Containerised cargo volume through the Port of Halifax last year "remains consistent" with 2017, according to theHalifax Port Authority with total throughput at 547,445 TEU compared to a total of 559,242 TEU in 2017 - a decline of 2.1 per cent.
    Containerised throughput for the fourth quarter of 2018 was 130,200 TEU, compared to 140,299 TEU during the same quarter in 2017 - a 7.2 per cent decline in the number of boxes in the fourth quarter, the Halifax Chronicle Herald reported.