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Dredging and underwater blasting in the
new deeper berth pocket to accommodate
larger vessels that will call on the
modernized terminal once complete.
activity in the last 8 to 10 years, which provided and checking the workforce daily — measures that
opportunity to the project team to block off the two all took time and affected the project’s schedule.
slips with the new dock and create a more modern “The companies involved have done an excellent
and functional structure. job and put appropriate measures in place, and it’s
not just me saying that,” says Quinn, who adds that
“We recognize that the Project we are carrying out WorkSafeNB has been carrying out audits.
now is precursor to filling in these slips. When the
Port is ready, and the business case is present, we’ll Despite the pandemic, Quinn expects the project
continue work in a future phase at the much deeper, will hit its targeted completion date.
stronger docks being created now, and, at that point,
we’ll create an additional 18 acres of land for cargo. “We’re in a rhythm now and I expect we’ll be on time
By the time we do this future work we will have with respect to the overall completion date,” he says.
created an even larger, deeper, and stronger dock “Knocking on wood as I say this, but it’s all systems
facility.” go, we’re proceeding on time, and it will be done
within budget.”
The COVID-19 pandemic required precautions to be
put in place, such as personal protective equipment, www.sjport.com/modernize/
additional trailers to facilitate physical distancing,
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