Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority

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...

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...

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 & 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...

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...

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,...

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...

Hamilton Harbour is home to a vibrant recreational boating scene, and an avid sailing and fishing community. The Port of Hamilton is one of the largest ports in Ontario, the busiest Canadian port on the Great Lakes, and is visited by over 650 vessels each year. This...

The Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority has partnered with Heddle Shipyards and Mohawk’s City School to deliver a brand-new Ship Repair and Fabrication course that is now open for enrollment and will begin online this fall. The 9-week, online program will introduce...

Max Aicher North America and HOPA Ports join forces to bring new business activity to Hamilton’s working waterfront HOPA Ports and Max Aicher North America (MANA) are pleased to announce an agreement to cooperate on the future development of a portion of MANA’s...