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38-523: In 2019, more than 2,000 cargo ships visited with the port, while handling 40,500,000 metric tonnes of consumer goods , machinery , cereal , sugar , petroleum products, and other types of cargo. Montreal is also a port for cruise ships . The port is operated by the Montreal Port Authority. As of 2024 it is estimated the port's activities support an estimated 600,000 jobs directly and indirectly across Montreal and Quebec. The port originated in

76-462: A consumer in or around a permanent or temporary household or residence, a school, in recreation, or otherwise; but such term does not include— (A) any article which is not customarily produced or distributed for sale to, or use or consumption by, or enjoyment of, a consumer, It then goes on to list eight additional specific exclusions and further details. Final goods can be classified into the following categories: Consumer durable goods usually have

114-601: A lot of selection and comparison based on various parameters such as cost, brand, style, comfort etc., before buying an item. Shopping goods are costlier than convenience goods and are durable in nature. Consumer goods companies usually try to set up their shops and show rooms in active shopping areas to attract customer attention and their main focus is to do much advertising and promotion to attract more customers. Examples include clothing items, televisions, radios, footwear, home furnishings, etc. Specialty goods are unique in nature; these are unusual and luxurious items available in

152-602: A scale of 1 to 5, where Level 5 corresponds to the highest performance rating possible, the Port of Montreal scored Level 4 for its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and Level 5 for its efforts to reduce conflict of use and for its environmental leadership. Under its locomotive replacement program, the port has purchased four multiple-generator – or GenSet – locomotives. GenSet technology reduces fuel consumption by about 50% and greenhouse gas emissions by 90% compared to traditional locomotives. The Montreal Port Authority manages

190-502: A significant lifespan , which tends to be at least one year, based on the guarantee or warranty period. The maximum life depends upon the durability of the product or goods. Examples include tools, cars, and boats. On the other hand, capital goods , which are tangible in nature, such as machinery or building or any other equipment that can be used in manufacturing of final product, are durable goods with limited lifespans that are determined by manufacturers before their sale. The longevity and

228-407: A total value of around US$ 5,835 billion. 2007 was the year with the largest value (US$ 4,888 billion) followed by a steep slump in 2009 (-70.9%). After the first wave in 2007, now is the second big M&A wave in the consumer products sector, and a decline is expected. Contrecoeur Contrecœur ( French pronunciation: [kɔ̃tʁəkœʁ] ) is a city in southwestern Quebec , Canada on

266-633: Is a major source of truck traffic for Ontario's Highway 401 . The port has appointed representatives in the U.S., Europe and Asia to promote its advantages in those markets. In 2012, Northern Europe was the point of origin or final destination for 46.8% of the containers moving through the port, followed by the Mediterranean (19%), Asia (13.7%), the Middle East (7.4%), Latin America (5.9%) and Africa / Oceania (4.0%). Domestic cargo accounted for 3.2% of

304-556: Is a participant. The port serves a variety of North America markets. In 2012, 74.1% of the port's containerized cargo traffic was destined for or came from the Canadian market, mainly Québec (34.7%), Ontario (26.9%) and Western Canada (9.1%). The other 25.9% of containerized cargo traffic was destined for or came from the United States, mainly the Midwest (18.4%), and as a result, the port

342-627: Is dominated by the West End Gang , which use it for drug smuggling. Over a 8 month period in 2000, the West End Gang smuggled in 260 kilograms of cocaine via the Port of Montreal. In 2001, the Liberal Senator Colin Kenny said of his visit to the port of Montreal that it reminded him of the 1954 film On The Waterfront . Kenny told the journalists Julian Sher and William Marsden: "We were looking at each other, wondering when Karl Malden

380-536: The Boucherville Islands Archipelago , which is located at the downstream end of the port. The port authority is completing work to provide fish with spawning areas at several islands of the archipelago as part of an agreement with the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Fish Habitat Management Branch. The Coastal Fisheries Protection Act calls for the creation or improvement of habitant banks as compensation for

418-539: The yellow, red and orange goods classification system. Convenience goods are regularly consumed and easily available. Generally, convenience goods come in the category of nondurable goods such as fast foods, cigarettes and tobacco with low value. Convenience goods are sold mostly by wholesalers or retailers to make them available to the consumers in goods or large volume. Convenience goods can further be divided into staple convenience consumer goods and impulse convenience consumer goods. Staple convenience consumer goods are

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456-477: The City of Montreal for the extension of a thoroughfare that was designed to link with port facilities. The province also announced the construction of an exit ramp from a major highway to allow trucks to directly reach the port, and the reconfiguration of an entrance ramp on the same highway to provide trucks leaving the port with direct access to the highway network. The two projects were designed to improve truck access at

494-524: The Montreal area. Each of three levels of government – federal, provincial and municipal – names a director. The federal transport minister, on the recommendation of port users, names the remaining four directors. The board elects its own chairman. As of 2016, the Port Authority had 237 employees, total revenue from operations was $ 106.7 million and its net earnings totalled $ 23.5 million. The port of Montreal

