b'12American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comlis project manager, explainedtureimprovementsbringing why the Dutch shipping linetotalquaysidelaydownarea chose the Port of Argentia asin excess of 12 acres.a partner.Moreover,thispastJuly I think we spent like sixthe ports ambitious long-term months taking inventory of alldevelopment plan received an the locations in Canada whereinvestment of up to C$38 mil-wecouldcometo,andwelion under the National Trade looked at Nova Scotia and weCorridorsFundtoimprove looked at Newfoundland. Wecargo movement.went exotic, further up north. Theblueprintincludes Attheendoftheday,the construction of approxi-it came down to a couple ofmately 460 metres of berth-important aspects. Accessibil- ingspaceforthreenew ity, the support we were get- berths to accommodate larger North Americas first marshalling yard for massive wind energy components destined for U.S. offshore developments. ting from the community. Thevessels,aRoll-on/Roll-support from the port itself. Offramptofacilitatethe (TARGETcontinued fromoffshore U.S. wind farms. flag on the map. And we arePriortothelaunchofmovement of containers and page 6) Greenealsodisclosedthatgoing to be a powerhouse inthemonopiletransitroute,cargo, as well as increasing transferred to a bonded stor- thePortofArgentiahasthe world energy transition. the port continued to imple- available dockside space by age marshalling yard on thesecuredtwosignificantcon- Onthesameoccasion,ment investment upgrades of(TARGETcontinued on formerU.S.navalairsta- tracts to receive and store overArend Van Der Marel, Boska- C$10milliononinfrastruc- page 19)tion runways in the Argentia130 monopiles in support of NorthsideIndustrialAreaU.S. energy transition.byself-propelledmodularFourmonopileswere transporters. carriedonthefirstvessel delivering the gigantic com-n ortha MeriCasf irst ponents. Up to mid-Septem-M onopileM arshallingy ard ber,therehavebeenthree Its North Americas firstvessel callswith a total of monopilemarshallingyard,12 monopiles.Ray Greene, manager of busi- Duringlastsummers ness development and market- openingofthemonopile ingatthePortof Argentia,transit route, port CEO Scott proudlycommentedtothePenney recalled: This started AmericanJournalofTrans- in March of 2021 and a lot of portation. people thought that we were a Whilehepreferrednotlittle bit crazy that the Port of tospecifytheprecisefinalArgentia and Placentia could destination,heindicatedthepull off something like this. units were for installation atButIthinkweveputourArtist rendering of Novaporte greenfield marshalling hub project.With more than 250 locations across five continents, we are a premier terminal SSAMarineoperator offering a full spectrum of services and cargo handling.www.ssamarine.com A Carrix Enterprise'