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Cruising together It takes many partners to build an efficient cruise-ship industry

VALUABLE PARTNERS The Port of Halifax and Hapag-Lloyd continue to grow together

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The latest on cargo and ship movements, key stakeholders, and new development­­s What’s in a name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ready for action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Port of choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

First Call Pieces in place NEW SERVICES AND NEW TECHNOLOGY ALIGN TO MAKE 2018 A YEAR OF GROWTH FOR THE PORT OF HALIFAX

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Carrier Spotlight Valuable partners THE PORT OF HALIFAX AND HAPAG-LLOYD CONTINUE TO GROW TOGETHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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For more information on the Port of Halifax and its stakeholders, please contact: Halifax Port Authority, Business Development & Operations P.O. Box 336 Ocean Terminals, 1215 Marginal Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2P6 Canada Tel: 902-426-2620 • Fax: 902-426-7335 Email: info@portofhalifax.ca Website: portofhalifax.ca or Halifax Shipping Association P.O. Box 1146, Station M Halifax, NS B3J 2X1 Email: info@hfxshippingassn.com Website: halifaxshippingassociation.com

Printed in Canada Copyright © Summer 2018 Port of Halifax Magazine Produced by Metro Guide Publishing

Cruising together IT TAKES MANY PARTNERS TO BUILD AN EFFICIENT CRUISE-SHIP INDUSTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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During the 2018 season, the Port of Halifax expects to welcome some 200 vessels, bringing about 300,000 passengers to the city. Photo: HPA

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HALIFAX PORT AUTHORITY PRESIDENT AND CEO KAREN OLDFIELD WELCOMES THE NEW GRIMALDI CARRIER GRANDE HALIFAX TO THE CITY.

What’s in a name Earlier this spring, Halifax Port Authority president and

CEO Karen Oldfield christened Grimaldi Group’s new ro/ro auto carrier Grande Halifax.

The ceremony took place at Autoport, featuring a delegation of civil and maritime authorities, including Halifax Mayor Mike Savage, local MPs, honorary Italian consul in Halifax Marilisa Benigno, Port operators, shippers, and managers of the Grimaldi Group and its daughter company Atlantic Container Line.

During the event, Costantino Baldissara, commercial, logistics and operations director of Grimaldi, praised the relationship with the Port of Halifax. Father James Richards of St. Peter’s Church said a prayer and blessed the ship while Karen Oldfield proceeded to break a bottle of champagne on the vessel.

Built at the Chinese shipyards of Jinling, Grande Halifax has a length of 199.90 metres, a width of 32.26 metres, a gross tonnage of 63,000 tons, and a cruising speed of 19 knots. Italianflagged, it can carry 6,700 CEU (Car Equivalent Units) or 4,000 linear metres of rolling freight and 2,500 CEU. Grande Halifax is equipped with four hoistable decks, making it an extremely flexible vessel, able to transport any type of rolling cargo (cars, vans, trucks, tractors, buses, excavators, etc.) with a height of up to 5.2 metres.

In addition, Grande Halifax has a side ramp and a quarter stern ramp, the latter allowing the loading of freight with a weight up to 6

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150 tons. The configuration of the various decks and the system for the internal ramps reduce to the minimum the risk of damage during the loading/unloading operations.

Grande Halifax is also designed to be more environmentally friendly. It has an electronically-controlled (Man Diesel & Turbo) main engine that complies with the new regulations for reducing NOx emissions, while the installed scrubber reduces sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions. Moreover, it’s equipped with a ballast-water treatment unit in anticipation of future international regulations.

“ACL’s services to Halifax began in 1967 and have been continuously provided for over 50 years,” said Emanuele Grimaldi, managing director of the Grimaldi Group. “Today, our Group’s transatlantic services, including those of Grimaldi Lines, call Halifax about 140 times a year, ensuring a streamlined logistics chain for the trade flows of rolling and containerised freight that has developed between both continents [North America and Europe].”

Grande Halifax, together with another four PCTCs, is deployed on the Mediterranean-North America weekly ro/ro service operated by the Group, serving the ports of Halifax, Davisville, New York, Baltimore, Jacksonville, Houston, Tuxpan, Veracruz, Antwerp, Valencia, Savona, Livorno, Salerno, and Gioia Tauro. Q

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HMCS ST. JOHN’S (RIGHT) PARTICIPATES IN AN EXERCISE WITH LITHUANIAN NAVAL SHIP SELIS.

