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Pages in category "Port authorities in Canada" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H.
Georgia Ports Authority intermodal terminal at the Port of Savannah. In Canada, the United States and Spain, a port authority (less commonly a port district) is a governmental or quasi-governmental public authority for a special-purpose district usually formed by a legislative body (or bodies) to operate ports and other transportation infrastructure.
2008 (as amalgamation of former Port of Vancouver, North Fraser Port Authority and Fraser River Port Authority) Operated by: Vancouver Fraser Port Authority: Owned by: Government of Canada: Size of harbour: 16,000 hectares: Land area: 1,000 hectares: Size: 350 kilometres: No. of berths: 57 [2] Draft depth: 18.4 m. [2] Chair: Judy Rogers ...
The job action came after port workers in British Columbia were locked out amid a labor dispute involving more than 700 longshore supervisors, resulting in a paralysis of container cargo traffic ...
The Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority (HOPA) is a port authority that controls ports in the cities of Hamilton and Oshawa in the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada.It was created in 2019 when the Hamilton Port Authority and the Oshawa Port Authority were merged by the Government of Canada. [6]
The Canada Ports Corporation (also known as Ports Canada) was a port corporation which operated across Canada. An Act of Parliament, which had been promoted by Jean-Luc Pépin , founded it on 24 February 1983, and it was marked as a responsibility of the Minister of Transport .
The port authority is an autonomous self-financing federal agency created under the terms of the Canada Marine Act. [35] The port authority's board of directors is composed of seven business people from the Montreal area. Each of three levels of government – federal, provincial and municipal – names a director.
The 19 port authorities created by the act were 19 of the 20 most economically significant ports in Canada. The port is primarily a grain shipping port for Western Canada, with approximately 85% of the cargo tonnage consisting of grain exported to ports around the world. [1] Coal and potash make up most of the remaining cargo of the port ...