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the port of Montreal has become accessible to the ships post-Panamax
Canadian Guard Costiera has authorized the transit in the navigation channel San Lorenzo to wide units until 44 meters
May 22, 2013
Al port of Montreal can now reach the ships with gabarit post-Panamax. It has officially established Canadian Guard Costiera who has authorized the transit in the navigation channel San Lorenzo of wide ships until 44 meters, while previously it was allowed the passage without restrictions of wide ships until 32,1 meters.
The new disposition of Canadian Guard Costiera reaches as a result of a study commissioned from the Harbour Authority of Montreal, that it is realized in collaboration with same Guard Costiera, Transport Canada, the Laurentian Pilotage Authority and the Corporation of Central St. Lawrence Pilots. Thanking the participants to the initiative, the president and managing director of the Montreal Port Authority (MPA), Sylvie Vachon, he has emphasized that the provision "will allow with the port of Montreal to consolidate own position of leader in the America North for the traffic of the container with Europe and will for transport strengthen the strategic position of Montreal as platform and the logistics for all the types of goods". "The navigation companies, any is the type of goods that transports - it has added Sylvie Vachon - can increase in meaningful way the ability to their services with Montreal and this will carry unavoidably benefits to the entire customers of the port".
Last year the port of Montreal has enlivened 28.422.003 tons of goods, with a bending of 0.4% regarding 2011. The goods in container is piled to 12.032.966 tons (- 3.5%), totaled with a handling of containers pairs to 1.375.327 teu (+0.9%), and the other goods several to 130.167 tons (+0.3%). Liquid bulk and sand banks have attested respective to 9.721.422 tons (- 9.7%) and 6.537.448 tons (+26.4%).
In the first trimester of the 2013 Canadian port it has enlivened a total of 5.915.336 tons of goods, with a decrease of 0.9% regarding the first three months last year.
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Al port of Montreal can now reach the ships with gabarit post-Panamax. It has officially established Canadian Guard Costiera who has authorized the transit in the navigation channel San Lorenzo of wide ships until 44 meters, while previously it was allowed the passage without restrictions of wide ships until 32,1 meters.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