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PORTSIDE NOTES

Ready for action HMCS St. John’s, a Halifax-based

Canadian naval frigate, recently completed a series of passing exercises (PASSEX) in the Baltic with NATO allies. Participating ships from NATO nations included HDMS Niels Juel from Denmark, FGS Erfurt from Germany, P15 Selis from Lithuania, LNS Skrunda and LNS Versaitis from Latvia, and Poland’s ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski, ORP Generał Tadeusz Kosciuszko, ORP Kaszub, and ORP Bałtyk.

PASSEX is an exercise conducted by two or more navies to ensure that they are

able to communicate and cooperate while operating at sea, explains a press release from the Royal Canadian Navy. The drills can be as basic as communication via flashing light, radio procedure drills, or tactical and formation maneuvering. It also includes more advanced electronic and digital cooperation including using electronic communications and target acquisition.

“You have to be adaptable,” says Leading Seaman Nicole Fabella, a naval communicator aboard St. John’s. “Although we use the same codebook, the way in which countries train

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their communicators can be different, especially when operating with navies that speak languages other than English. It is more about different styles than anything else.”

The series provided an opportunity for NATO allies to continue building their strengths in working together in the areas of anti-air warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and anti-surface warfare. “Every time you get the chance to work alongside other navies is a privilege,” says Commander Gord Noseworthy, commanding officer of HMCS St. John’s. “Time spent conducting operations with allies overseas helps increase our knowledge of how our allies function and therefore contributes to increased global security.”

HMCS St. John’s has been in the Baltic region since January as part of Canada’s support to NATO assurance and deterrence measures in Central and Eastern Europe.

The deployment includes missions such as surveillance and monitoring, regional defence and diplomatic engagement, and capacity building. Q

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October 9 is scheduled to be Halifax’s busiest cruise day of the

season, with five vessels with a combined capacity of 11,380 passengers calling on the Port: Anthem of the Seas (Royal Caribbean International), Norwegian Dawn and Norwegian Jade (Norwegian Cruise Lines), Seabourne Quest (Seabourne Cruise Limited), and AIDAdiva (AIDA Cruises). Q

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FIRST CALL

PIECES IN PLACE NEW SERVICES AND NEW TECHNOLOGY ALIGN TO MAKE 2018 A YEAR OF GROWTH FOR THE PORT OF HALIFAX

By Tom Peters After experiencing the busiest cruise

season ever in 2017, the Port of Halifax is poised for another record breaking cruise year.

Last season the port welcomed 292,722 cruise passengers and 173 cruise ship calls.

This year the port expects 200 calls bringing approximately 300,000 visitors.

WELCOMING THE WORLD For a complete schedule of cruise ships visiting the Port of Halifax in 2018, surf to cruisehalifax.ca/our-visitors/cruise-schedule.

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Halifax’s cruise season kicked off on April 22 with the arrival of Fram, a Hurtigruten vessel. “It is a very exciting time for cruise in Halifax,” said Cathy McGrail, associate vicepresident of cruise, operations and corporate affairs with Halifax Port Authority (HPA).

“Thanks to strong partnerships with the cruise lines, tour providers in Nova Scotia and tourism industry groups, we are looking at another very strong season.”

“The cruise industry is such an important engine for tourism visitation in Nova Scotia,” says Jennifer Angel, acting president and CEO with Waterfront Development. “Together with our partners at the Halifax Port Authority and the many businesses and community partners who create outstanding experiences for visitors, we are proud to welcome guests from around the world to our waterfronts.”

The economic spinoffs are what make the cruise sector vital to the Port and Nova Scotia in general. An economic-impact study completed after the 2016 season showed the cruise industry was worth $122.9 million to the Halifax area. And that value has likely gone up. “In the last two years we have seen an increase in both passenger numbers and vessel calls so we know the economic impact is greater simply because of the greater activity on both the passenger side and the vessel side,” says Lane Farguson, HPA communications advisor.

Highlights of the cruise season (which continues until Nov. 6), include 10 scheduled inaugural calls starting with the arrival of Norwegian Bliss, a Norwegian Cruise Line vessel, on April 30; three visits from Disney Magic on Sept. 17, Sept. 22, and Oct. 2; and

a visit from Queen Mary 2 on Oct. 5. Port officials expect Oct. 9 to be the busiest day of the season, with five vessels bringing some 11,000 guests to Halifax.

