore (SG) - Port Kelang (MY) - Jakarta (ID)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday/Sunday

Halterm

OOCL

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 / Wed-Exp

Ceres

Yang Ming

Thursday

Halterm

Melfi

Ocean

Nirint

Halterm

Tropical Shipping

SOUTH / SOUTHEAST ASIA & MIDDLE EAST APL CMA CGM

Hapag-Lloyd

Yang Ming

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Service

Ports Served (alphabetically)

Cargo Type

Frequency

Day

Terminal

Agent

Zim ZCP Service via CFX Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday (via CFX Service)

Halterm

Zim

NORTH ASIA 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 / Sun-Im

Ceres

ACL

Atlantic Container Line

ACL AL1 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Philadelphia (PA)

cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

ACL

APL

APL PE1 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday/ Sunday

Halterm

APL

CMA CGM

CMA CGM SL1 Service

Montreal (QC)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

Halterm

CMA CGM

CMA-CGM Columbus Service

Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)

Weekly

Saturday/ Sunday

Halterm

CMA CGM

COSCO

COSCO AWE5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday/ Sunday

Halterm

COSCO

Eimskip

Eimskip Green Line Service

Argentia (NL) - Portland (ME)

cc-tc

Weekly

Thursday

Halterm

Eimskip

Evergreen

Evergreen PE1 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday/ Sunday

Halterm

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

Halterm

Hapag Lloyd

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/Wed-Exp

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Maersk

Maersk CAE Service

Montreal (QC)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

Halterm

Maersk

Oceanex

Oceanex Service

Argentia (NL) - St. John's (NL)

cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Thursday

Halterm

Oceanex

Ocean Network Express (ONE)

AL1

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Philadelphia (PA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

ONE

Ocean Network Express (ONE)

AL7

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

ONE

Ocean Network Express (ONE)

AL8

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

ONE

EC5

Via the Suez Canal: Jacksonville (FL) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Fri-Imp, Wed-Exp

Ceres

ONE

OOCL

OOCL SEAP Service

Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday/Sunday

Halterm

OOCL

Transport Service International

Transport Maritime Service (St. Pierre et Miquelon)

Argentia (NL) - St.-Pierre and Miquelon (FR)

cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Friday

Halterm

902-4819335

Tropical Shipping

Tropical Canada-Caribbean Service

West Palm Beach (FL)

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Halterm

Tropical Shipping

Wallenius Willhelmsen

WW A Service

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

cc

Weekly

Mon-Ex / Sun-Im

Ceres

Wallenius

Yang Ming

Yang Ming AL1 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Philadelphia (PA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

Yang Ming

Yang Ming

Yang Ming AL7 Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

Yang Ming

Yang Ming

Yang Ming EC5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Jacksonville (FL) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Fri-Imp/Wed-Exp

Ceres

Yang Ming

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim Container Service Atlantic (CFX)

Miami (FL)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday

Halterm

Zim

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim Container Service Atlantic (ZCA)

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

Zim

CMA CGM

PHOTO: STEVE FARMER/HPA

Ocean Network Express (ONE)

cc-tc

cc – containerized cargo

gc – general cargo

tc – temperature-controlled cargo

rr – roll-on/roll-off cargo

Sailing schedule is published for reference only. Check with the ship line directly to ensure accuracy. portofhalifax.ca/port-operations-centre

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Safe and secure A DEDICATED POLICE OFFICE HELPS PROTECT THE PORT OF HALIFAX AND ITS USERS

By Tom Peters Policing the Port of Halifax means

applying tactics and procedures of routine police work on a daily basis, but is also a learning experience for Sgt. Nancy Rudback (head of the Halifax Region Police’s Port office) and her staff.

Rudback, who marks 30 years with the force in April, heads the three-member office that works to keep the Port property safe and acts as a community liaison between local residents, tourists, and businesses in the area.

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(HPA) property in 1998 after the federal government disbanded the Ports Canada Police in 1997. This is when HPA signed an agreement with Halifax Regional Police to provide Port security, Rudback says.

“We value the longstanding relationship we have with Halifax Regional Police,” says HPA spokesman Lane Farguson. “We are the only Canadian port authority that has dedicated police support through the local municipal police force.”

The benefit is the operational knowledge that comes with having dedicated police

resources assigned to Port facilities. “The Halifax Regional Police officers who work out of the HRP Port office develop a deep knowledge and understanding of our land side property and water side jurisdictions and the specific operational considerations that come with Port facilities,” Farguson explains.

The police, based at their office on Marginal Road near Mission to Seafarers, patrol Port land that stretches from the South End container terminal, operated by Halterm, to the Fairview Cove terminal, operated by Ceres.

That land includes the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, and several businesses, says Rudback. There are other publicly accessible areas in that waterfront stretch between Halterm and Ceres but there are many “gated areas” that can’t be accessed without authorization, like the cargo terminals.

The office’s main responsibility is general police work, said Rudback. “It is basically what we would do on the street,” she says: auto accidents, industrial accidents, and other routine police calls.

The Port police are in touch with Canada Border Services (the federal organization that inspects containers for illegal cargo and stowaways), but really doesn’t interact with CBSA on a daily basis. The Port office attends meetings with Coastal Watch, a joint unit of the RCMP and CBSA, and Rudback says police are always ready to assist if required.

The Port police also have a presence on the water. HPA has a vessel and if a police officer is assigned to the Port office, he or she, must take a vessel operator’s course and a radio course, both through the Canadian Coast Guard, to qualify to operate it. “We try to maintain a proactive presence on the water for the Halifax Regional Police and the Port,” says Rudback, adding that the busy cruise season brings challenges.

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On days when there are multiple cruise-ship visits and tourists are enjoying the nice weather, “we would like to go out on the water but we can’t,” Rudback says. In 2018 the port welcomed 198 vessel calls and over 316,000 cruise guests.

Rudback says police try to be on site when all cruise ships are disembarking passengers “so they see the commissioners who do security for the ship and they see an actual Halifax police officer,” who is ready to answer questions. “Depending on the day and time they come in, we can’t always be where they disembark but generally we are,” Rudback says.

There is also a public-relations aspect to the work, connecting with the Port community. “We would know most of the businesses there and they would recognize us on first name basis,” she says—not only the businesses but also Port workers.

During the cruise season there is a pavilion with 25 to 30 shops.

Some passengers go straight to the tour buses or go on walking tours while others will shop in the pavilion “so we would attend any calls at the pavilion and just maintain a visible presence for the comfort of the shop owners,” Rudback adds.

Working at the port presents a different angle to policing. “There is a whole new bunch of things to learn,” Rudback says. “How the ships are docked. Where the piers are. What different workers do. It’s policing in a whole new micro-community,” she says.

Port stakeholders appreciate their work. “The police Port unit’s contribution to the safety and security of the Port of Halifax, to those who work in and around the Port, visitors to the Port, and Port users including the general public, is significant,” says Richard Moore, president and CEO of the Halifax Employers Association.

“The presence of such a unit in a working port, both on land and on water, is a valuable resource to stakeholders and also a deterrent to

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