Highlights: Hamilton Port Authority
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Highlights: Hamilton Port Authority
The latter part of 2010 and early 2011 were quite exciting for the Hamilton Port Authority and their tenant Federal Marine Terminals (FMT) as massive beer vats, on their way to a Molson Coors brewery in Etobicoke, arrived at the port.
The vats, which hold more than six million bottles of beer, were taken off six Fednav vessels by FMT. To get the vats to their destination, kilometre-long convoys of 40 vehicles, including 20 police cruisers, rolling at walking speed were required to complete the 68 kilometre trip. The vats were 45 meters long, eight meters high, seven meters wide, weighing 40 tonnes each. The trucks had to work at night and hydro crews were on standby to move more than 1,600 overhead wires and cables, some traffic lights and street lights. In all, the trip took 10 nights to complete.
The Molson fermentation tank movement highlighted the Hamilton Port Authority as an ideal location for the staging and movement of oversized loads to truck, as Hamilton has the advantages of a congestion free route from the port dockside terminals to major highway routes. As the Hamilton Port Authority continues to build a reputation in the project cargo sector, they take pride on their geographic location and their expert handling experience.
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