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Andy Lane
July 15, 2015 at 11:17 amThe challenge for Sydney, and Halifax, is that there is no large cargo hinterland within close proximity. As a gateway for the US/Canada mid-west, it is too far away (compared to NY/NJ, Norfolk, etc and therefore the rail intermodal would be significantly higher.
A ship from Panama would need to extend sailing distance and time to reach Nova Scotia, and therefore also incur additional costs. For a ship crossing the Atlantic, it would not save any costs through calling in Nova Scotia, as it would still need to call at ports down the US east coast.
If Nova Scotia offered supply chain value as a gateway, then Halifax would be handling many times more than the 400,000 TEU it seems today.
“Build and they will come” is a dangerous strategy, if built it will likely become a white-elephant.
BN
July 17, 2015 at 8:00 pmThe Atlantic Gateway already exists in Canada, we refer to is as Montreal.