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The Port of Montreal ((フランス語:Port de Montréal)) is a port located on the St. Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Montreal Port Authority. More than 2,000 ships carrying all types of cargo to and from all parts of the world visit the port annually.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Port of Montreal Continues to Reinvent Itself )〕 The port handled of cargo in 2012.〔 It is a transshipment point for consumer goods, machinery, grain, sugar, petroleum products and other types of cargo. Montreal is also a cruise port that welcomes major international cruise ship lines. ==Timeline== Starting from the first authority:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Port Then and Now )〕 * 1830: The first Harbour Commission is created. It builds the first permanent wharves and presses the government to dredge the river. * 1830-1832: 1,143 metres (3,750 feet) of docks are built. * 1840: The Gold-Headed Cane tradition begins. * 1854: The navigation channel between Quebec City and Montreal is deepened to 4.88 metres (16 feet) and widened to 76.19 metres (250 feet). * 1872: Archives for May 28 note that "there were 70 vessels - 21 of them ocean-going steamships - docked at different berths, representing a total of ." * 1883: Channel is dredged to 7.5 metres (25 feet). * 1902: Start of construction of modern grain elevators in the port. * 1908: First permanent transit sheds constructed. * 1910: Project to deepen the channel to 10.7 metres (35 feet) begins. * 1936: The federal government creates the National Harbours Board. * 1947: More than 25 steamship lines serve the port for seven and a half months of the year. * 1962: The federal government decides to use icebreakers to keep the channel open between Montreal and Quebec City during winter. * 1964: Year-round navigation begins in Montreal. * 1967: The port handles its first container. * 1968: Canada's first container terminal is inaugurated in Montreal. * 1972: Construction begins on Cast container terminal. * 1977: The port handles its one-millionth TEU container. * 1978: The port builds Racine container terminal and expands its operations in Montreal's east end. * 1983: The Montreal Port Corporation is established. * 1987: Maisonneuve container terminal (Termont) opens. * 1992: Maximum draught is increased to 11 metres (36 feet). * 1996: Three brand-new vessels, capable of carrying 2,300 TEU containers each, are christened in Montreal. * 1998: Two shipping lines take delivery of three ships capable of transporting 2,800 TEU containers or the equivalent. * 1999: Under the Canada Marine Act, the Montreal Port Corporation becomes the more autonomous Montreal Port Authority. * 2000: The Port of Montreal handles more than 1 million TEU containers a year for the first time in its history. * 2006: The port reaches a new milestone by handling more than 25 million tonnes of cargo. * 2008: Electronic navigation system is implemented from Montreal to the mouth of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. * 2011: The port opens a new common entry portal for trucks, transfers the management of its grain terminal operations to Viterra Inc., and reaches a new milestone by handling more than 28 million tonnes of cargo. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Port of Montreal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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