Port Partnership: Montreal

Trade Mission to India: The Port of Montreal Signs a Cooperation Agreement with Mundra Port 

 

The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) has signed a Cooperation Agreement with Mundra Port, Gujarat State, north of Mumbai. This agreement aims to develop cooperation in marketing and business development while sharing information on marine operations and industry best practices. 

 

Mundra Port is India's largest commercial port. A diversified port, it handles liquid and dry bulk and more than 3 million TEUs in annual container traffic. It is operated by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ). 

 

Asia accounts for 25 percent of the Port of Montreal's market and is by far the fastest growing segment. India alone accounts for 5 percent, yet was a virtually non-existent as a market just a few years ago. The Port of Montreal and Mundra Port both receive container ships, notably from such major international shipping lines as MSC and Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM, OOCL and Maersk. They ensure connections between ports on North America's East Coast and Mundra through transshipment ports in the Mediterranean. 

 

Mundra Port belongs to the Adani Group, a leading player in India's transportation logistics industry. 

 

The signing of the Cooperative Agreement was followed by a reception organized in honour of the Port of Montreal by the Port of Antwerp, Belgium, which also has a Cooperative Agreement with the MPA. The event brought together a hundred or so players in the transport industry. Among those present were: Ms. Christine St-Pierre, the Quebec Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie; Mr. Jordan Reeves, Consul General of Canada, Mumbai; Mr. Dominic Marcotte, Consul and Director of the Quebec Government Office in Mumbai; Mr. Luc Arnouts, Antwerp Port Authority Director of International Relations; Capt. Sandeep Mehta, President of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, representatives of shipping lines providing services to Montreal, shippers, freight forwarders and representatives of the Association of Multimodal Transport Operators of India (AMTOI).