In a significant development for PSA Halifax, the South End Container Terminal extension at the Port of Halifax has been completed and is fully operational. This expanded piece of infrastructure, which is operated by PSA Halifax, also welcomed its first containership Zim Tarragona on 23 October 2020.

With the completion of the extension project, the South End Container Terminal now has the longest and deepest container berth in Eastern Canada at 800 metres long and a depth alongside of 16 metres. This strengthens PSA Halifax’s ability to berth and service two Ultra-Class Container Vessels at the same time.

The recent installation of a new Super Post-Panamax (SPPX) crane, the largest in Eastern Canada, brings the total number of SPPX quay cranes at PSA Halifax to five.

“PSA Halifax handles the largest container vessels calling at any port in Canada and with the opening of the berth extension we have the capability to berth two ultra-class vessels simultaneously, or three vessels on the strategically important Mediterranean, North Europe and Regional trades that support Atlantic Canadian exporters and deliver for those global Ocean Carriers that frequent our terminal,” said PSA Halifax’s CEO & Managing Director Kim Holtermand.

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