b'12American Journal of Transportation ajot.com(THREATcontinued from page 10) inanenvironmentpreviouslysatu-rated with airborne contaminants.c anadiana Rctic The port has since submitted coun-Late in 2020, the Ottawa authori- ter-arguments to the agency, and a final ties blocked the sale of a gold minedecisionbythefederalEnvironment in Canadas Arctic region to a state- Minister is anticipated by this summer.owned Chinese company. The acqui- Butwhereasmanymunicipali- The Pioneer of Integrative Solutions on Land and sitionwouldhavegivenChineseties and businesses in the Province of interests access to a Canadian ArcticQuebec support the project for its eco-port as well as proximity to a militarynomic benefits,local environmental installation some 60 miles away. and citizen groups have been escalat-In the last two years,proposeding their opposition to what they see investments by Hutchison have beenas an attack on a unique rural coastal turned down in Australia and Israel. environment in Quebec.Butmostchallengingforthe moment for the Port of Quebec and itse nviRonmentalg Reenl ight FoRchief executive Mario Girard has beenm ontRealcountering the impact and contents ofFor the Port of Montreal, a much astronglynegativeenvironmentaldifferent scenario has emerged for the report last November by the ImpactcontainerterminalprojectatContre-Assessment Agency of Canada. coeur,situated25milesdownstream TheagencydeclaredthatinitsontheSt.LawrenceRiver.Costing presentformtheLaurentiaprojectabout C$900 million, it would increase is likely to cause significant adversethe ports container capacity by about environmental effects. 1.15 million TEUs to 3.5 million TEUs Itreferredinparticulartosig- uponplannedcompletionin2024 nificant direct effects on fish and fish-2025.Discussionswithpotential habitat, even with the application ofterminal operators have included Mon- Stevedoring mitigation, monitoring, compensationtrealGatewayTerminalsPartnershipMaritime & Logistics and follow-up measures. and Termont Montreal, with no foreign Further singled out was signifi- group publicly identified thus far. Quarry Owners & Operators cantdirectandcumulativeresidualSeveral key milestones have beenTug & Barge Marine Towing environmentaleffectsonairqualityreachedfollowingtheuptoC$300Property & Port Management andhumanhealthduetoincreasedmillioninfinancialbackingoffered emissionsofparticulatematterandinDecember2019bytheCanadaGeneral & Marine Construction contaminantsfromfossilfuelcom- InfrastructureBank.Lastsummer, bustion during both the constructionthe Montreal Port Authority launched and operational phases of the terminal(THREATcontinued on page 14)www.carvercompanies.com (SLATEDcontinued from page 10) facilitates diversification in the logis-provider Cooney Transport. tics chain from the East Coast to the Doornekamp Lines is dedicated toOntario Market.creating new opportunities for regionalIn Phase 2, the Ontario-based ship-consumersandultimatelysupportingpingenterpriseintendstoincludea Canadianconsumersbyincreasingbi-weeklyservicebetweenPictonand transport efficiencies, improving roadCleveland, Ohio.safetyandofferingamoreenviron- Because of the St. Lawrence Sea-mentallyresponsibleoptionforbothways limited draught of just over 8 domestic and international trade. metres(27feet),thefirstvesselis DoornekampLinesoffersannotexpectedtomovefully-loaded Aerial view of Port of Picton alternativetransportationmodethatthrough the waterway.Ithasbeenmorethanfour decadessincetherehasbeenacel-lularservicebetweenaneastcoast portandtheGreatLakes.Backin 1981, Manchester Liners abandoned a 500-TEU service it had operated for adecadebetweenMontrealandthe Great Lakes. A brief exception took place last October when Groupe Des-gagns, in a geared vessel, transported nearly 400 containers from Montreal to Torontoa one-time event in rela-tion to the huge backlog at the Port of Montreal generated by a series of summer docker strikes.Sincepurchasingin2015the PictonTerminalsportproperty(origi-nally built by Bethlehem Steel in 1954), Doornekamphasinvestedsubstan-tially in its redevelopment. A Liebherr LH 420 crane offers a lifting capacity of 125 tonnes. On site there is a fleet of two flat deck barges, three hopper barges and two tugboats. The port is thuswellequippedtohandleheavy VLi E vi}v`i lift,projectcargoesandmarinecon-struction.Importantly,a220,000sq. vV\\ n{{{ ft. expansion at dock level is slated for completion this year. In 2020, Picton handled 150,000 metric tons of cargo.'