Cargo traffic continues to grow as well. After a record-breaking year in 2017, the upward trend in container cargo at the Port’s two container terminals, continued in the first quarter of 2018.

The terminals handled 134,367 TEU in the first quarter of 2018, up 2.8% over the same period in 2017. Non-containerized cargo in the first quarter of this year was 66,681 tons. Total tonnage through Halifax Port Authority facilities in the first quarter was 1,190,238 tons, up 5.6% over the same period in 2017.

“In talking with our business development department, things are trending in the same direction they have been for the past two and half years and that’s a good thing,” says Farguson. “We are seeing a lot of work being done to keep the momentum going. It is a real credit to all organizations within the Port, working together to let the market know what we have here.” The collaborative approach is paying dividends for containerized cargo at both terminals, he adds.

Cargo growth also creates jobs.

Richard Moore, president and CEO of the Halifax Employers Association, said the increased business, along with an aging workforce and more people retiring or working less hours, have created the need for more people. “We are in the process of hiring another 56 individuals ... and we are also going to hire 10 checker trainees,” he says.

In record-setting 2017, container cargo numbers hit 559,242 TEU, up 16% over 2016 and surpassing the previous record of 550,462 TEU set in 2005.

While stakeholders keep an eye on cargo trends, Port watchers are seeing changes with some of the shipping lines.

One of the Port’s premiere carriers, Zim container line, has made a change and upgrade to its Zim Container Service Pacific (ZCP) and simultaneously launched of a new Canada Florida Express Service (CFX) which started in early April over the Port’s South End terminal operated by Halterm. At Fairview Cove, the ONE Alliance began its service over the Ceres-operated terminal. A press release from Zim says that the combined synchronized change will improve transit times and service levels and expand port coverage.

CFX is a weekly, fixed-day service deploying two 1,300-TEU vessels. Connecting Zim’s Latin American hub in Kingston, Jamaica with Florida and Halifax, the new service will also connect Zim’s regional network to its main liners. The CFX rotation is Kingston, Miami, Halifax, Kingston.

“We anticipate that overall volumes will increase as a result of this new service so that is something that will be well received by the terminal operator and all other groups that see the benefits of increased cargo through Halifax,” says Farguson.

The launch of CFX is synchronized with the change in Zim’s Container Service Pacific (ZCP), which will cease to call Halifax.

Instead, Halifax will be served via Kingston, maintaining similar transit times. The new CFX feeder will introduce best-in-class transit times from Asia into Miami, opening an important gateway to American destinations via the port of Miami. Going forward, cargo to and from Asia to Halifax will connect to ZCP via Zim’s Kingston hub.

At Ceres, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd (MOL), and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) began service April 1 under a new banner, the ONE (Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd.) Alliance.

Calvin Whidden, president of Ceres Halifax, says the alliance provides three services: the EC5 to the Far East; AL1 to Europe; and the AL6, to the Middle East. He adds that he doesn’t anticipate any service changes.

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The new ONE Alliance says in a press release that it formed to take advantage of the best practices from the three companies and their combined 1,440,000-TEU fleet size. Supported by a worldwide highlevel globally-connected organization, it offers 85 service loops and a comprehensive network linking more than 200 major ports.

In another service enhancement, the Halifax Port Authority, in partnership with Halterm, Ceres, and CN, adopting new digital technology and applying it to key performance indicators (KPIs), specifically on container dwell times and truck wait times at the terminal gates.

Digitization provides more precise information on container dwell times on the dock. The HPA is tracking the percentage of containers that move through Halifax within 72 hours as well as those moving through the Port within 96 hours of arrival. Specific information on container dwell times is more meaningful to customers than averages.

The HPA is also tracking gate times through digital technology.

“What this shows is the amount of time trucks are waiting at the gates at either terminal and the amount of time taken for processing once they are through the gates,” Farguson says.

The process, which is now live on the Port of Halifax website, is designed to track efficiency and provide accountability. It was developed in partnership with the terminal operators and CN. “We expect the availability of data will help shorten wait times and service times at the terminals,” Farguson explains. “Digital is where the industry is going and we want to be on the leading edge of it.

