Agri-food Archives - HOPA Ports https://www.hopaports.ca/category/agri-food/ Waterfronts at work. Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:38:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hopaports.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HOPA_Ports_Bilingual_Light-100x100.png Agri-food Archives - HOPA Ports https://www.hopaports.ca/category/agri-food/ 32 32 Oshawa Ag https://www.hopaports.ca/oshawa-ag/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:45:36 +0000 https://www.hopaports.ca/?page_id=39354 Connecting Farmers to Global Buyers. Learn More The newly expanded Port of Oshawa Grain Export Terminal is ready to take your harvest further. With faster truck turnaround, 20,000 MT of storage, and direct access to ocean vessels, you can reach international markets while saving time and cutting transport costs. Key advantages – Drop off minutes […]

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]]> Canada is Feeding the World with Support from Marine Shipping https://www.hopaports.ca/canada-is-feeding-the-world-with-support-from-marine-shipping/ Fri, 25 Jul 2025 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.hopaports.ca/?p=39317 As the 2025 marine shipping season has progressed, grain traffic has remained the dominant story of the year per statistics reported by the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation. As of the end of June, total traffic had reached approximately 12.7 million tonnes, representing an increase of approximately 4% year over year when compared to the same period […]

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]]> HOPA Ports, P&H Milling Group and Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited, Collaborate to Advance Agri-Food Growth with Hamilton Terminal Expansion https://www.hopaports.ca/hopa-ports-ph-milling-group-and-parrish-heimbecker-limited-collaborate-to-advance-agri-food-growth-with-hamilton-terminal-expansion/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.hopaports.ca/?p=37723 Hamilton’s growing agri-food cluster now represents 31% of the Port’s overall cargo and supports 105,000 jobs across Ontario. Expansion solidifies P&H as the largest single-user of Ontario-grown wheat, supporting the $48 billion food processing sector in Ontario. Expansion enhances the resilience of Ontario’s agri-food supply chain, enabling more efficient processing and distribution of essential ingredients […]

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]]> Food processing sector flourishing at the Port of Hamilton https://www.hopaports.ca/food-processing-sector-flourishing-at-the-port-of-hamilton/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.hopaports.ca/?p=37589 Originally Published on November 18, 2024 by Dena Fehir A Canadian grain-trader adding onto its operations is among the construction projects underway within the food sector on the Port of Hamilton. Canadian agri-business Parrish & Heimbecker (P&H), whose flour and feed mills span from coast to coast, is building a new flour mill on Pier […]

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]]> Costly US Sugar Tariffs Drive Candy Makers Over the Border to Canada https://www.hopaports.ca/costly-us-sugar-tariffs-drive-candy-makers-over-the-border-to-canada/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.hopaports.ca/?p=37558 Originally published on Bloomberg June, 2024 Last fall, Hershey Co. repurchased a factory outside Ottawa that it closed more than a decade earlier. Blommer Chocolate Co., a US rival, is expanding in Ontario while it shutters an 85-year-old Chicago plant. Oreo-maker Mondelez International Inc. says it has invested $250 million in Ontario manufacturing facilities just […]

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]]> Food Processing Sector Shines as Construction Continues on Canada’s Largest Sugar Refinery https://www.hopaports.ca/food-processing-sector-shines-as-construction-continues-on-canadas-largest-sugar-refinery/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.hopaports.ca/?p=36890 Originally published in the Bay Observer, November 2024 As the buildings take shape on the new sugar refinery on Hamilton’s port lands, project supervisors from HOPA Ports and its tenant customer SucroCan are monitoring the progress closely. HOPA Ports is the federal entity which oversees port lands in Hamilton, Oshawa and Niagara.“This is a big deal for us […]

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]]> Expanded Oshawa Grain Terminal Begins Test Loads https://www.hopaports.ca/expanded-oshawa-grain-terminal-begins-test-loads/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.hopaports.ca/?p=36588 Progress on $35+ million upgrade Enhancing port & terminal infrastructure to improve service for farmers Creating capacity today to support growing Ontario farm exports Oshawa, Ontario – The improved Port of Oshawa Grain Export Terminal has reached an important milestone, welcoming its first test shipments this fall. The terminal and associated port infrastructure is currently […]

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]]> Toronto Tank Lines (TTL) expands operations with brand-new rail transload yard at Pier 25 in Hamilton https://www.hopaports.ca/toronto-tank-lines-ttl-expands-operations-with-brand-new-rail-transload-yard-at-pier-25-in-hamilton/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 15:00:20 +0000 https://www.hopaports.ca/?p=33414 Toronto Tank Lines (TTL), a TFI International Company has reached another milestone with the opening of their newest rail transload yard located at Pier 25 in Hamilton. TTL specializes in transporting and storing a wide array of food-grade products, including dry bulk sugar, processed grains, liquid sweeteners, flour, and edible oils. Here are some key […]

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