532-526: The Old Port. The Montreal Port Authority's head office and the multipurpose Bickerdike Terminal are located upstream from the Old Port. Starting from the first authority: Maritime and port activity in Montreal supports some 18,280 jobs and provides $ 1.5 billion in economic benefits to the Canadian economy (Secor study, 2008). The Province of Québec announced in May 2013 the signature of a collaborative framework with

570-649: The Port of Montreal and is a member of: the Association of Canadian Port Authorities (CPA), the American Association of Port Authorities , and the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH). The port authority is an autonomous self-financing federal agency created under the terms of the Canada Marine Act . The port authority's board of directors is composed of seven business people from

608-495: The Port of Montreal. The federal government announced in March 2012 that it would contribute up to $ 15.1 million toward two projects to increase the port's container-handling capacity. At the same time it announced a subsidy of $ 500,000 toward the second phase of an electronic navigation project in the St. Lawrence River channel between Quebec City and Montreal. The Port of Montreal was behind

646-432: The United States' Consumer Product Safety Act has an extensive definition of consumer product , which begins: CONSUMER PRODUCT.--The term ‘‘consumer product’’ means any article, or component part thereof, produced or distributed (i) for sale to a consumer for use in or around a permanent or temporary household or residence, a school , in recreation, or otherwise, or (ii) for the personal use, consumption or enjoyment of

684-488: The basic necessities of the consumer. These goods are easily available and in large quantity: milk, bread, sugar, etc. Impulse convenience consumer goods do not belong to the priority list of the consumer. They are purchased without any prior planning, just on the basis of the impulse : potato wafers, candies, ice creams, cold drinks, etc. Shopping consumer goods are the goods which take lot of time and proper planning before making purchase decision; in this case consumer does

722-489: The consumer but still give satisfaction to the consumer. They are also inseparable and variable in nature: they are thus produced and consumed simultaneously. Examples are haircuts, medical treatments, auto repairs and landscaping. Final goods can be classified into the following categories, which are determined by consumers' buying habits: Convenience goods, shopping goods, and specialty goods are also known as "red goods", "yellow goods", and "orange goods", respectively, under

760-636: The creation of the Logistics and Transportation Metropolitan Cluster of Montreal, or Cargo Montreal, an initiative to help consolidate Montreal as a centre for goods transportation. The project is supported by the Metropolitan Community and its activities are financially supported by Québec's Finance and Economy Ministry, Executive Council Ministry, the Montreal Metropolitan Community and all Cargo Montreal members, while Transport Canada

798-559: The historic area now known as the Old Port of Montreal . Over the years, the Port of Montreal expanded eastward along the waterfront. In 1978, the Port of Montreal ceded the area now known as the Old Port to the Old Port of Montreal Corporation , a public corporation responsible for developing tourism and recreational activities in the area. The site is a tourist attraction, featuring museums, restaurants, shops and water-related activities. Most Port of Montreal facilities are located downstream from

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836-597: The impact of development projects, such as the development of berths, on the environment. The Port of Montreal and the shipping channel between Montreal and Quebec City has a draft depth of 11.3 metres (37 ft) and is capable of handling neopanamax container ships of up to 6,000 TEUs . Container ships are completely unloaded and loaded. Container shipping lines calling the port include CMA CGM , Hapag-Lloyd , Maersk Line , Mediterranean Shipping Company and OOCL . The port has three international container terminals. Montreal Gateway Terminals Partnership operates two of

874-512: The island of Montreal reached full capacity. The Port of Montreal is a founding member of Green Marine, a voluntary environmental program for the maritime industry in Canada and the United States. Green Marine addresses environmental issues such as greenhouse gases, cargo residues, conflict of use (noise, dust, odours, luminous pollution), water and soil pollution prevention, and environmental leadership. In Green Marine's most recent progress report, on

912-591: The market. Specialty goods are mostly purchased by the upper classes of society as they are expensive in nature and difficult to afford for the middle and lower classes. Companies advertise their goods targeting the upper class. These goods do not fall under the category of necessity; rather they are purchased on the basis personal preference or desire. Brand name, uniqueness, and special features of an item are major attributes which attract customers and make them buy such products. Examples include antiques, jewelry, wedding dresses, cars, etc. Unsought goods belong to neither

950-468: The necessity group of consumer goods list nor to specialty goods. They are always available in the market but are purchased by very few consumers, either based on their interest or their need for some specific reasons. The general public does not purchase such goods often. Examples include snowshoes , fire extinguishers , flood insurance , etc. In the consumer product sector, there have been 107,891 deals announced between 1985 and 2018, which cumulates to