We are putting a fair amount of time and energy into developing systems that track information, digitize it and then provide that data back to people in a useable way that is easy to understand and has practical applications. In the case of our shipping partners, our goal is to provide them with tools they can use to manage and grow their business. We are also making sure the information is available to the larger public.” Q

HALIFAX’S CRUISE SEASON BEGAN WITH A VISIT FROM HURTIGRUTEN’S FRAM IN APRIL. SUMMER 2018 ||

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CARRIER SPOTLIGHT

VALUABLE PARTNERS THE PORT OF HALIFAX AND HAPAG-LLOYD CONTINUE TO GROW TOGETHER

By Tom Peters Major container line Hapag-Lloyd

has played an important role in the Port of Halifax for half a century.

The German-based carrier—a partner in THE Alliance with ONE (Ocean Network Express), and Yang Ming—has been Halifax’s top-volume carrier for several consecutive years. The Port has a strategic location in its globe-spanning network, access to many key markets.

“Halifax is extremely important for Hapag-Lloyd,” says Wolfgang Schoch, Hapag-Lloyd’s senior vice-president, Canada. “The Port not only provides direct access to the local Maritime market along with its clients but also allows importers to gain access through our rail vendors to several North WOLFGANG SCHOCH

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American inland destinations. At the same time we understand the special needs of our clientele to have their valuable and perishable goods loading the vessel as fast as possible to reach their oversea markets soonest.”

The carrier presently offers five services out of Halifax: EC5 to Asia, AL1 and ATA to North Europe, and the AL6 and AL7 into South Europe. “The services offered, along with a sophisticated network of transshipment ports, allows us to reach almost any desired destination,” Schoch said.

Hapag-Lloyd, which calls at the Fairview Cove Terminal (operated by Ceres Halifax), has been serving Canada since 1892 when its vessel MV Cremon first called the Port of Montreal.

“As an important connection between Atlantic and Pacific, as well as between the United States, Asia and Europe, Canada has been and continues to be an important and special partner for us,” said Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd AG, at the time

of the company’s celebration of 125 years of Canadian service. Hapag-Lloyd accounts for almost one-fifth of the total containerized cargo handled each year in Canadian ports.

In 2005, Hapag-Lloyd acquired the Canadian shipping company CP Ships, becoming the market leader in Canada. Now the line has reached another big milestone.

“After celebrating 125 years serving Canada last year, we are looking at another milestone this year celebrating 50 years of scheduled port calls to Halifax and 30 consecutive years of sponsoring the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo,” says Schoch. “We have currently two employees in Halifax, Joyce Brigden, our port operations manager, and Sebastian Paeplow, our sales manager.”

Other milestones reached by Hapag-Lloyd in its history with Halifax came in 2013 when it became the first line to bring a ship over 7,500 TEU into the Port. The Berlin Express arrived July 16 of that year with a capacity of 7,506

PHOTO: STEVE FARMER

BUDAPEST EXPRESS

The Halifax Employers Association echoes the significance of Hapag-Lloyd. “For decades Hapag-Lloyd has been a pillar organization for the Port of Halifax and the Halifax Employers Association,” says HEA president and CEO Richard Moore. “In addition to being a highly valued customer, they have consistently been one of the top two lines calling the Port in terms of container volume, providing regular employment for our employees and economic stability for our membership. They are very involved in the day-to-day operation of the HEA and their representative in Halifax, Joyce Brigden, sits on our board of directors and also chairs our business committee. Their importance to the Port of Halifax cannot be overstated as they have been a large part of the Port’s success over the years.”

In addition to its business contribution to Halifax and the provincial economy, Hapag-Lloyd has been a good corporate citizen when it comes to protecting the marine environment.

“Hapag-Lloyd numbers among the leaders in the container shipping sector when it comes to sustainability,” says the carrier’s senior director of sustainable management, Jorg Erdmann. “Time and again our involvement far exceeds the measures required by law. For example, we are one of the few global shipping companies that recycle its container ships in an environmentally friendly manner in specifically certified shipyards, even if doing so entails additional costs.”

By 2020, Hapag-Lloyd intends to reduce its CO2 emissions per TEUkilometer by 20%. “This value is compared to the emissions in 2016,” Erdmann explains. “We have already succeeded in significantly lowering our CO2 emissions in the past. Between 2007 and 2016, the specific CO2 emissions of our fleet were reduced by 46%.”

