News / Port of Halifax nudges past 600,000 teu, but competition is growing

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Competition for box traffic is in full swing on Canada’s east coast.

The port of Halifax narrowly missed the 600,000 teu mark in 2021, but last year went over this threshold, clocking up 601,700 teu of throughput.

This small increase – up from 595,751 teu in 2021 – came despite significant leakage to the port of Saint John, which was on course to nearly double its tally last year.

Halifax’s management stressed that collaboration with ocean and rail carriers, terminal operator PSA and ...