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PORT IN A STORM Capt. Allan Gray’s first months as Halifax Port Authority president and CEO have been anything but ordinary

AT THE CENTRE OF THE ACTION Capt. Adam Parsons steps into the re-created role of harbour master for the Port of Halifax

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Table of Contents Portside Notes The latest on cargo and ship movements, key stakeholders, and new developments Port Days cancelled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Going greener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Industry on pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Keeping the supply chain moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Tools for Port users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Around the Port Expect the unexpected THE PORT OF HALIFAX ADAPTS TO PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Feature At the centre of the action CAPT. ADAM PARSONS STEPS INTO THE RE-CREATED ROLE OF HARBOUR MASTER FOR THE PORT OF HALIFAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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PORTSIDE NOTES

Port Days cancelled Like events worldwide, the 2020

edition of Port Days (normally in September in Halifax) is cancelled. “The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in national and global travel restrictions, self-isolation and quarantine measures, significant manufacturing disruptions, impacts on supply chains and considerable economic upheaval including mass global layoffs,” says a press release from organizers. “The situation is expected to last for several months… The Halifax Port Authority Port Days Planning Committee would like to thank our sponsors and delegates for their consideration and understanding.” Q

Going greener In its 2019 sustainability report,

shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd reports “significant reductions” in air pollution and a successful conversion of the vessel fleet to operate using low-sulphur fuel oil. This is the company’s third sustainability report.

“Sustainability is more than just climate protection, as it also comprises ecological, economic, social, and qualitative concerns at the same time,” says CEO Rolf Habben Jansen in a press release. “In 2019, we succeeded in making a lot of progress in all four dimensions… We further reduced our specific CO2 emissions, strengthened our social commitment, and made huge investments in the quality of our service…

Despite the adverse effects of the COVID19 crisis, we will continue to focus on additional improvements, including technological and digital innovations as well as further reductions in the emissions of our fleet.”

Reducing emissions is one of the company’s top environmental goals.

“Compared to the reference year 2008, we have succeeded in reducing our specific CO2 emissions (meaning CO2 emissions per TEU/kilometre) by 50%,” says the report.

“There have also been improvements when it comes to air quality.”

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|| The new specifications on the maximum sulphur content of marine fuels issued by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have been in force since Jan. 1, 2020. Preparing for those regulations was one of the company’s main focuses for 2019. “Hapag-Lloyd got started with its planning early on and made the necessary conversions to its fleet,” says a company press release. “Since the beginning of the year, approximately 95% of Hapag-Lloyd’s vessels have been operating using lowsulphur fuel oils, which emit over 70% less sulphur oxides than the heavy fuel oil previously in use.”

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ambitious milestones for 2030 and 2050, with the aim of reducing CO2 emissions by 40% and 50% compared to 2008,” says the press release. “Hapag-Lloyd will be the first shipping company in the world to start converting a large container ship to operate using a more climate-friendly liquid natural gas (LNG) propulsion system.” Officials expect conversion work on the Sajir to begin late this year.

Hapag-Lloyd is also continuing work on alternative fuels. It launched a test of a biofuel based on used cooking oil in early 2020.

Jörg Erdmann, Hapag Lloyd’s senior director of sustainability management, believes sustainability must be a joint

effort. “Our sustainability measures also take into account the well-being of future generations,” he says in a press release.

“This makes it all the more important to bring all relevant parties—our employees, customers and shareholders, too—along on this journey.”

Hapag-Lloyd is teaming up with scientific and research organisations such as Kühne Logistics University in Hamburg. “Sustainability is a marathon rather than a 100-metre sprint,” CEO Rolf Habben Jansen adds. “The issue will remain on our strategic agenda for the long term and be given high priority… especially in 2020, which has been an unusual year for all of us.” Q

Industry on pause As the industry faces an uncertain

future, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has been working with local and national governments around the world, plus health authorities and partners across the cruise community to coordinate during the ongoing suspension of worldwide cruise operations.

“The top priority for our entire community—including cruise lines, travel agents, ports, destinations, suppliers and beyond—continues to be the health and safety of passengers, crew and the communities in the places we visit,” says a press release from the association. “The vast majority of more than 270 cruise ships within the CLIA member fleet were not affected by this virus. This is due in large part to the aggressive measures adopted by CLIA oceangoing cruise lines in response to COVID-19 based on prevailing guidance from global health authorities.”

Those measures include rigorous screening protocols, enhanced sanitation measures, and the availability of onboard medical care and treatment 24/7.

“Tragically, we know now that this virus can affect any setting where people come together to socialize and enjoy shared experiences,” the press release says.

“For this reason, and upon the WHO’s declaration of a pandemic in mid-March, CLIA oceangoing cruise lines took the unprecedented step to voluntarily suspend worldwide operations, making the cruise industry one of the first to do so.”

