Cargo: Imports & Exports

How ports connect to you.

How products move• How do products in your

everyday life get to your home, your school, and the stores? Where do they come from?

• Canada’s ports are key to moving goods. They connect producers and receivers of products to 160 countries around the world.

• Look at the number of products that go through Canada’s ports every year!

• Can you imagine more?

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How products get to your home and school…

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RAIL

ROAD

AIR

SHIP

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Port Saint John Connecting to the World

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United States of America

Brazil

China

Turkey

United Kingdom

Morocco

And more!

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Through Port Saint JohnLast year, 312,000 metric tonnes of container cargo went through the Port.

That weighs the same as more than two million harbour seals. They weigh 136 kilograms each!

Last year, 873,000 metric tonnes of dry bulk went through the Port.

That’s the same as 873 million 1 kg bags of salt.

Last year, 26.5 million metric tonnes of liquid bulk went through the Port.

That’s enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool 10,794 times.

Transportation• There are many modes of transportation for goods. Do you see any of these in your

everyday life?

• Did you know?– Shipping goods by sea not only costs less but it has a smaller

environmental impact than rail or truck. – If we took 1 large ship out of service, we would have to add 875 truckloads on the highway

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Import vs Export• Imports are things that are shipped in.• Exports are things that are shipped out.

– What do the blue arrows represent?– What do the orange arrows represent?

• What can be imported and exported?• Who are Canada’s 3 main trading partners?• What are Canada’s top exports? Top Imports?• Port Saint John is primarily an Export Port. What does

this mean?

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NB Products and Natural Resources are exported around the World

• What types of products do you think New Brunswick produces to export to the world?

Lumber

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• Can you think of the types of jobs at a port?

Hint: Think of the types of jobs that connect with a port to move goods in and out of New Brunswick?

Who works at/with a Port?

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An International PortOver 350 connections worldwide!

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Ports of National

Significance

Port Metro Vancouver

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Bulk Break Bulk

Containers

Cruise

Products exported on container from Saint John go to the Caribbean, Southern USA and then to the world beyond.

Break bulk cargo types may include: forest products, tapioca, machinery pieces, windmill components, livestock, modular homes

May either be liquid or dry. In Saint John types of bulk cargoes are: petroleum products, potash, scrap metal, petcoke, fish oil

All major cruise lines calling in North America call on Saint John.

Port Saint John Diversity

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For more information about Port Saint John…

Visit Port Saint John’s website at www.sjport.com .

You will find:– Daily vessel reports (ships in port for the day and what cargo

they are carrying)– Cruise ship schedules– A link to tidal information– News about the Port

Follow us on Twitter @PortSaintJohn

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