Hapag-Lloyd, with its fleet of approximately 230 container ships with a combined 1.6 million TEU capacity, is the fifth largest carrier in the world. It has over 12,500 employees in 125 countries. In Canada, the carrier has approximately 200 employees in the cities of Montreal, Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver. Q

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TEU. Two years later on Aug. 7, 2015, Hapag-Lloyd’s Budapest Express, arrived with 8,749 TEU, becoming the first container ship into Halifax with 8,500+ TEU. Hapag-Lloyd has larger ships in its fleet, which may eventually call on Halifax too. “After significant investments have been made by the province and the city to lift and raise the Macdonald Bridge [spanning Halifax Harbour] allowing the passage of bigger vessels, Hapag-Lloyd will take full advantage,” Schoch says. “However, nothing is planned at the moment.”

Whenever those vessels arrive at Fairview Cove, terminal operator Ceres is prepared to efficiently handle the cargo. Schoch says HapagLloyd has “an excellent working relationship with Ceres as well as with the Halifax Port Authority and being located on the terminal allows us to quickly react to any kind of issue mutually.”

Calvin Whidden, president of Ceres Halifax Inc., agrees. “HapagLloyd has been a valued customer of Ceres in Halifax since we opened our terminal in 1982,” he says. “Our relationship with Hapag-Lloyd has been a success from a business point of view along with the development of great relationships over the years...

Container business has grown consistently and Hapag-Lloyd is a significant reason behind our success in Halifax which has allowed us to reinvest in new equipment and terminal improvements. These changes have assisted Ceres in better servicing all our customers including Hapag.”

The carrier’s business has been a major driver both for Ceres and the Port overall. “Terminal operators, the 16 shipping lines calling Halifax, CN Rail, the ILA workforce, marine pilots and tug operators should all be recognized for their continuous effort to move cargo through our international gateway,” says HPA president and CEO Karen Oldfield. “Thanks to those combined efforts, containerized cargo growth through the Port of Halifax continues. Containerized cargo volume in 2017 is 559,242 TEU, up 16% in 2017. This represents a 34% increase over 2015.”

In 2017, Hapag-Lloyd was once again Halifax’s cargo-volume leader.

“Hapag-Lloyd is a very important carrier for the Port of Halifax and a significant contributor to the growth we have experienced in recent years,” Oldfield says. “We are pleased to recognize Hapag-Lloyd as the high-volume carrier for the Port of Halifax in 2017 and we look forward to our continued work together in our efforts to maintain and grow cargo volume through our international gateway.”

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Service

Ports Served (alphabetically)

Cargo Type

Frequency

Day

Terminal

Agent

Atlantic Container Line

ACL A Service

Antwerp (BE) - Gothenburg (SW) - Hamburg (GE) - Liverpool (UK)

cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Mon-Ex / Sun-Im

Ceres

ACL

Atlantic Container Line

ACL AL1 Service

Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - London Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE)

cc-gc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

ACL

CMA CGM

CMA CGM SL1 Service

Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam (NE)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

Halterm

CMA CGM

Eimskip

Eimskip’s TA service

Reykjavik - Immingham -Rotterdam - Bremerhaven - Helsingborg - Arhus Fredrikstad - Swinoujscie

cc-tc

Weekly

Thursday

Halterm

Eimskip

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd AL1 Service

Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - London Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd ATA Service

Antwerp (BE) - Gothenburg (SW) - Hamburg (GE) - Liverpool (UK)

cc-gc-tc

Weekly

Mon-Ex / Sun-Im

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Maersk

Maersk CAE Service

Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam (NE)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

Halterm

Maersk

Melfi Marine

Melfi Med-Canada Service

Lisbon (PT)

cc-gc-tc

13 days

Thursday

Halterm

Melfi

Nirint Shipping

Nirint ECCE Service

Bilbao (SP) - Rotterdam (NE)

cc-tc

15 days

Ocean

Nirint

Ocean Network Express "ONE"

ONE AL1 Service

Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - London Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

ONE

Ocean Network Express “ONE”

ONE AL8 Service

Antwerp (BE) - Hamburg (GE)

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

ONE

Wallenius Willhelmsen

WW A Service

Antwerp (BE) - Gothenburg (SW) - Hamburg (GE) - Liverpool (UK)

cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Mon-Ex / Sun-Im

Ceres

Wallenius

Yang Ming

Yang Ming AL1 Service

Antwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - London Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

Yang Ming

NORTH EUROPE

SOUTH EUROPE (MEDITERRANEAN) Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd AL6 Service