According to the association, the cruise industry generates more than $150 billion US per year in global economic activity and supports some 1.17 million jobs worldwide.

Cruising spinoffs touch almost every sector, from transportation and agriculture, to hospitality and tourism, manufacturing, and beyond.

“When the time is right for cruise ships to once again set sail, our community

will be an important part of the global economic and societal recovery,” says the press release. “We will use this time during the suspension of global operations to continue to work with them to achieve our shared objective of going further still in our efforts to protect the health and safety of passengers, crew, and public and to support recovery goals for tourism and business sector partners.” Q SUMMER 2020 ||

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Keeping the supply chain moving

Anita Anand, Canada’s minister of

public services and procurement, recently announced the creation of the COVID-19 Supply Council. It will bring together 17 members from the private and non-profit sectors to provide the government with advice on the procurement of critical goods and services required as part of Canada’s COVID-19 response and recovery.

“The Council will provide advice on building innovative and agile supply chains for goods in wide use such as masks, gloves and disinfectants, including

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production, sourcing, shipping and distribution strategies as the situation surrounding COVID-19 continues to evolve,” says a government press release.

This partnership with the private and non-profit sectors aims to complement Canada’s government response to COVID19. Public Services and Procurement Canada, the Canadian government’s central purchaser, has finalized agreements around the world to secure protective equipment for health-care workers with the equipment they need to protect

themselves and care for Canadians.

“Since the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic, we have engaged with provinces, territories, and the private and non-governmental sectors to respond to this crisis,” says Anand. “This council builds on that collaborative approach, bringing together a diverse group of leaders to help us address current and future supply challenges. I look forward to the work we’ll do together to ensure Canadians have access to the supplies they need to stay safe and healthy.” Q

Tools for Port users The movement of containerized cargo

vessels through the Port of Halifax has not been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and the Port of Halifax has created a web portal to keep users informed on operations. “Right now, all marine partners in the Port of Halifax are together working very hard to maintain supply chain fluidity and keep cargo moving through our international gateway,” says Capt. Allan Gray, president and CEO of the Halifax Port Authority, in a recent press release.

Each member of the Halifax Port community has taken steps to adjust their routines in accordance with directives from Transport Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada. “The employers who make up the Port of Halifax community

place safety of workers above all else and are taking all appropriate steps to follow protocols to protect workers under the current conditions,” says Gray. “The Halifax Employers Association and labour representatives are working closely and successfully to adapt procedures and communicate with workers.”

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THE PORT OF HALIFAX ADAPTS TO PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY

By Tom Peters The Halifax Port Authority (HPA) has

launched a new program to aid in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Fastlane Initiative aims to aid the speedy movement of COVID-19 related cargo, particularly personal protective equipment (PPE) and pharmaceuticals, to major Canadian centres and the U.S. Midwest, says Lane Farguson, HPA’s communications manager.

Farguson says the HPA has been working with partners Ceres Halifax, CN, the ILA, and PSA Halifax to establish the initiative “designed to deliver COVID related material quickly as it can be through the Port.” Farguson says he is aware of at least 55 containers of medical supplies have been identified through to the end of June. The goal “is to make sure that material gets set aside and moved 10

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as quickly as possible on to the next destination,” he explains.

Calvin Whidden, president of Ceres Halifax, adds: “Ceres has agreed to move all of these containers as fast as possible through our truck gates and onto rail cars.”

Labour will also do its part. “We look forward to working with those guys [service providers] and anything we can do that will help fast track essential goods into the country we are more than happy to participate,” says Kevin Piper, president of ILA Local 269.

The COVID-19 pandemic has also caused some minor delays in the construction of an extension to the South End container terminal operated by PSA Halifax. The $35-million project will extend the length of the terminal by 137 metres and have a working width of 57 metres. The berth

extension project will extend the quay line to 800 metres to meet the growing deployment of Ultra-Class container vessels.

HPA President and CEO Allan Gray says the construction delay was due to a physical distancing issue caused by COVID-19. “One contractor had to delay the start of some work until they could work out a system that allowed them to comply with public health requirements,” Gray says. “Some of the others have continued to work but at a slower pace because of that.” The extension was originally scheduled to be ready in June but that target has moved to midsummer or fall.

The pandemic has also caused the delay in the arrival of a new super post Panamax crane which will be installed on the new extension. The crane was constructed in China and is now being

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shipped, fully assembled, on a vessel designed for hauling this type of cargo.

It is due to arrive in Halifax at the end of June. The crane, which will be able to reach 24 containers wide, will service the large container ships now starting to call Halifax.

CMA CGM vessels T. Jefferson and A. Lincoln have both called Halifax. They are sister ships, each with a capacity 14,414 TEU and are 366 metres long.

