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Originally Posted by fenwick16
Thanks for the information.
What do you think will become of the Fairview Terminal as 11,000 - 13,000 TEU ships become more common?
Perhaps Halterm will eventually buy out the Ceres terminal and divert 8000 TEU and smaller ships to the Fairview Terminal. No one can predict the future, this is just my hope so that Halifax will maximize the use of the two terminals. If eventually the MacKay Bridge is also raised by a couple of meters then the Fairview Terminal could handle 9000 TEU size ships and smaller.
I wonder how long it will be before the majority of container ships will be over 9,000 TEU (decades possibly).
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i dont even think the majority of container ships now are even post-panamax.
Fairview will still be Busy. there will always be smaller ships. we are seeing the larger vessels on long haul routes direct from the pacific. these large ships don't make sense on shorter transatlantic routes, or even routes to the Caribbean, so they will always be there. they travel long and far, so the more you can pile on, the fewer ships you need. some routes are so short, you can do a weekly service with only a few vessels (ACL uses 4, Maersk uses 4)
Some Carriers may end up needing to switch piers; they wont care so much as long as they don't face extra delays as a result.
As for trucks downtown - Every city has them, every city complains about them. I don't think they are that big a problem personally. the run is pretty straight, and if they keep up on the potholes, they will rattle much less.