Trois-Rivieres (Port)

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Major investment to extend dock 10 at the Port of Trois-Rivières

François-Philippe Champagne, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance and MP for Saint-Maurice—Champlain, on behalf of the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport; Jean D’Amour, Minister for Maritime Affairs, on behalf of Jacques Daoust, Minister of Transport, Sustainable Mobility and Transport Electrification; Julie Boulet, Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Montérégie Region; Jean-Denis Girard, MNA for Trois-Rivières; Cléo Marchand, Chairman of the Board of the Trois-Rivières Port Authority (TRPA), and Gaétan Boivin, President and Chief Executive Officer of the TRPA, today announced significant investments for improvements to the Port of Trois-Rivières. The project involves extending dock 10 towards the east and filling the space between this extension and the current dock 9. The project will increase exterior storage space in this area from 3,000 m2 to 12,000 m2, which will enable increased shipping of a large variety of products and non-containerized general cargo. As a result, this will improve the competitiveness of shipping on the St. Lawrence and of the region’s manufacturing companies. Extending dock 10 and improving storage capacity are part of the improvements to a multi‑purpose zone totalling $40 million in infrastructure investments between 2015 and 2017. The Government of Canada has committed up to $16.3 million from the Gateways and Border Crossings Fund. From this amount, $3.6 million is being invested specifically in the dock extension. Source: CNW Telbec

First cruise ship visit for Trois Rivières, Canada ever

Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ Balmoral was the first ship in history to call into Trois Rivières in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada on 20 September with 1,200 passengers and 500 crew aboard. Additional scheduled ship visits include Quest for Adventure on 25 September and Seabourn Sojourn in September 2013.