These are the largest vessels to call Halifax but the port is anticipating the arrival of container ships with capacities in excess of 15,000 TEU. These ships call at the PSA Halifax terminal, which now has the capacity to handle vessels their size.

COVID-19 has impacted the 2020 cruise season in Halifax. Initially, the Halifax Port Authority was forecasting the busiest season ever in terms of both vessel calls (203) and overall cruise guests (350,000).

On March 13, health and safety restrictions put in place by Public Health Agency of Canada and Transport Canada effectively cancelled cruise calls until July 1, and additional restrictions announced by transportation minister Marc Garneau on May 29 put an end to the season.

“In terms of our budget forecast, we were preparing for the possibility of no cruise calls at all in 2020. We were hopeful that there might be some activity in September and October but were preparing for the worst,” says Halifax Port Authority spokesperson Lane Farguson. “It is disappointing, but we recognize the importance of maintaining the health and well-being of all involved.

The most important thing we can do now is look ahead to 2021 and work with our partners across the industry to start the rebuilding process. Fortunately, what hasn’t changed is that legendary Maritime hospitality. We are confident that cruise guests will want to come back, and when they do, we’ll be ready.”

The cruise industry is a vital component of the province’s tourism industry, with an economic impact of over $166 million through the Port of Halifax.

Several unexpected events have taken their toll on Port cargo in the first three months of 2020.

The reduction in forestry products caused by the closure of Northern Pulp’s large mill in Pictou County, rail disruptions caused by pipeline protests across Canada, and COVID-19 were major contributors to a 15.7% decline in container cargo compared to the first three months of 2019.

“2020 has been and will continue to be a challenging year for the HPA as it will for all

“We look forward... to anything we can that help fast track essential goods into the country” —Kevin Piper, ILA Local 269

aspects of the economy,” says Farguson. “[COVID-19] isn’t just affecting us; I can’t think of anything it is not affecting. This is a global crisis and our goal now is working with our Port partners certainly the terminal operators, Port labour, CN Rail and others as well.” He adds that it’s important to maintain the flow of goods “moving through our international gateway well, at the same time taking the necessary steps to keep our workers safe.”

Container imports declined 26.5% in the first quarter compared to the first three months of 2019, to 341,344 tonnes, while export container tonnage declined 19.1% compared to the same period in 2019.

Non-containerized import tonnage at HPA facilities dropped 24.4% to 35,224 tonnes in 2020 compared to the first quarter of 2019 while non-containerized

export tonnage showed an increase of 11.3% to 32,174 tonnes.

Port-wide import tonnage at both HPA and non-HPA facilities declined 20.9% to 881,348 tonnes in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2019. Export tonnage at the same facilities was a bright spot in the first three months of 2020 increasing 6.5% to 1,026,230 tonnes over the same period in 2019.

HPA president Allan Gray says even though cargo volumes have decreased, the Port of Halifax has only lost a handful of vessel calls due to the pandemic. “We have been more fortunate than a lot of other Atlantic ports.” He explains that he expects container cargo to be down about 20% for the year, but the important thing for Halifax is to maintain cargo flow, remain efficient and reliable, and be ready to move quickly when the pandemic is over. Q

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CAPT. ADAM PARSONS STEPS INTO THE RE-CREATED ROLE OF HARBOUR MASTER FOR THE PORT OF HALIFAX

By Tom Peters Growing up in a marine community in

Port aux Basques, N.L., instilled “an itch” in Capt. Adam Parsons to pursue a career at sea.

The Halifax Port Authority’s (HPA) new harbour master spent a lot of time during his youth in coastal vessels and boats with his grandfather (a Marine Atlantic captain) and his parents, both seagoing people.

Parsons, a 38-year-old master marine, was recently appointed official harbour master

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positions, the office has been vacant since the early 2000s.

“Ports are busy places and by the very nature of their business activities, there are potentially hazardous situations that need to be properly managed to mitigate risk,” says Gray, who is also president of the International Harbour Masters Association.

“The harbour master has a key role to play in ensuring public safety. This includes the well-being of the hard-working people who make up the Port community, customers and Port users, mariners, visitors and guests, and members of the larger community

living or working nearby. It is important that everyone can go about their business safely.”

He adds that Parsons demonstrates the requisite knowledge and commitment daily.

“Harbour masters must be familiar with all relevant safety, environmental and health laws at the international, national and local levels,” Gray says.

When he was young, Parsons intended “to go on the water” but instead pursued a degree at Acadia University, in Wolfville, N.S. “I moved to Acadia for number of years and trained in the business administration field,” he recalls. “But I doubled back to

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Newfoundland for a couple years and decided I needed to go back to school to pursue my itch for going on the water.”

In the early 2000s, Parsons returned to college at the Marine Institute in St. John’s and enrolled in a four-year program to earn a watchkeeping mate’s licence, the first step on his path. During the third year of his program he was required to complete 12 months at sea within an 18-month period.

