Welcome to the Port of Hamilton.
Logistics hub. Economic engine. Ontario’s largest port.
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The Largest Canadian Port on the Great Lakes
The Port of Hamilton is located within a day’s drive of 100 million North American consumers. With numerous Seaway-depth berths, shippers through the Port of Hamilton have access to shipping destinations in the Great Lakes and around the globe.
Ontario, Canada offers a welcoming business climate, with more than 40 international free trade agreements in place. What’s more, overseas shippers enjoy the considerable cost advantage of the low Canadian dollar.
The Port of Hamilton’s terminals provide handling, transloading and storage of a wide range of commodities including:
Advantage Hamilton
- Modal choice: extensive marine, rail and direct highway access
- 45 minutes to the US border
- Two Class-1 North American railways
- Two expert Stevedores
- Highly skilled workforce
- 10-m drafts
- Direct marine access to international waters via the St. Lawrence Seaway
- Ample wharf space
Transit times from Hamilton
| Montreal, Canada | 2 days | Houston, USA | 18 days | Antwerp, Belgium | 16 days | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 16 days | Brake, Germany | 17 days | Panama Canal | 18 days | Mersin, Turkey | 27 days |