Fos/Marseilles (FR) - Genoa (IT) - La Spezia (IT) - Livorno/Leghorn (IT) Salerno (IT)

cc-tc

Weekly

Friday

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd AL7 Service

Algeciras (SP) - Barcelona (SP) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP)

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

Hapag Lloyd

Melfi Marine

Melfi Med-Canada Service

Barcelona (SP) - Genoa (IT) - Valencia (SP)

cc-gc-tc

13 days

Thursday

Halterm

Melfi

Ocean Network Express "ONE"

ONE AL6 Service

Fos/Marseilles (FR) - Genoa (IT) - La Spezia (IT) - Livorno/Leghorn (IT) Salerno (IT)

cc-tc

Weekly

Friday

Ceres

ONE

Ocean Network Express “ONE”

ONE AL7 Service

Algeciras (SP) - Barcelona (SP) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP)

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

ONE

Yang Ming

Yang Ming AL6 Service

Fos/Marseilles (FR) - Genoa (IT) - La Spezia (IT) - Livorno/Leghorn (IT) Salerno (IT)

cc-tc

Weekly

Friday

Ceres

Yang Ming

Yang Ming

Yang Ming AL7 Service

Algeciras (SP) - Barcelona (SP) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP)

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

Yang Ming

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim ZCA Service

Algeciras (SP) - Ashdod (IL) - Barcelona (SP) - Haifa (IL) - Izmir/Aliaga (TR) Mersin (TR) - Piraeus (GR) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP)

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

Zim

Zim ZCI Service

Fos/Marseilles (FR) - Genoa (IT) - La Spezia (IT) - Livorno/Leghorn (IT) Salerno (IT)

cc-tc

Weekly

Friday

Ceres

Zim

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

LATIN AMERICA (CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA) Melfi Marine

Melfi Med-Canada Service

Havana (CU)

cc-gc-tc

13 days

Nirint Shipping

Nirint ECCE Service

Barcadera (AN) - Mariel (CU) - Moa (CU) - Willemstad (AN)

cc-tc

15 days

Tropical Shipping

Tropical Canada-Caribbean Service

Philipsburg (NA) - San Juan (PR) - St. Thomas (USVI)

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim CFX Service

Kingston (JA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday

Halterm

Zim

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim ZCP Service

Via the Panama Canal: Kingston (JA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday (via CFX Service)

Halterm

Zim

APL PE1 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Hong Kong (CH) - Jakarta (ID) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday / Sunday

Halterm

APL

CMA CGM

CMA-CGM Columbus Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Hong Kong (CH) - Jakarta (ID) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday / Sunday

Halterm

CMA CGM

COSCO

COSCO AWE5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Hong Kong (CH) Jakarta (ID) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday / Sunday

Halterm

COSCO

Evergreen PE1 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Hong Kong (CH) - Jakarta (ID) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday / Sunday

Halterm

Evergreen

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd EC5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Fri-Imp / Wed-Exp

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Ocean Network Express “ONE”

ONE EC5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Fri-Imp / Wed- Exp

Ceres

ONE

OOCL SEAP Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Hong Kong (CH) Jakarta (ID) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday/Sunday

Halterm

OOCL

Yang Ming EC5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) Laem Chabang (TH) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Fri-Imp / Wed-Exp

Ceres

Yang Ming

Thursday

Halterm

Melfi

Ocean

Nirint

Halterm

Tropical Shipping

SOUTH / SOUTHEAST ASIA & MIDDLE EAST APL

Evergreen

OOCL Yang Ming

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SUMMER 2018 Line

Service

Ports Served (alphabetically)

Cargo Type

Frequency

Day

Terminal

Agent

Zim ZCP Service

Via the Panama Canal: Ningbo (CH) - Pusan/Busan (SK) - Qingdao (CH) - Shanghai (CH) - Slavyanka (RU)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday (via CFX Service)

Halterm

Zim

Baltimore (MD) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA)

cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Mon-Ex / Sun-Im

Ceres

ACL

cc-gc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

ACL

Halterm

APL

NORTH ASIA Zim Integrated Shipping Line

CANADA, UNITED STATES, ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON Atlantic Container Line

ACL A Service

Atlantic Container Line

ACL AL1 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Philadelphia (PA)

APL

APL PE1 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday / Sunday

CMA CGM

CMA CGM SL1 Service

Monreal (QC)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

Halterm

CMA CGM

CMA-CGM Columbus Service

Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)

