Terminal in Halifax completed
The extension of the South End Container Terminal, operated by PSA Halifax, at the Port of Halifax in Canada is now operational. The first vessel to call the new terminal is the “Zim Tarragona”.
With the extension, the terminal now has the longest and deepest container berth in Eastern Canada with 800 m continuous length and 16 m depth. The recent installation of a new Super Post-Panamax (SPPX) crane, the largest in Eastern Canada, brings the total complement of SPPX quay cranes at PSA Halifax to five. Construction of the new berth began with dredging in January 2019.
Halifax Port Authority president and CEO Captain Allan Gray commented: “The completion of this project comes at the same time we are seeing the first of the 15,000+ teu ultra-class container vessels calling at our port.” (cd)