“In 2004, I started going on oil tankers with a company out of St. John’s called Canship Ugland as part of my cadetship,” he says. “So I spent the majority of that time on tankers, working back and forth on the Eastern Seaboard.” He called at ports in Portland, New York, and Virginia. He also spent a brief stint in Poland before returning to school to finish his technology diploma in nautical science. He also holds a bachelor’s in maritime studies from Memorial University in Newfoundland.

For nearly 14 years, including his cadet program, he worked on a variety of vessels, including an ice-strengthened bulk carrier shipping nickel from Voisey’s Bay in Labrador, shuttle tankers transporting Grand Banks crude, and seismic survey vessels and dive-support vessels in the

Gulf of Mexico. In 2013 he joined the West Aquarius, a semi-submersible rig that drilled wells at the Hibernia oilfield and in the Flemish Pass.

His years at Acadia also factored into his marine career. Thanks to the business background he enjoyed the planning preparation that goes into managing and operating vessels. He also spent time in Europe “doing some drydocking of vessels and learning how that process takes place.” He changed from there and went into dynamic positioning (DP) vessels and at the same time got his master mariner’s licence.

With DP, the goal is to keep the vessel in one position. When Parsons worked on oil tankers off the Grand Banks, his job was to hold the vessel steady while a floating hose was hooked to the ship, loading crude oil for delivery to East Coast ports.

As his career progressed and with a young family and his wife building her own career as a nurse, Parsons decided to move his career ashore. “I started looking at what I could do to improve myself shoreside which meant going back to school to do my bachelor in maritime studies,” he says. “I wasn’t looking specifically at the Port Authority. I just kind of fell upon it

during my research on what I could get on shore-side.”

It meant a move from New Brunswick.

“I was residing in Fredericton but unfortunately the Saint John River didn’t accommodate the size of vessels I wanted to be involved with so I had to focus on the larger ports, such as Halifax,” he says. “I caught the tail end of a job here as port marine manager. The interview process went well and we were kind of a good match.”

In his new position, Parsons will be doing a lot of what he did as port marine manager plus additional duties.

“Essentially it is continuing to keep safe and efficient environmentally friendly vessel traffic,” he says. “I look at it as more of a coordinating role with all the Port players and stakeholders, pilots, tugs, terminals, everybody involved that you kind of don’t see individually… I liken it to a hockey team: there are so many people on a team that are important and I would be kind of like a coach of sorts in terms of bringing everybody together to ensure the movement of goods and vessels stays efficient for the Port of Halifax and is done in safe manner.”

Halifax’s container business has been an eye opener. “It is kind of unbelievable how much I have learned in the past three years,” he says. “I was only seeing things from a shipside perspective so it is very interesting to see how that cargo gets moved so quickly throughout the supply chain.”

While learning his new position, Parsons has had to adapt to the pandemic. “It is interesting to learn the virtual way of doing things,” he says. “The Port community, certainly from operations point of view, were very hands on and speaking with people on a day-to-day basis. So it has certainly been a learning curve getting used to doing this stuff in a virtual manner.”

Parsons reflects on the re-creation of the harbour master title. “The job was always being done before, always by someone here at the Port but Capt. Gray, being president of the International Harbour Masters Association, thought it vital for us to formalize the position and have the Port community better understand what it is there for,” he says. “And my direct boss, VP operations Mike Davie, is a former captain with the navy so he has quite a good background. It is a very good situation for the Port to have such an amount of experience as we move into this new position.” Q SUMMER 2020 ||

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Thursday

PSA Halifax

Eimskip

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd AL1 Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd ATA Service

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

cc-gc-tc

Weekly

Mon-IMP / Wed- Ceres EXP

Hapag Lloyd

Maersk

Maersk CAE Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

PSA Halifax

Maersk

Melfi Marine

Melfi MedCaMex Service

Lisbon (PT)

cc-gc-tc

12 days

varies

PSA Halifax

Melfi

Nirint Shipping

Nirint ECCE Service

Bilbao (SP) - Rotterdam (NE)

cc-tc

15 days

varies

Ocean

Nirint

Ocean Network Express "ONE"

ONE AL1 Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

ONE

Yang Ming

Yang Ming AL1 Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

Yang Ming

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Friday

PSA Halifax

Hapag Lloyd

South Europe (Mediterranean) Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd AL7 Service

Melfi Marine

Melfi MedCaMex Service

Barcelona (SP) - Genoa (IT) - Livorno/Leghorn (IT) - Valencia (SP)

cc-gc-tc

12 days

varies

PSA Halifax

Melfi

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim ZCA Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Friday

