lenaitch
Senior Member
I don't know. I'm not sure there is such a thing as a 'container laker'; the majority are bulk or tankers. Where would it off-load in Toronto? Container yards with any handling volume take a lot of real estate plus to truck/rail access, none of which the Port of Toronto offers.Would a 100 car double stack train carry more containers than a lake freighter?
Quebec city has a deep sea port.
I wonder if they could get the line to Churchill to run at 50mph if running double stack container trains from there to Toronto would make sense? It would be closer than Halifax.
I don't know if the Port of Quebec has a container dock. There's a lot of competition for container traffic on the east coast between those that already have the facilities and those that propose them, plus competition from US ports. I'm not sure Churchill would be all that competitive given that it is seasonal. "Closer than Halifax" depends on where the ship is coming from.