Port of Hamilton

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A Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority press release and a Jan 20 Spec story have some updates on what's been going on at the ports (plus a couple of pics)
https://www.hopaports.ca/hopa-ports-posts-solid-season-after-uncertain-start/
https://www.thespec.com/business/2021/01/20/port-of-hamilton-thrives-in-uncertain-times.html

Hamilton Piers 23 & 24 from the Spec story:
(satellite view)


Oshawa's piers from the press release:
(satellite view)



2020 shipping season:
- 649 ships; 571 in Hamilton, 78 in Oshawa
- 10.6 million tonnes of cargo; 9.9 million through Hamilton, 672 thousand tonnes through Oshawa

$21+ million in projects underway in Hamilton:
- Pier 15: Fluke Transportation nearing completion of a 56,000 sq.ft expansion of a new warehouse facility
- Piers 12 and 14: modernization/expansion of the Federal Marine Terminals facility (incl. rebuilding dock walls, a new 40,000 sq.ft warehouse, new rail connection to Pier 15, resurfacing and upgrading of piers, roads, and environmental features)

Oshawa: first full season of operation of a new grain terminal

Launch of Niagara Ports: development of a 200-acre multimodal hub in Thorold; plan is a corridor of industrial hubs along the Welland Canal

2020 Tonnage by commodity, Hamilton & Oshawa (metric tonnes):
Steel making commodities 5,027,505
Grain (including soybeans) 2,578,753
Sand, Stone, Gypsum, Cement 824,796
Steel products 787,105
Fertilizer & Potash 583,630
Salt 414,241
Petroleum incl. asphalt 274,790
Other liquid 44,714
Project cargo & containers 3,409
Other 58,056
TOTAL 10,596,999