Ontario Marine Transportation Study Phase I Final Report Industry Profile and Economic Impact Prepared For Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Ontario Marine Transportation Forum Prepared By MariNova Consulting Ltd. Research and Traffic Group Gardner Pinfold CPCS Transcom April 2009 Ontario Marine Transportation Study – Phase I Final Report: Industry Profile and Economic Impact i Table of Contents Executive Summary................................................................................................. i 1.0 Introduction.....................................................................................................1 2.0 Description of Publicly-Owned and Private Ports in Ontario......................5 2.1 Canada Port Authorities ............................................................................................. 5 2.1.1 Toronto...................................................................................................................... 7 2.1.2 Hamilton ...................................................................................................................11 2.1.3 Windsor ....................................................................................................................16 2.1.4 Thunder Bay.............................................................................................................19 2.2 Other Publicly Owned or Administered Ports ........................................................... 23 2.2.1 Prescott ....................................................................................................................23 2.2.2 Oshawa ....................................................................................................................28 2.2.3 Port Colborne ...........................................................................................................32 2.2.4 Port Stanley..............................................................................................................34 2.2.5 Sarnia.......................................................................................................................37 2.2.6 Goderich...................................................................................................................39 2.2.7 Owen Sound.............................................................................................................42 2.3 Non-publicly Owned or Administered Ports ............................................................. 43 2.3.1 Nanticoke .................................................................................................................43 2.3.2 Meldrum Bay ............................................................................................................46 2.3.3 Sault Ste Marie.........................................................................................................47 3.0 Review of St Lawrence Seaway...................................................................51 4.0 Primary Customers.......................................................................................57 4.1 Steel ......................................................................................................................... 58 4.2 Power generation ..................................................................................................... 60 4.3 Construction ............................................................................................................. 61 4.4 Petroleum ................................................................................................................. 62 4.5 Salt ........................................................................................................................... 64 4.6 Grain......................................................................................................................... 64 5.0 Carrier Industry.............................................................................................67 5.1 Domestic carrier industry.......................................................................................... 67 5.1.1 Domestic carriers......................................................................................................69 5.1.2 US carriers ...............................................................................................................83 5.2 International Carriers................................................................................................ 85 5.3 Ferry and passenger services .................................................................................. 89 5.3.1 Ferry services...........................................................................................................89 5.3.2 Cruise shipping on the Great Lakes .........................................................................93 6.0 Marine Service Industries ............................................................................97 6.1 Pilotage services ...................................................................................................... 97 6.2 Harbour and port operations .................................................................................... 97 6.3 Cargo handling ......................................................................................................... 98 6.3.1 Great Lakes Stevedoring..........................................................................................98 6.3.2 Federal Marine Terminals.........................................................................................99 6.3.3 Logistec Inc. .............................................................................................................99 6.3.4 Empire Stevedoring Ltd. .........................................................................................100 6.3.5 Thunder Bay Terminals ..........................................................................................100 6.3.6 Valley Camp Inc. ....................................................................................................100 6.3.7 Canadian Grain Trimmers Ltd. ...............................................................................101 6.3.8 Purvis Marine .........................................................................................................101 6.4 Shipbuilding and ship repair ................................................................................... 101 6.4.1 Upper Lakes Marine and Industrial.........................................................................101 6.4.2 Fraser Marine and Industrial...................................................................................102 6.4.3 Heddle Marine Service Inc. ....................................................................................102 April 2009 Ontario Marine Transportation Study – Phase I Final Report: Industry Profile and Economic Impact ii 6.4.4 Hike Metal Products ...............................................................................................102 6.5 Shipping agencies .................................................................................................. 102 6.6 Marine towing industry ........................................................................................... 104 6.7 Ship chandleries and ship supplies........................................................................ 104 6.7.1 WestPier Marine & Industrial Supply ......................................................................104 6.7.2 Bell Marine and Mill Supply Ltd. .............................................................................104 6.7.3 Seagulf Marine .......................................................................................................104 6.7.4 Latchum Marine Services .......................................................................................105 6.8 Ship brokers/charterers.......................................................................................... 105 6.9 Other services ........................................................................................................ 105 7.0 Economic Impact ........................................................................................106 7.1 Marine transportation ............................................................................................. 106 7.1.1 Industry structure....................................................................................................106 7.1.2 Data and data limitations........................................................................................107 7.2 GDP – the size of the water transportation industry in Ontario.............................. 107 7.3 Economic impact analysis: approach..................................................................... 109 7.3.1 Indicators and impacts............................................................................................109 7.3.2 Estimating the impacts ...........................................................................................110 7.4 Economic impact analysis: results ......................................................................... 111 7.4.1 Industry impacts .....................................................................................................111 7.4.2 Port impacts ...........................................................................................................112 8.0 Conclusions ................................................................................................114