Outreach
Memorandums of Understanding
Port of Hamilton
www.hamiltonport.ca
Signed: September 17, 2009 
Objective: To help establish, support and promote “Short Sea Shipping” and international trade by providing a competitive advantage to businesses utilizing the St. Lawrence Seaway to link Hamilton and Halifax with international markets, and providing a more efficient, timely, cost effective and environmentally friendly means of transportation of goods in the international marketplace.
The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority
Signed: July 15, 2009
Objective: To collaborate and support the work of each organization's business development efforts in the promotion and development of short-sea shipping opportunities between the ports of Cleveland and Halifax via the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Odessa Commercial Seaport
Signed: June 4, 2009
Objective: To identify and generate new business opportunities for the Port of Halifax and Odessa with special emphasis on the promotion of Halifax as a gateway port for Canada and North America, and the Port of Odessa as a gateway port for Ukraine and Eastern Europe via the Black Sea.
Port of Chennai
www.chennaiport.gov.in
Signed: January 28, 2009 
Objective: To engage in a sister port relationship between the Port of Halifax and Chennai that will identify market and business development opportunities that will benefit both ports.
Suez Canal Authority
www.suezcanal.gov.eg
Signed: January 15, 2009
Objective: To undertake joint marketing activities, data interchange, and share market information that promotes the all-water route between Asia and the east coast of North America via the Suez Canal.
St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation
www.seaway.ca
Signed: September 21, 2007 
Objective: To increase awareness of the Port of Halifax and the Great Lakes Seaway system as a reliable and efficient gateway to the heartland of North America, and to identify new business opportunities.
Memberships
The Halifax Port Authority holds memberships with the following organizations:
- American Association of Port Authorities
- Association of Canadian Port Authorities
- Atlantic Canada Cruise Association
- Atlantic Provinces Chamber of Commerce
- Atlantic Provinces Economic Council
- Canadian Chamber of Commerce
- Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
- Chamber of Marine Commerce
- Greater Halifax Partnership
- Halifax Chamber of Commerce
- Halifax Gateway Council
- Halifax Shipping Association
- Highway H20
- Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce
- NovaKnowledge
- Retail Council of Canada
- Shipping Federation of Canada
- Transportation Club of Halifax Dartmouth
- World Trade Centre of Atlantic Canada