Weekly

Saturday/ Sunday

Halterm

CMA CGM

COSCO

COSCO AWE5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday / Sunday

Halterm

COSCO

Eimskip

Eimskip Green Line Service

Argentia (NL) - Portland (ME)

cc-tc

Weekly

Thursday

Halterm

Eimskip

Evergreen

Evergreen PE1 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday / Sunday

Halterm

Evergreen

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd AL1 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Philadelphia (PA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd AL6 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Friday

Ceres

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd AL7 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

Hapag Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd ATA Service

Baltimore (MD) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA)

cc-gc-tc

Weekly

Mon-Ex / Sun-Im

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd EC5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Jacksonville (FL) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Fri-Imp / WedExp

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Maersk

Maersk CAE Service

Montreal (QC)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

Halterm

Maersk

Oceanex

Oceanex Service

Argentia (NL) - St. John's (NL)

cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Thursday

Halterm

Oceanex

Ocean Network Express "ONE"

ONE AL1 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Philadelphia (PA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

ONE

Ocean Network Express “ONE”

ONE AL6 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Friday

Ceres

ONE

Ocean Network Express "ONE"

ONE AL7 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

ONE

Ocean Network Express “ONE”

ONE AL8 Service

Baltimore (MD) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

ONE

ONE EC5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Jacksonville (FL) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)

Weekly

Fri-Imp / WedExp

Ceres

ONE

OOCL

OOCL SEAP Service

Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday / Sunday

Halterm

OOCL

Transport Service International

Transport Maritime Service (St. Pierre et Miquelon)

Argentia (NL) - St.-Pierre and Miquelon (FR)

cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Friday

Halterm

TMSI

Tropical Shipping

Tropical Canada-Caribbean Service

West Palm Beach (FL)

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Halterm

Tropical Shipping

Wallenius Willhelmsen

WW A Service

Baltimore (MD) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA)

cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Mon-Ex / Sun-Im

Ceres

Wallenius

Yang Ming

Yang Ming AL1 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Philadelphia (PA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

Yang Ming

Yang Ming

Yang Ming AL6 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Friday

Ceres

Yang Ming

Yang Ming

Yang Ming AL7 Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

Yang Ming

Yang Ming

Yang Ming EC5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Jacksonville (FL) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Fri-Imp / Wed- Exp

Ceres

Yang Ming

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim CFX Service

Miami (FL)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday

Halterm

Zim

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim ZCA Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Wednesday

Halterm

Zim

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim ZCI Service

New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Friday

Ceres

Zim

CMA CGM

Ocean Network Express "ONE"

cc – containerized cargo

gc – general cargo

tc – temperature-controlled cargo

cc-tc

cc-tc

rr – roll-on/roll-off cargo

Sailing schedule is published for reference only. Check with the ship line directly to ensure accuracy. portofhalifax.ca/port-operations-centre

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FEATURE

CRUISING TOGETHER IT TAKES MANY PARTNERS TO BUILD AN EFFICIENT CRUISE-SHIP INDUSTRY

By Tom Peters How many eggs do you

need

to

keep 300,000 cruise passengers happy in the course of a cruise season? How many litres of fuel do you save when 30+ cruise ships plug into shore power at the Port of Halifax? How many buses do you need to take cruise guests on shore excursions to attractions like Peggy’s Cove and the Annapolis Valley?

These questions fall on the Halifax Port Authority (HPA) team and the many people and agencies that are part of the infrastructure required to keep the multi16

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million-dollar cruise industry operating efficiently and safely.

Halifax is projecting another recordsetting cruise season, with 300,000 guests expected to arrive on approximately 200 cruise vessels. But a lot of things have to be in place to make the year successful.

Even before a ship docks, a pilot with the Atlantic Pilotage Authority is already onboard and guiding the ship safely to its berth. Halifax is one of several ports in the region where pilots are mandatory.

Halifax welcomes a variety of different sized cruise ships. “We have deep berths and available berth space to serve up to five cruise vessels at one time,” says HPA communications advisor Lane Farguson.

“Having that capacity has helped to grow the cruise industry to the point where it is now and we will see three, four and even five ship calls in one day in the upcoming season.

There will be a lot of people and some of those vessels are getting quite large.”