PSA Halifax

Zim

Melfi

Latin America (Caribbean, Central & South America) Melfi Marine

Melfi MedCaMex Service

Mariel (CU)

cc-gc-tc

12 days

varies

PSA Halifax

Nirint Shipping

Nirint ECCE Service

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

cc-tc

15 days

varies

Ocean

Nirint

Tropical Shipping

Tropical Canada-Caribbean Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

PSA Halifax

Tropical Shipping

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim CFX Service

Kingston (JA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Thursday

PSA Halifax

Zim

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim ZCP Service

Via the Panama Canal: Kingston (JA)

cc-tc

Weekly

Tuesday (via CFX Service)

PSA Halifax

Zim

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

PSA Halifax

APL

cc-tc Type Cargo

Weekly Frequency

Saturday Day

PSA Halifax Terminal

CMA AgentCGM

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

PSA Halifax

COSCO

Weekly

Saturday

PSA Halifax

Evergreen

South / Southeast Asia & Middle East

Schedule-at-a-Glance

APL

APL PE1 Service

CMA CGM Line

CMA-CGM CJX Service Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep/Vung Tao (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Laem Ports Served (alphabetically) Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG) - Yantian (CH)

COSCO

COSCO AWE5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep/Vung Tao (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG) - Yantian (CH)

Evergreen

Evergreen PE1 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep/Vung Tao (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Laem cc-tc Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG) - Yantian (CH) cc – containerized cargo gc – general cargo Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep/Vung Tao (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali cc-tc (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)

Printed on: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 Hapag-Lloyd Hapag-Lloyd EC5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep/Vung Tao (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG) - Yantian (CH)

tc – temperature-controlled cargo rr – roll-on/roll-off cargo Weekly Sat-IMP / Thurs- Ceres Hapag Lloyd EXP

Hyundai

Hyundai EC5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep/Vung Tao (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sat-IMP / Thurs- Ceres EXP

HMM

Ocean Network Express "ONE"

ONE EC5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep/Vung Tao (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sat-IMP / Thurs- Ceres EXP

ONE

OOCL

OOCL SEAP Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep/Vung Tao (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG) - Yantian (CH)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

OOCL

Yang Ming

Yang Ming EC5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep/Vung Tao (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sat-IMP / Thurs- Ceres EXP

Yang Ming

Zim ZCP Service

Via the Panama Canal: Ningbo (CH) - Pusan/Busan (SK) - Qingdao (CH) - cc-tc Shanghai (CH) - Tianjin/Xingang (CH)

Weekly

Tuesday (via CFX Service)

Zim

PSA Halifax

North Asia Zim Integrated Shipping Line

PSA Halifax

Eastern Canada, United States, St. Pierre & Miquelon Atlantic Container Line

ACL A Service

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

cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Mon-IMP / Wed- Ceres EXP

Atlantic Container Line

ACL AL1 Service

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

cc-gc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

ACL ACL

APL

APL PE1 Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

PSA Halifax

APL

CMA CGM

CMA CGM SL1 Service

Montreal (QC)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

PSA Halifax

CMA CGM

CMA CGM

CMA-CGM CJX Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

PSA Halifax

CMA CGM

COSCO

COSCO AWE5 Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

PSA Halifax

COSCO

Eimskip

Eimskip Green Line Service

Argentia (NL) - Portland (ME)

cc-tc

Weekly

Thursday

PSA Halifax

Eimskip

Evergreen

Evergreen PE1 Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

PSA Halifax

Evergreen

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd AL1 Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd AL7 Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Friday

PSA Halifax

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd ATA Service

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

cc-gc-tc

Weekly

Mon-IMP / Wed- Ceres EXP

Hapag Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd EC5 Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Sat-IMP / Thurs- Ceres EXP

Hapag Lloyd

Hyundai

Hyundai EC5 Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Sat-IMP / Thurs- Ceres EXP

HMM

Maersk

Maersk CAE Service

Montreal (QC)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

Maersk

cc – containerized cargo

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gc – general cargo

PSA Halifax

tc – temperature-controlled cargo

Hapag Lloyd

rr – roll-on/roll-off cargo

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd EC5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep/Vung Tao (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sat-IMP / Thurs- Ceres EXP

Hapag Lloyd

Hyundai

Hyundai EC5 Service

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep/Vung Tao (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sat-IMP / Thurs- Ceres EXP

HMM

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep/Vung Tao (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Sat-IMP / Thurs- Ceres EXP

ONE

Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep/Vung Tao (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG) - Yantian (CH) Ports Served (alphabetically) Via the Suez Canal: Cai Mep/Vung Tao (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Jebel Ali (UA) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

