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With an average of nearly 30 million tonnes handled per year, the Port of Québec maintains trade relations with businesses and shipowners located in approximately 50 countries.
A strategic location
As the last deep-water port before the Great Lakes (15 m deep at low tide), the Port of Québec is the gateway to the industrial and agricultural heart of North America.
This water depth allows for the transshipment of cargo between deep-draft vessels and smaller vessels able to travel upriver into the Great Lakes, a market serving more than 100 million people. Located in the heart of North America 1,300 kilometers from the Atlantic, the Port provides access to the large market of the U.S. Midwest.
15m water depth
15m water depth at low tide—a key strategic advantage.
Complete intermodality
Every day, the Port of Québec operates a complete intermodal transportation network without any congestion.
- Provides access to major national railway networks: CN. Provides access to regional railway networks: Québec-Gatineau and Charlevoix.
- Provides direct access to North America’s continental road network.
We master winter
The Port of Québec and its terminal operate all year long, day and night. Vessels can continuously tranship their cargo and benefit from the Port of Québec’s multimodal transport network.
Development of a deep-water container terminal
Dedicated exclusively to container transshipment, the terminal represents a new strategic offer serving the heart of America.
For the Quebec City area and the entire St. Lawrence River, this promising project could potentially create a new international economic hub geared toward logistics, distribution centers, and new businesses.
Container terminal capacity
Capacity
- Ships with a capacity of more than 8K TEUs
- 500K TEU capacity
Dimensions
- 610 metres of wharf
- 17.5 hectares of terminal land
- 16-metre water depth at low tide
Benefits
- An intermodal network: access to rail and road networks
- Land available nearby
Access to the Great Lakes and Midwestern U.S. market
- Hinterland - 103 M
- Regional - 22.3 M
- Local - 8.3 M
International network
The container terminal project will help raise Quebec City’s profile around the world. The construction of a deep-water container terminal is part of the Port of Québec’s mission to become an international hub building on its rich maritime history. Ever-increasing ship capacities have led to major changes in maritime shipping routes and logistics. Quebec City is fully equipped to become as important a hub for container transshipment in the Great Lakes markets as it currently is for bulk shipping.