b'SEPTEMBER 13 - 26, 2021NORTH AMERICAS TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS NE WSPAPER 27(INVIGORATEScontin- increased by 1% from 144.2 ued from page 19) million tons to 145.5 million ofZim,Tropical,Oceanex,tonsoverthesameperiod ACL,Eimskip,OceanAlli- in2019,withnewannual ance, and THE Alliance. Therecords set for grain, potash, calls by the Marco Polo andandcontainers.Chinacon-Jules Verne are a visible con- tinues to be the ports largest firmation the ports Big Shiptrading partner, with two-way statusandbodeswellfortrade climbing 18% in 2020. attractingfutureultra-largeChinaaloneaccountedfor containership calls.34.9 million tons of exported And the S&P agrees withand imported cargo.thepositiveassessment.InForthefifthyearina August,theratingagencyrow, global demand for Cana-revised HPAs outlook to posi- dian grain resulted in a new tive from stable and affirmedannual record of 35.1 million HPAs investment-grade credittons of grain shipped both in rating of A+. The report states,bulk ships and containers, an We view HPAs managementincrease of fully 24%com-and governance assessment aspared to the previous year.very strong. We consider man- Container traffic in 2020 agementtobeexperiencedattainedarecord3.5mil- Demand from Asia is sparking strong container activity at the Port of Vancouver. ( Vancouver Fraser Port Authority)and knowledgeable regardinglionTEUs,anincreaseof marketsandtheindustry.Its2%comparedtotheprevi- optimism.Thefive-monthrecord for annual throughputdropincontainertrafficin policies and governance haveous year. The port authoritytally amounted to 1.7 millionin2020,with32.4millionQ22020.However,volumes consistentlyallowedittorecentlyupgradeditscon- TEUs compared to the year- tonnes of cargo handled9%are now rebounding strongly meet its financial and opera- tainerforecasts,andindeedearlier 932,000 TEUs. more than in 2019. with cumulative box traffic in tional goals.theyear-to-datefigures(aIn northern British Colum- Factory shutdowns in Asiathe first five months of 2021 Meanwhile,thePortofdoubledigitspike)toend- bia,the Prince Rupert Portand locked down economies inat4.4milliontonsversus4 HalifaxispleasedwiththeMayappearedtojustifytheAuthority (PRPA) set anotherNorth America caused a 19%million tons a year earlier.progressofanewprojectto establish what could be termed a living labto focus on trans-portation and logistics issues inLIBERTY GLOBAL LOGISTICS llcthe marine cargo sector. Called PIERforPortInnovation, EngagementandResearch,it willprovideopportunitiesto interact directly with end users,SIMPLIFYING YOUR OCEAN TRANSPORTATIONreceive actionable insights and allowsolutionstobevisible toindustryspecificinvestors. Andrew Black, the ports direc-torofstrategictechnology, reports the project has attracted both international and national interest.PIERparticipants willinteractthroughaphysi-cal space that was formerly the SeaportMarketwherereno-vation is expected to be com-pleted this fall.By far the leading entity amongstCanadianportson the Great Lakes, the Hamil-ton-Oshawa Port Authority (HOPA) benefited from a big surge in bulk and project car-goesintheearlymonthsof 2021 feeding residential con-struction and urban develop-ment projects in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area. The mergedportsofHamilton andOshawahandled10.6 milliontonnesin2020and areontracktoexceedthat volume this year. A highlight for this year has certainly been the launch-ing on June 10 of a container feeder service between Ham-iltonandMontreal.Itwas developed by Hamilton Con-tainerTerminal(HCT)in close partnership with HOPA, GroupeDesgagns,Federal Marine Terminals, MSC and thePortofMontreal.Some 300containerswereloaded onto the MV Sedna Desgag-nsaspartoftheshortsea shipping venture that will be followedbyothervoyages on inducement later this year,CONTACT US AT:Ports of call - Beaumont, Freeport, Jacksonville, Baltimore, with the objective of expand- Phone: 516-488-8800 Wilmington, Livorno, Beirut, Aqaba, Jeddah, Jebel Ali, Abu ing to 20+ sailings in 2022. Website: www.LibertyGL.com Dhabi, Hamad Kuwait, Dammam, KarachiC anadianW eSTC oaSTp orTS For Rate Quotes: [email protected] Transshipment - Mersin, Alexandria, Bahrain, Mumbai,Total cargo volume throughFor Bookings: [email protected] Abu Dhabi, Doha, Soharthe Port of Vancouver in 2020'