OOCL

Cargo Type cc-tc

Frequency Weekly

Day Terminal Sat-IMP / Thurs- Ceres EXP

Agent Yang Ming

Weekly Weekly

Mon-Ex /(via Sun-Im PSA Ceres Tuesday Halifax CFX Service) Monday Ceres

ACL Zim

Weekly

cc-tc

Weekly

Saturday

CMA CGM

cc-tc cc-gc-tc-rr cc-tc

Weekly Weekly Weekly

Thursday PSA Halifax Mon-IMP / Wed- Ceres EXP Monday Ceres

SUMMER 2020

Ocean Network Express "ONE"

ONE EC5 Service

OOCL

OOCL SEAP Service

Line Yang Ming

Service Yang Ming EC5 Service

PSA Halifax

North Europe Asia Atlantic Container Line Line Zim Integrated Shipping

ACL A Service Zim ZCP Service

Atlantic Container Line

ACL AL1 Service

CMA CGM Eastern

Antwerp (BE) - Gothenburg (SW) - Hamburg (GE) - Liverpool (UK) (CH) - cc-tc cc-gc-tc-rr Via the Panama Canal: Ningbo (CH) - Pusan/Busan (SK) - Qingdao Shanghai (CH)- Hamburg - Tianjin/Xingang (CH) Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE) Antwerp (BE) (GE) - London cc-gc-tc

CGM St. SL1 Pierre Service & MiquelonAntwerp (BE) - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam (NE) Canada, UnitedCMA States,

Eimskip Atlantic Container Line Hapag-Lloyd

Eimskip Green Line Service ACL A Service Hapag-Lloyd AL1 Service

Reykjavik (IC) Baltimore (MD) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Antwerp (BE) - Hamburg (GE) - London Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE)

PSA Halifax

ACL Eimskip ACL Hapag Lloyd

Atlantic Container Line Hapag-Lloyd

ACL AL1 Service Hapag-Lloyd ATA Service

New York(BE) (NY)- Gothenburg - Norfolk (VA) - Philadelphia Antwerp (SW) - Hamburg(PA) (GE) - Liverpool (UK)

cc-gc-tc cc-gc-tc

Weekly Weekly

Monday Mon-Ex / Sun-Im Ceres Ceres

ACL Hapag Lloyd

APL Maersk

APL PE1 Service Maersk CAE Service

cc-tc cc-tc

Weekly Weekly

Saturday Saturday

PSA PSA Halifax Halifax

APL Maersk

Melfi Marine CMA CGM Nirint Shipping CMA CGM Ocean Network Express "ONE" COSCO Ocean Network Express "ONE" Eimskip Wallenius Willhelmsen Evergreen Yang Ming

Melfi MedCaMex Service CMA CGM SL1 Service Nirint ECCE Service CMA-CGM CJX Service ONE AL1 Service

Via the Suez Charleston (SC) - New York(NE) (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Antwerp (BE)Canal: - Bremerhaven (GE) - Rotterdam Savannah (GA) Lisbon (PT) Montreal (QC) Bilbao (SP) - Rotterdam (NE) Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Antwerp (BE) - Hamburg (GE) - London Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE) Savannah (GA)

cc-gc-tc cc-tc cc-tc cc-tc cc-tc

12 days Weekly 15 days Weekly Weekly

varies Saturday Saturday Monday

PSA Halifax PSA Halifax Ocean PSA Halifax Ceres

Melfi CMA CGM Nirint CMA CGM ONE

COSCO AWE5 Service ONE AL8 Service

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

cc-tc cc-tc

Weekly Weekly

Saturday Monday

PSA Halifax Ceres

COSCO ONE

Eimskip Green Line Service WW A Service Evergreen PE1 Service Yang Ming AL1 Service

Argentia (NL) - Portland (ME) Antwerp (BE) - Gothenburg (SW) - Hamburg (GE) - Liverpool (UK) Via the Suez Canal: Charleston (SC) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Antwerp (BE) - Hamburg (GE) - London Gateway (UK) - Rotterdam (NE) Savannah (GA)

cc-tc cc-gc-tc-rr cc-tc cc-tc

Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly

Thursday Mon-Ex / Sun-Im Saturday Monday

PSA Halifax Ceres PSA Halifax Ceres

Eimskip Wallenius Evergreen Yang Ming

Hapag-Lloyd Hapag-Lloyd AL1 Service South Europe (Mediterranean)

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

Hapag Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd Hapag-Lloyd Hapag-Lloyd Melfi Marine

Hapag-Lloyd AL7 AL7 Service Service Hapag-Lloyd Hapag-Lloyd ATAService Service Melfi MedCaMex

New York (SP) (NY) -- Barcelona Norfolk (VA) - Savannah (GA) Algeciras (SP) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP) Baltimore York - Norfolk (VA) (IT) - Valencia (SP) Barcelona(MD) (SP) -- New Genoa (IT)(NY) - Livorno/Leghorn

cc-tc cc-tc cc-gc-tc cc-gc-tc

Weekly Weekly Weekly 12 days

PSA Halifax Halterm Ceres PSA Halifax

Hapag Hapag Lloyd Lloyd Hapag Melfi Lloyd

Ocean Network Express Hapag-Lloyd "ONE"

