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signal -star staff
It has been a busy year for the God-
erich Port Management Corporation
(GPMC), with 187 vessels stopping
at the Port of Goderich as of the end
of September.
The GPMC quarterly report states
89 vessels loaded or off-loaded dur-
ing the last quarter alone, from July
to September, as well as saw the un-
expected docking of a cruise ship this
summer.
Wharfage fees were down for
the quarter and the year, with about
$40,000 difference over the same
time last year.
However, expenditures are also low
for the year-to-date, nearly $35,000
less than anticipated.
The main commodities being
shipped are salt, grain and calcium
chloride.
• "Overall, we've been fine this
year," said GPMC president Al Ham-
ilton. "The port here isn't driven by
some of the same economic factors
that are causing ships to be tied up."
The town, together with the GPMC,
have been trying to procure funding
for an estimated $40 million project
through the Building Canada fund.
The two-thirds funding program
would provide funds to reclaim 15
acres of land in the north harbour.
The first attempt through the Build-
ing Canada Communities fund was
turned down this June, however an-
other request was sent through the
major infrastructure component of
the funding program.
The application was sent in August
and town staff and the GPMC are
awaiting a response from the federal
government.
Terms of reference for the project
had been completed in September,
and the environmental assess-
ment process is moving along
as well.
Meanwhile, Hamilton said
there was little in the way of
work being done at the port,
and crews are currently wrap-
ping up small maintenance
jobs before the winter sets in.
Any major work, he said, is
tied up in the Building Canada
Photo by Dave Sykes
Long haul
The ocean-going vessel, lryda, Limassol, of the Polsteam
Shipping Agency, arrived in Goderich port at 8 a.m. Sunday
morning from Milwaukee and will be taking on a load of
soybeans destined for the Middle East. The Polish vessel
should be loaded with between 15,000 and 25,000 tonnes of
soybeans and i3 expected to clear port Wednesday morn-
ing. The Polish vessel also accommodates passengers.
application.
"There is not a lot on the go here.
We've done some concrete work on
the south pier and some work on the
fendering on the north pier," he said.
"We haven't done a lot of major work
here because we were waiting to see
what would happen with the expan-
sion project."
Last year, there were more than
260 ships through Goderich, includ-
ing two year-round residents - the
CSL Tadoussac and the Frontenac.
Should Goderich again be home to
wintering lakers, it would mean fish-
ing vessels would have to use Snug
Harbour because of space limitations
from the gigantic freighters.
Goderich Signal -Star, Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - Page 11
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