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m at chart datum (low tide) to 15.5 m at chart datum

(low tide). The main channel will have been widened

from 150 metres to 190 metres and deepened from
8.4 m at chart datum (low tide) to 9.5 m at chart

datum (high tide). Throughput capacity will double
from 150,000 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) to

300,000 TEUs. The railyard capacity will swell,

from 3,060 feet to 4,010 feet and the load bearing
capacity of the terminal will increase from 250 lbs/

ft2 to 2000 lbs/ft2.

Port Saint John is one of the major ports in the

Atlantic Gateway, located only an hour from the
U.S. border and close to key markets on the east

coast of the U.S., the Gulf Coast and South America.

It’s closer to these markets than any other Atlantic
Canadian port, and is fed by an excellent rail and

road network.

the port has undertaken in decades. It took two
years of planning and putting business cases and

conceptual designs together, two years of lobbying

government partners, and then a couple of more
years of a detailed design, to reach the stage where

tenders could be issued and contactors could be put

in place.

Work on the project began in 2012. Wharf
construction began in the fall of 2019, and the

project is expected to be finished by 2023.

Upon completion, the berth length will measure 775

metres, marking an increase from 435 metres. The
vessel max draft at the pier will increase from 12.2

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