Port of Pictou

Pictou, NS · Municipal · Transport Canada · Pictou Harbour / Northumberland Strait (Gulf of St. Lawrence)

The Port of Pictou is a Transport Canada-owned public port on the south shore of Pictou Harbour, opening onto the Northumberland Strait and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and is described as one of the last active commercial ports linking Nova Scotia to the world. It handles general and break-bulk cargo and provides marine services including stevedoring, bunkering (light/heavy fuel by truck), fresh water, provisioning, hold cleaning, cargo supervision, ice-breaker assistance and a recreational marina. The facility offers roughly 550 m of total berth length across Pier C (two ~185 m berths, ~7.5 m depth, with an unheated freight shed) and the Quay Wall Wharf (~180-185 m, ~4.5-5.5 m depth), plus about 850 m2 of warehouse and 6,000 m2 of secure marshalling area; the adjacent site has a long shipbuilding heritage (the Pictou Shipyard built freighters in WWII). The port is currently operated by Rotor Mechanical Services Ltd. (RMS Wind), and cargo activity historically grew with the nearby Abercrombie Point pulp mill.