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About Hamilton

The Port of Hamilton is the largest port in Ontario and the western marine gateway to the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area (GTHA). The Port of Hamilton is critical infrastructure for key Ontario industries, facilitating international trade flows and supporting domestic supply chains.

Download: Hamilton Port Map & Directory

FEATURED SPACES

1133 Industrial Drive

Resources

Supply Chain Solutions that Deliver: How HOPA works with our customers
Hamilton Land Use Plan (PDF)
Hamilton vessel tracker (link)

Shipping Services

Hamilton Container Terminals offers short-term and long-term storage of ocean containers. Services include:

Ontario-wide drayage, fumigation, container storage & handling, flexi-lining, stuffing, weighing, buy & sell, maintenance and repair.

Stevedoring partners

The Port of Hamilton has everything you need for a successful shipment.

Why Hamilton?

Commodities

Southern Ontario’s largest gateway for overseas exports of Ontario-grown corn, wheat and soybeans, handling more than a million tonnes of exports per year.
Largest gateway for imports of crop inputs used in southern Ontario agricultural production (urea ammonium nitrate, potash).
Essential infrastructure for raw material imports from the U.S. for steelmaking (iron ore/coal).
Major import gateway for finished steel used in GTHA automotive manufacturing, durable goods and construction projects.
Export gateway for large Ontario-manufactured components, factory equipment and machinery
Major regional import gateway from the U.S. for liquid bulk petrochemical products, such as consumer gasoline and asphalt cement used in GTHA road construction.

Cargo Tonnage

Cargo Origin	Cargo Group	2020	2021
Domestic	Break	677	21,435
	Dry	3,657,165	3,816,452
	Liquid	98,523	111,700
Domestic Total		3,756,364	3,949,586
Overseas	Break	602,352	1,301,733
	Dry	1,664,070	1,785,276
	Liquid	322,325	406,419
Overseas Total		2,588,747	3,493,428
USA	Dry	3,519,491	3,359,185
	Liquid	63,888	37,305
USA Total		3,583,379	3,396,490
Grand Total (mt)		9,928,491	10,839,504

Cargo Tonnage

Cargo Origin	Cargo Group	2020	2021	2022
DOMESTIC	Break Dry Liquid	677 3,657,165 98,523	21,423 3,816,452 111,700	37,822 4,248,333 197,974
DOMISTIC TOTAL		3,756,364	3,949,586	4,484,129
OVERSEAS	Break Dry Liquid	602,352 1,664,070 322,325	1,301,733 1,785,276 406,419	659,960 1,939,265 284,588
OVERSEAS TOTAL		2,588,747	3,493,428	2,883,813
USA	Dry Liquid	3,519,491 63,888	3,359,185 37,305	2,423,954 93,597
USA TOTAL		3,583,379	3,396,490	2,517,551
GRAND TOTAL		9,928,491	10,839,504	9,885,493

Rail Transload

HOPA Ports facilitates rail transload in the Port of Hamilton. Aiding in the transferring of shipments from one mode to another while relieving supply chain congestion.

“As the largest port in Ontario, the Port of Hamilton is the key supply chain gateway for steel and other essential goods that feed the region’s economy”.

HOPA Ports has plans to create new interconnections between marine, rail and road, this project will increase the efficiency and the resiliency of the supply chain in the region for the construction and manufacturing sectors.

Future plans focus on a shift in trade flows from truck to rail, reducing carbon emissions associated with long-distance truck transportation of steel products.

The Port of Hamilton is critical to Canada’s steel industry, supporting key local and Ontario businesses such as automotive, construction, furniture and appliances and pre-engineered buildings.