The Port of Halifax is installing a berth extension that will enable the it to simultaneously handle two vessels of 14,000 to 15,000 TEU. The project is on track to e completed by the end of March. Already the largest marine terminal in Eastern Canada, The South End Container Terminal extension will create a 52.5-foot-deep berth that is 2,890 feet long, up from 2,165 feet. Terminal operator PSA International has ordered a new super post-Panamax crane for the extended berth and a rubber-tire gantry crane to add to four super post-Panamax cranes already in place along the pier.