He points to large vessels like Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas (4,200

PHOTO: TAMMY FANCY

passengers), Norwegian Line’s Norwegian Bliss (4,000 passengers), and Carnival Horizon (3,900 passengers).

“The fact that we have berths with the depth and length to accommodate these large cruise vessels has put us in a good position to keep up with the industry as it moves toward larger ships,” Farguson says.

When a vessel docks, the Port’s infrastructure is helping to maintain a clean environment with the availability of an electrical hook up or shore power for ships that want to shut down their engines and connect to the electrical grid.

Halifax was the first port in Atlantic Canada and the second in the country to install shore power. When it became operational in late 2014, the HPA said shore power would decrease cruise ship idling by 7% and contribute to improved air quality and human health.

This percentage was expected to increase over time as more ships equipped for shore power use the facilities. The 7% reduction represents an annual decrease of approximately 123,000 litres of fuel and 370,000 kilograms of greenhouse-gas and air-pollutant emissions.

So as less coal is used by Nova Scotia Power and there is more renewable energy available, “the benefit associated with shore power increases and we expect to see further benefit once the Muskrat Falls project begins generating power through Maritime Link from Newfoundland and Labrador,” says Farguson.

The HPA spokesman says the Port has the capacity and facilities available to install additional transistors and capacitors to add a second power outlet. They plan to do that when demand grows. Farguson expects the Port to have over 30 hook-ups to shore power this year.

Once the vessel is berthed and safely tied to the dock by longshoremen, one of the most important aspects of passenger arrival is getting people safely off the ship. That is accomplished with the Port’s gangway system.

“We have a gangway system in place which is fairly flexible and can be reconfigured in a number of ways to suit the needs of the vessels in terms of size, etc.,” says Farguson.

These gangways are not stepped gangways and are all wheelchair accessible, he adds.

As passengers disembark they pass through ship and Port security. Halifax has three dedicated cruise pavilions. Pier 22 is the primary pavilion with others at Pier 20 near the Seaport Farmers’ Market and at Pier 23 which is the Cunard Centre.

PEGGY’S COVE IS A POPULAR EXCURSION FOR CRUISE VISITORS..

One of the most important aspects of any cruise infrastructure is clean and bright welcoming facilities hosting retail vendors where passengers can browse and shop for souvenirs. As soon as people get off the ship there are dedicated cruise vendors in Pavilion 22 and the nearby farmers’ market is also working to have weekend cruisepassenger vendor offerings, says Farguson.

“These are infrastructure services that provide products that guests are looking for,” he explains, “‘Made in Nova Scotia’ products they can’t get anywhere else.”

Equally important is ensuring passengers are happy and entertained while in Port.

“Then the other piece is having the space for marshalling all of those tours that are leaving the seaport and coming back later so we have to be able to move a large number of people by bus and to do so efficiently and safely is really help to grow the industry as well,” Farguson says.

In addition to the immediate retail facilities and outlets within the pavilions,

there are other nearby attractions within walking distance of the ship and without leaving Port property such at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Museum and Garrison Brewing. Having the short walk to these facilities and of course the attractive Halifax waterfront board boardwalk which leads to shops, restaurants, attractions is all part of the infrastructure, Farguson says.

And while the cruise guests explore Halifax and delight in its attractions, people are hard at work meeting the requests of the ships for provisions, fuel, and supplies.

Provisioning gets ramped up on a busy day and “this is a significant piece of the overall benefit that comes with cruise,” says Farguson. “We always talk about passenger impact but the other part is the provisioning of the ships when they are in Port.” Whether it be bunkers, local wines, Atlantic seafood or ship maintenance, that economic impact all happens when a ship is in Port, he adds.

In 2017, Halifax had a record year for both ship visits and passengers and this year

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Port officials expect to break those records.

“The industry is moving toward larger ships which increases passenger capacity. Also, the baby boomers are moving into retirement and looking for vacation options,” he says.

But further to these, the cruise industry itself has gone beyond baby boomers and looking at a broader market, Farguson adds.

He cites the example of the Norwegian Bliss, which visited Halifax in April. “This vessel has an incredible water park on board in addition it has a two-level go-kart track,” he says. “So the ships’ amenities are broadening and the industry is trying to expand its reach to the types of passengers they are trying to attract.”

As the cruise business continues to grow worldwide, the importance of Halifax’s infrastructure to handle the numbers will grow with it, readying the Port to efficiently handle more business. Q

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