Media Fact Sheet

Media Contacts:

If you are a member of the media, please contact one of our Public Affairs representatives at the below contact information:

Michele Peveril
Manager Corporate Communications and Public Affairs
Office: (902) 426-1060
E-mail: mpeveril@portofhalifax.ca

Alternate Media Contact:

Lizzie Dodds
Office: (902) 426-3465
E-mail: edodds@portofhalifax.ca

Port of Halifax Quick Facts

Canada's Atlantic Gateway to the World

• One of the deepest and largest natural harbours in the world
• Ice-free year-round and minimal tides
• Economic impact of over $1.5 billion
• Employment impact of over 15,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs
• Strategically located on the Great Circle Route
• Most easterly North American full-service container port
• First inbound, last outbound port to North America from Europe and the Med./Suez
• Serving major lines on transatlantic, Suez and pendulum routings including: Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia/Indian Subcontinent and the Far East
• Serving more mainline global container services to more continents than any other Canadian Port
• Post-Panamax vessels as large as 5,888 TEU currently call Halifax
• Two container terminals:
  1. Fairview Cove Container Terminal (Operated by Cerescorp Limited) -
     70 acres, 6 cranes (3 Super post-Panamax)/2 berths
  2. South End Container Terminal (Operated by Halterm Limited) -
     72 acres, 6 cranes (2 Super post-Panamax)/3 berths
• CN provides daily double-stack train departures to Montreal, Toronto and Chicago
• Only major seaport in Canada with policing services

The Halifax Port Authority

• Established in 1999 as an Agent of the Crown
• Employs approximately 60 employees
• Administers 258 acres of land at:
  • Fairview Cove Container Terminal
  • South End Container Terminal
  • Richmond Terminals
  • Ocean Terminals
  • Grain Elevator
  • Dartmouth Pier

Port of Halifax Firsts

• 1752 - North America's oldest operating salt water ferry service began service
• 1758 - North America's first naval dockyard opened
• 1837 - North America's first yacht squadron opened - The Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron
• 1970 - Halifax's South End Container Terminal opened - Canada's first common-user container terminal
• 1998 - Halifax was the first east coast North American port to welcome a post-Panamax vessel, the Regina Maersk

For a more complete history of the Port of Halifax, click here.

Cargo & Cruise Statistics

To view cargo and cruise statistics for the Port of Halifax, click here.