ONE AL7 Service Hapag-Lloyd EC5 Service

cc-tc cc-tc

Weekly Weekly

PSA Halifax Ceres

ONE Hapag Lloyd

Yang Ming Hyundai Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Yang Ming AL7 Service Hyundai EC5 Service Zim ZCA Service

cc-tc cc-tc cc-tc

Weekly Weekly Weekly

PSA Halifax Ceres PSA Halifax

Yang Ming HMM Zim

Line Maersk

ServiceCAE Service Maersk

Algeciras (SP) - Barcelona (SP) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP) Via the Suez Canal: Jacksonville (FL) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Savannah (GA) Algeciras (SP) - Barcelona (SP) - Tarragona (SP) - Valencia (SP) Via the Suez Canal: Jacksonville (FL) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Ashdod (IL)(GA) - Barcelona (SP) - Haifa (IL) - Izmir/Aliaga (TR) Savannah Livorno/Leghorn (IT) - Mersin (TR) - Piraeus (GR) - Tarragona (SP) Ports Served Montreal (QC)(alphabetically) Valencia (SP)

Friday Wednesday Mon-IMP varies / WedEXP Wednesday Sat-IMP / ThursEXP Wednesday Sat-IMP / ThursWednesday EXP

Cargo Type cc-tc

Frequency Weekly

Day Saturday

Terminal PSA Halifax

Agent Maersk

Weekly

Wednesday

PSA Halifax

Schedule-at-a-Glance

Oceanex Oceanex Service Latin America (Caribbean, Central & South America)

St. John's (NL)

Ocean Network Express Melfi Marine "ONE" Nirint Shipping Ocean Network Express Tropical "ONE" Shipping

ONE MedCaMex AL1 ServiceService Melfi

New York(MX) (NY)- Mariel - Norfolk (VA) - Philadelphia (PA) Altamira (CU) - Veracruz (MX) cc – containerized cargo

Nirint ECCE Service ONE EC5 Service Tropical Canada-Caribbean Service

Barcadera (AN) - Mariel (CU) - Moa (CU) - Willemstad (AN) Via the Suez Canal: Jacksonville (FL) - New York (NY) - Norfolk (VA) Philipsburg (NA) - San Juan (PR) - St. Thomas (USVI) Savannah (GA)

cc-tc cc-tc cc-tc

15 days Weekly Weekly

Ocean Sat-IMP / Thurs- Ceres Monday PSA Halifax EXP

OOCL Zim Integrated Shipping Line

OOCL SEAP Service Zim CFX Service

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

cc-tc cc-tc

Weekly Weekly

Saturday Tuesdays

PSA Halifax PSA Halifax

Nirint ONE Tropical Shipping OOCL Zim

Zim Integrated Shipping Line Transport Maritime Service International

Zim ZCP Service Transport Maritime Service (Argentia)

Via the Panama Argentia (NL) Canal: Kingston (JA)

cc-tc cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Tuesday (via Wednesday CFX Service)

PSA CeresHalifax

Zim TMSI

cc-gc-tc-rr cc-tc cc-gc-tc gc – general cargo

Transport/ Maritime Service Transport Maritime South Southeast Asia & Middle East Service (St. Pierre St.-Pierre and Miquelon (FR) International et Miquelon) APL APL PE1Canada-Caribbean Service Via thePalm SuezBeach Canal: Cai Mep (VN) - Colombo (SL) - Hong Kong (CH) Tropical Shipping Tropical Service West (FL) Jakarta (ID) - Laem Chabang (TH) - Port Kelang (MY) - Singapore (SG)

Oceanex

Weekly Monday Ceres ONE 12 varies Melfi tcdays – temperature-controlled cargoPSA Halifax rr – roll-on/roll-off cargo

cc-gc-tc-rr

Weekly

Sunday

Ceres

TMSI

cc-tc cc-tc

Weekly Weekly

Saturday Monday / Sunday

PSA PSA Halifax Halifax

APL Tropical Shipping

Yang Ming AL1 Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Monday

Ceres

Yang Ming

Yang Ming EC5 Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Sat-IMP / Thurs- Ceres EXP

Yang Ming

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim CFX Service

New York (NY)

cc-tc

Weekly

Thursday

PSA Halifax

Zim

Zim Integrated Shipping Line

Zim ZCA Service

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

cc-tc

Weekly

Friday

PSA Halifax

Zim

Printed on:

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

cc – containerized cargo

gc – general cargo

tc – temperature-controlled cargo

PHOTO: STEVE FARMER/HPA

Yang Ming Yang Ming

rr – roll-on/roll-off cargo

cc – containerized cargo gc – general cargo tc – temperature-controlled cargo 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

PORT IN A STORM CAPT. ALLAN GRAY’S FIRST MONTHS AS HALIFAX PORT AUTHORITY PRESIDENT AND CEO HAVE BEEN ANYTHING BUT ORDINARY

By Tom Peters

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PHOTO: HPA

The waters have been turbulent since Capt. Allan Gray

Capt. Allan Gray

easy to work from home, there are distractions… [The key] is not measuring the hours they work but looking at what’s the productivity and to make sure we are still pushing through with strategic projects and keeping the business as usual going. It is working well and it’s the new norm for a while.”

