Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority
HOPA Update: Hamilton Port Partners Launch Container Ship Service
Almost 300 containers were loaded onto the M/V Sedna Desgagnés at the Port of Hamilton, as part of a new short sea shipping service launched by Hamilton Container Terminal (HCT) in collaboration with Desgagnés. On route to the Port of Montreal, this new container...
HOPA June Update
HOPA Ports has released its Summary Report of Sustainable Actions in 2020. The annual report outlines HOPA’s ongoing commitment to transparency, and explores what the port does, how it interacts with the community, and how decisions are made to support social,...
Port Update – First Vessel at the Port of Hamilton
On March 24, the Port of Hamilton welcomed bulk carrier, Baie St. Paul, officially kicking off the 2021 marine shipping season. Coming all the way from Dartmouth N.S., this self-unloading ‘Laker’ docked along pier 26 with a load of gypsum for stevedore QSL to unload....
Port Update
Opening of the Seaway We are counting down the days until the start of marine shipping season! The Welland Canal is scheduled to open March 19 and the Montreal/Lake Ontario section is scheduled to open March 22. Did you know that the Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Seaway...
HOPA Update March 2021
EXTENDED GREAT LAKES SHIPPING SEASON SAVES UP TO 6,700 LONG-DISTANCE TRUCK TRIPS IN JUST ONE WEEK Shipping season on the Great Lakes closed on January 8, wrapping up its second week-long trial extension of the season. At the Ports of Hamilton and Oshawa, the extension...
HOPA Ports Posts Solid Season After Uncertain Start
Shipping season on the Great Lakes closed on January 8, and at the combined ports of Hamilton and Oshawa, HOPA Ports has reported a total tonnage for the season of 10.6 million metric tonnes. A total of 571 vessels visited the Port of Hamilton during the season. While...
HOPA Update
HOPA & Rev LNG Usher in LNG Bunkering at the Port of Hamilton, A first in the Great Lakes For the first time ever on the Great Lakes, a marine vessel refueled with liquefied natural gas (LNG). Carrying a load of asphalt, the MV Damia Desgagnés docked at the Port...
Port Update – Hamilton Receives FTZ Designation
Hamilton Receives FTZ Designation Canada’s Minister of Economic Development, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, designated Hamilton a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Point- making Hamilton the 14th FTZ in Canada, and third in Ontario. As a result, businesses that import/export...
HOPA Port Update – CITYKIDZ DRIVES KINDNESS HOME TO HAMILTON’S YOUTH
In spite of the pandemic and all of its implications over the past six months, the team at CityKidz got creative while working within the confines of a “new normal” to continue to help children living in low-income neighbourhoods across Hamilton. If you live downtown,...
Port Update : One of the Great Lakes oldest youth sailing training programs ties up in Hamilton Harbour
One of the Great Lakes best known tall ships, sail training vessel TS Playfair, will be making her home berth in Hamilton harbour thanks to the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority (HOPA Ports) and a hard-working group of volunteers. Playfair, specially built in Kingston as...
