Media Fact Sheet

Quick Facts about the Port of Halifax Canada's Atlantic Gateway to the World

• Halifax has one of the deepest and largest natural harbours in the world
• Ice-free year round and minimal tides
• Economic impact of almost $700 million
• 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
• Port of Halifax serves more mainline global container services to more continents than any other Canadian Port
• 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 from Halifax to Montreal, Toronto and Chicago
• Only major seaport in Canada with policing services

Cruise

In 2004, the Port of Halifax hosted two of the world's largest cruise ships, Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2 and Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas - 98% of cruise passengers visiting Halifax in 2003 were satisfied with their visit to the Port of Halifax

Quick Facts about the Halifax Port Authority

• Established in 1999 as an Agent of the Crown
• Employs approximately 60 employees
• The Halifax Port Authority administers 258 acres of land
• Fairview Cove Container Terminal
• South End Container Terminal
• Richmond Terminals
• Ocean Terminals
• Grain Elevator
• Dartmouth Pier

Port of Halifax's 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

Port of Halifax - 2007 Cargo Statistics

Description	2007 Statistics
Shipping Lines	16 major shipping lines
Cargo Volume	12,238,908 metric tonnes
Container Tonnage	4,228,206 metric tonnes
Container Trading Partners	Europe (36%) Asia (30%) Caribbean (8%) Middle East (8%) Americas (South/Central) (5%) North America (12%) Other (Africa, Oceania) (1%)
Top 5 Container Imports	Miscellaneous Consumer Products Machinery-Machinery, Mechanical Appliances, Parts Textiles/Clothing Ceramic Products Iron/Steel Products
Top 5 Container Exports	Newsprint Consumer Products Paper/Paperboard Miscellaneous Fruit, Nut and Vegetable Products Woodpulp

Port of Halifax - Quick Cruise Statistics

2007

• 92 cruise vessels
• 176,000 cruise passengers

2006

• 89 cruise vessels
• 170,000 cruise passengers

2005

• 108 cruise vessels
• Over 188,000 cruise passengers