Canada invests $25m in Atlantic green port infrastructure

Through its port infrastructure initiative, Canada aims to establish a hydrogen production facility.

Canada’s Minister of Transport and Internal Trade, Anita Anand, has announced an investment of up to $25 million for the Halifax Port Authority.

In its statement, Transport Canada said that “the impacts of climate change are increasingly visible” across the country and that the government was working towards building more resilient supply chains and to support decarbonisation efforts in the sector.

Up to $22.5 million will be allocated to Green Shipping Corridor Program  to boost development of the Halifax – Hamburg (Germany) shipping corridor, the two ports having signed a MoU in 2022. Decarbonisation efforts will include preparing to host and potentially refuel alternative fuel-powered vessels and establishing a hydrogen production facility.

The Ship to Shore Crane Infrastructure project will be given $2.5 million, which will relieve supply chain congestion and expand terminal capacity.

Darren Fisher, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, said: “This investment will help streamline operations, electrify the port to cut emissions, and prepare for alternative fuel-powered vessels — ensuring the Port continues to modernise, grow, and provide good jobs here at home.”

Known as the ‘Ultra Atlantic Gateway’, the Port of Halifax port connects more than 150 countries. In 2021, it had an economic output of $4.37 billion.

Anita Anand,, the Minister of Transport and Internal Trade further highlighted how the investment with drive economic growth across Nova Scotia “and beyond”.

Anand said: “Our ports are essential to global trade and to Canada’s economy. By investing in green shipping corridors, supply chain infrastructure, and clean technologies, we’re taking decisive action to reduce emissions”.