SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA

Saint John Port Authority facilities consist of Navy Island Forest Products Terminal, Rodney Container Terminal and Terminal 12 on the West Side; Long Wharf, Pugsley Terminal and Lower Cove on the East Side of the Main Harbour; and Barrack Point Potash Terminal in Courtenay Bay.

Private facilities consist of the crude oil facility at Mispec Point in the Approaches to the Main Harbour, the Irving Oil terminal docks in Courtenay Bay and Bay Ferries on the West Side of the Main Harbour. The site of the old sugar refinery, located on the East Side of the Main Harbour, has been acquired by the City of Saint John for future urban development.

The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans operates the Canadian Coast Guard Base located in the Main Harbour, which also contains Marine Traffic Communications Services Center, Transport Canada Ship Safety and the Coast Guard Environmental Response Team. The Port Authority holds title to part of the Coast Guard site. The Port Authority also leases to the City of Saint John the dock front at the old sugar refinery site.

The Saint John Region is the industrial heart of the Province of New Brunswick. The port is New Brunswick's main and most diversified port and is essential to New Brunswick's industries. It is an economic engine within this community and creates 1,700 direct and indirect jobs locally, contributing $161 million to the local GDP. This translates into 4,000 jobs Province-wide and $216 million contributed to the provincial GDP.

On average, each cargo vessel contributes an estimated $115,000 spending within the local community. Each tonne of cargo passing through the port brings $22.00 in expenditures to the community and, similarly, every container generates $260.00 in expenditures.

Cargo vessels annually contribute $46 million in direct spending in the community. Cruise vessels contribute in excess of $9 million. Cruise ship passengers spend an average of $85.00 per day in the City and surrounding area. In 2004, 138,800 passengers visiting Saint John spent an estimated $11.7 million. These figures do not include crew expenditures, which account for a further $2.5 million annually.

Port labour provides a significant contribution to the local economy. Over the past five years, an average of 294,000 man-hours per annum have been worked on the port with total earnings averaging $9.9 million per annum.