The Halifax Port Authority has received funding up to $22.5 million from Transport Canada through the Green Shipping Corridor Program to prepare the port for the fuels and energy sources of the future.
Major funded project activities include:
- Completing a risk assessment for hosting alternative-fuelled vessels.
- Working with port partners to support electrification efforts.
- Investing in equipment to continue lowering emissions from the port.
- Developing the workforce.
- Exploring lower carbon fuels including hydrogen.
- Planning for the future by doing foundational work in a series of risk and commercial feasibility studies.
The funding builds on existing work at the Port of Halifax including the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Port of Hamburg.
The port will share the next steps and updates as activities take place.
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“This is an important project supporting the future for the Port and our competitiveness,” said Fulvio Fracassi, President and CEO of the Halifax Port Authority.
“As the global shipping industry continues to take steps to decarbonise, we need to be prepared for the transition. “We’re pleased to have been awarded this funding and look forward to embarking on next steps. Thank you to Transport Canada for supporting the Port of Halifax and its partners.”