988-562: The often-higher cost of durable goods usually cause consumers to postpone expenditures on them, which makes durables the most volatile (or cost-dependent) component of consumption. Consumer nondurable goods are purchased for immediate use or for use very soon. Generally, the lifespan of nondurable goods is from a few minutes to up to three years: food, beverages, clothing, shoes and gasoline are examples. In everyday language, nondurable goods get consumed or "used up". Consumer services are intangible in nature. They cannot be seen, felt or tasted by

1026-751: The port's Iberville Passenger Terminal. The port reported servicing 127,087 passengers and crew members in 2018. The port authority provides facilities to shipping lines and land carriers, to terminal operators and to freight transport . It builds and maintains infrastructures that it leases to private stevedoring companies. The port also has its own railway network, which includes more than 100 kilometres (62 mi) of track with direct access to almost every berth and further provides transcontinental railways through signed agreements with Canadian National Railway Co. (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) to improve supply chain efficiency for container traffic throughout North America. The Montreal Port Authority operates

1064-683: The port's containerized cargo traffic. The port continues to benefit from traffic moving through the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal thanks to the direct services that shipping lines provide between Montreal and transhipment ports in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean . On the island of Montreal, port territory stretches along 26 kilometres (16 mi) of the waterfront from the Victoria Bridge at

1102-407: The port's dry bulk facilities. Six petroleum companies: Canterm Canadian Terminals Inc., Shell Canada Products, Suncor Energy , Terminal Montréal Est, Terminal Norcan Inc. and Ultramar Ltd. handle petroleum products at port facilities. Two companies Vopak Terminals Canada Inc. and Lallemand Inc. move other liquid bulk products. The port authority directly operates a cruise passenger terminal,

1140-450: The port's grain terminal. Total grain traffic through the port increased by 76.3% to 3,070,054 tonnes in 2012, the first full year of operation of the grain terminal under Viterra. The grain terminal is a combined loading and unloading facility that has a total storage capacity of 260,000 tonnes. Iron ore , salt , fertilizers , copper ore , raw sugar and gypsum are among the major commodities handled. Logistec Stevedoring Inc. operates

1178-539: The south shore of the St. Lawrence River . The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 9,480. Contrecœur is approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Montreal and is accessible via Autoroute 30 , the main road from the southwest, which continues on to Sorel-Tracy . In 1672, Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur , a soldier of the Carignan-Salières Regiment , originally from Saint-Chef, Isère, France,

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1216-455: The stevedores, 36% of the checkers and 56% of the garbagemen working at the port of Montreal had criminal records. Consumer goods A final good or consumer good is a final product ready for sale that is used by the consumer to satisfy current wants or needs, unlike an intermediate good , which is used to produce other goods. A microwave oven or a bicycle is a final good. When used in measures of national income and output ,

1254-501: The term "final goods" includes only new goods. For example, gross domestic product (GDP) excludes items counted in an earlier year to prevent double counting based on resale of items. In that context, the economic definition of goods also includes what are commonly known as services . Manufactured goods are goods that have been processed in any way. They are distinct from raw materials , but include both intermediate goods and final goods. There are legal definitions. For example,

1292-441: The terminals and Termont Montreal Inc. operates the other. Empire Stevedoring Co. Ltd. operates a terminal that handles domestic containers. These facilities cover an area of approximately 90 hectares (36 acres) and have 15 dockside gantry cranes with lifting capacities ranging from 40 to 65 tonnes, yard gantry cranes and other container-handling equipment. The port signed an agreement in 2011 with Viterra Inc. , to lease and operate

1330-434: The upstream end of the port to Pointe-aux-Trembles at the downstream end of the port. The port also has a terminal at Contrecoeur , on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River about 40 kilometres (25 mi) downstream from Montreal. The port owns land along four kilometres (2.5 mi) of the waterfront at Contrecoeur. This land was intended to be used to increase the port's container-handling capacity once its land on

1368-491: Was Stelco , until Mittal purchased it in 2004. The steel mill in Contrecoeur-Est, Sidbec-Dosco, was privatised in 1994 into Ispat International. Mittal purchased that too, and merged with Arcelor to form ArcelorMittal in 2006. The Contrecoeur-West and Contrecoeur-East were administratively merged into ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Contrecoeur had

1406-554: Was going to appear. It shocked the hell out of us". In 1997, the government of Jean Chretien disbanded the Canada Ports Police, which traditionally policed the waterfront and replaced the Ports Police with private security guards. Kenny and his Senate committee stated the unarmed and poorly paid private security guards who have no power of arrest were hapless in the face of the West End Gang. Kenny's committee discovered that 15% of

1444-525: Was granted a seigneury by King Louis XIV . He and 68 other pioneers founded the town in 1681, and it is named in his honour. A migratory bird sanctuary is located near the town on Contrecœur Island. Contrecœur is currently twinned with Saint-Chef , in southeast France, and has been since 1993. The steel mill in Contrecoeur-West was in 1994 privatised by the Quebec government. The initial owner of Norambar

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