Port of Saint John

Coordinates: 45°16′47″N 66°03′46″W / 45.2796°N 66.0628°W / 45.2796; -66.0628
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Port of Saint John
metric revenue tons (FY2022)[3]
Annual container volume150,194 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) (FY2022)
Passenger traffic147890 passengers (FY 2022) [3]
Annual revenueCDN$23.8 million (FY 2018)[4]
Net incomeCDN$4.5 million (FY 2018)
Website
www.sjport.com

The Port of Saint John is a port complex that occupies 120 hectares (300 acres) of land along 3,900 m (12,800 ft) of waterfront of the

slack water occurs at approximately half tide and not at high or low water as at most other ports.[6]

The port is administered by the Saint John

Central Maine and Quebec Railway. The port of Saint John has three container lines servicing it those being MSC CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd
.

History

St. John Harbour about 1898

The Port of Saint John lies within Mi'gma'gi, the Mikmaw Nation ancestral stewardship region and greater Wabanaki Confederacy ancestral governance area. The location was first visited by

Saint Lawrence River valley with only a short portage.[7] Because of its strategic location, it became the site of a French stronghold known as Fort La Tour
. Though the fort was sacked in 1645, the river remained an important trade route for French, English and First Nations traders throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.

The port did not begin to develop in earnest until the influx of

Courtney Bay outside the main harbour area. One of the best known ships built in Saint John was the Marco Polo
(1851) which became renowned for its speed.

The

Partridge Island at the mouth of the harbour. The immigration station continued to operate for many decades. In 1859, Partridge Island also became known as the site of the first successful demonstration of an automated steam-powered foghorn, invented by the Scotsman Robert Foulis who had settled in the city. The foghorn is "ranked by historians as one of the most outstanding in the development of navigation aids."[8]

1894 map of Saint John Harbour

For many years, the Port prospered as the winter port for Montreal. In 1889 the Canadian Pacific Railway opened a line across the state of Maine from Montreal to Saint John and transferred the majority of its trans-Atlantic passenger and cargo shipping to the port during the winter months.

During the

First World War, the Port of Saint John became a trans-shipment point for the British Empire
's war effort. It had less importance during World War II as the navy focus had been consolidated in Halifax.

The port suffered a decline following the opening of the

Brownville Junction
Maine

Port facilities

There are several marine facilities situated on either side of the harbour.

The west side of the harbour includes:

The east side of the harbour includes:

Former facilities:

Uptown Saint John, showing its relationship to the Port of Saint John on the right

See also

References

  1. UNECE
    . Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Port of Saint John, Canada". www.findaport.com. Shipping Guides Ltd. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. ^ a b https://www.sjport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Port-SJ-Annual-Report-2021-Eng-FINAL.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ 2009 Annual Report, p.10 Archived 2010-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b Port of Saint John, Port Facilities Archived 2011-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Port of Saint John, Port Conditions Archived 2010-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ David Hackett Fischer, Champlain's Dream, Knopf, 2008, p. 166
  8. ^ Dictionary of Canadian Biography, "Robert Foulis"
  9. ^ Marco Polo Cruise Terminal
  10. ^ Canaport LNG

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