As a landlord, the HPA is also working with tenants and the various businesses that rent port facilities even though there is impact on the HPA’s bottom line. “We have rent deferrals in place,” Gray says.

PHOTO: STEVE FARMER

took the helm as president and CEO of the Halifax Port Authority (HPA) in late 2019.

The impact of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic on the shipping industry and the blockade of Canada’s rail system by the Wet’suwet’en First Nation of B.C. and their supporters protesting the $4.6-billion TransCanada Coastal Gaslink in Northern B.C. have been unexpected major hurdles.

Not unexpectedly, the good natured Australian has taken it in stride. “My friends back home says ‘we’ve always known you loved a challenge Al, but you have taken it a little too far this time,’” he says.

HPA “came into the year in a good financial position and I think that is an important point to start with,” he says. The Port has seen a downturn in its container volumes in the first quarter but with diversity in the revenue stream and good expenditure control has “done well in the first four months,” Gray adds.

He commends his administrative team in dealing with the coronavirus issue. “I asked them to pull back on expenditures and we have seen significant pull back,” he says. “I have asked them to look at things and say what are some of things we could put off for a while until we are in a better position. They have done an excellent job in doing that. Our key objective is keep the Port running, keep our staff employed, and assist our customers and tenants where we can.”

The HPA has not laid off any staff and some employees are working from home. “We are trying to make sure they are all productive,” Gray says. “We understand it is not always

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PHOTO: HPA

PHOTO: STEVE FARMER

FEATURE “With good cash flow and a strong financial position we are comfortable. We are certainly not in a bad situation. We can manage.

The key for us will be how well some of those tenants come back after.

Deferring income is one thing, not getting it eventually is another.

We are optimistic if we help them and do everything we can they will manage to get through this.”

The pandemic has tightened the bonds within the Port community. “The collaboration has been stronger than ever,” he says.

Part of his mandate when he took on the job was to develop greater collaboration with the surrounding community. “It is a significant task on us to keep trade flowing for Canada,” he says.

“People realize that but we also make sure our work is safe.” At press time, no one working on the Halifax waterfront has tested positive with COVID-19. “We have had some tests done and it has been managed well,” Gray adds.

In response to the pandemic, there are meetings “virtually on a daily basis where there is collaboration on how to move forward, how do we make it better, how do we keep things going, what other steps can we put in place but keep our reliability up and how do we differentiate ourselves from the other Atlantic ports,” Gray says. “The key is our reliability and efficiency. Even through this we are keeping our [cargo] fluidity up and maintaining our dwell times.” Work with CN and the terminals has paid off and he says he believes the Port and its partners will come out of the pandemic with stronger collaborations.

Gray anticipates container volumes could be off by as much as 20% this year because of the impact of COVID-19 and the business lost to pipeline protesters.

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The protests across Canada blocked main rail lines for several days, causing issues for several Canadian ports. “The biggest thing for us was storage space,” says Gray.

As container areas were filled up, the Port would manage “to get a train through to Moncton or something like that which would relieve some of that pressure,” Gray says. “Certainly it affected dwell times and our biggest concern was reefer cargo and the dwell times on that.” Ultimately, Halifax had enough capacity when the blockades were over, the Port cleared the container backlog in about a week.

As the Port deals daily with the effects of the pandemic, Gray has an eye on the future. “It’s all about timing and planning and in my view this is a great time to do that planning and don’t lose focus,” he explains. “Make sure so you can move and move quickly when the right time comes along and it will come. There may be delays but we need to have planning ready, on the shelf and ready to go.”

Reliability takes continuous effort. “We came of out of the rail blockade and proved the Port was reliable even when hit with hard times,” Gray says. “Even with COVID, we are going through great effort to make sure we maintain our reliability.” The Port’s reliability and collaborative workforce “is allowing us to keep our [cargo] fluidity on track and through this we are proving to be reliable supply chain partner.”

Gray believes shippers are noting Halifax’s performance through the challenges; as more lines consolidate, Halifax maybe be on their radar as a future port of call.

“I think we may get some benefit out of this,” he says. “It may be slow growth but we have demonstrated consistent and reliable service.” Q

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