Port of Oshawa sees volumes rise in 2015

The Canadian port’s $4.1 million rail spur that opened in May made it possible to move steel that arrived by ship out west.    The Canadian Port of Oshawa, which is situated along Lake Ontario, handled over 378,000 metric tons of cargo in 2015, a 5.95 percent increase from 2014, the port said.
   Volumes of steel, potash, magnesium chloride and asphalt through the Port of Oshawa all increased in 2015.
   “Steel continues to lead our cargo volumes in a big way with 190-thousand metric tons moving through the port this past year,” Oshawa Port Authority President and CEO Donna Taylor said in a statement. “The boom in GTA (greater Toronto area) condo construction is driving the demand for steel, and that’s great for the port.”
   In addition, the port’s $4.1 million rail spur that opened at the end of May made it possible to transport steel that arrived by ship out west. “The rail spur has allowed Oshawa’s national deep-sea port to become truly intermodal, and move cargo of all sizes year round,” the port said.