PORT PROFILE / CA
Halifax
Port of Halifax
PORT CODECAHAL
COUNTRYCanada
PORT TYPESeaport
PORT SIZELarge
COORDINATES44.66815 / -63.5961
The port details.
Reference record from the supplied World Port Info archive. Confirm current facilities, restrictions, depths and contacts with the port before operational use.
General
- Local port name
- Port of Halifax
- Type
- Seaport
- Inland (ICD)
- No
- Port authority
- Halifax Port Authority
- Latitude
- 44.66815
- Longitude
- -63.5961
- Currency
- CAD
- Port size
- Large
- First port of entry
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- USA representative
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Harbor
- Harbor size
- Large
- Harbor type
- Coastal Natural
- Shelter
- Excellent
- Max vessel size
- Over 500 feet in length
- Turning area
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entrance restrictions
- Tide
- No
- Overhead limit
- Yes
- Swell
- No
- Ice
- No
- Other
- No
Water depth
- Channel
- 66 - 75 feet, 20.1 - 21.3 meters
- Cargo pier
- 41 - 45 feet, 12.5 - 13.7 meters
- Mean tide
- 7 feet
- Anchorage
- 41 - 45 feet, 12.5 - 13.7 meters
- Oil terminal
- 46 - 50 feet, 14 - 15.2 meters
Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Yes
- Advisable
- Yes
Tugs
- Assist
- Yes
Quarantine / documents
- Pratique
- Yes
- Deratt certificate
- Yes
Contact
- Address
- 1215 Marginal Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4P8, Canada
- Phone
- 902 426-8222
- Fax
- 902 426-7335
- Website
- www.portofhalifax.ca
Communications
- Telephone
- Yes
- Radio
- Yes
- Radio tel
- Yes
- Air
- Yes
- Telegraph
- Yes
- Rail
- Yes
Loading & unloading
- Wharves
- Yes
Lift cranes
- 100+ ton lifts
- Yes
- 50-100 ton lifts
- Yes
- 25-49 ton lifts
- Yes
- 0-24 ton lifts
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Port services
- Longshore
- Yes
- Electrical repair
- Yes
- Electrical
- Yes
- Navigation equipment
- Yes
Supplies
- Provisions
- Yes
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Deck
- Yes
- Water
- Yes
- Diesel oil
- Yes
- Engine
- Yes
Other services
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Marine railroad size
- Medium
- Drydock size
- Small
- Dirty ballast
- Yes
Source: Canada / CAHAL · Owner-supplied World Port Info archive.
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