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Port Oshawa

Port of Oshawa

Strategically located on the north shore of Lake Ontario, immediately east of Canada's largest marketplace, Metropolitan Toronto, Port Oshawa is the better alternative for fast, cost efficient access to the highly industrialized centres of south-central Ontario, the north eastern United States, and overseas markets through the St. Lawrence Seaway System.

Capable of accommodating any size or type of vessel entering the Seaway System, Port Oshawa provides shippers with a wide range of cargo handling equipment, from heavy lift cranes to fork lift trucks. The labour force is experienced in handling all types of cargo.

Port Oshawa's stevedoring and terminal services are renowned for high, damage-free productivity. Tailor-made services include:

  • specialized storage and distribution
  • export packing
  • through rates including inland transportation

The multi-laned Highway 401, which provides a vital transportation link between Montreal, Toronto and Windsor/Detroit, is within minutes of the harbour compound. The many transport carriers servicing the Port offer a complete range of equipment to accommodate any kind of cargo. Rail freight service is readily available for transshipment of cargoes.

Transportation rates to and from Port Oshawa are extremely competitive when coupled with our terminal and stevedoring charges.

A cross-lake vehicular ferry service facility complete with a specially designed RoRo ramp is a unique feature of the Port.

The combination of convenient access to major markets, fast turn-around time, excellent cargo handling facilities and competitive rates makes Port Oshawa the logical choice for shippers moving cargo into world trade zones from Central Ontario, and for world traders selling into the mid-continent marketplace.

Port Facts

  • Full Seaway depth
  • Bulk and open storage facilities
  • Heated transit shed
  • Winter storage
  • Customs point of entry
  • Equipment to handle all cargoes
  • Three berths
  • Truck and rail facilities
  • Tug boat services
  • Ice free port
  • We're only 45 km to Toronto
  • Easily recognized entrance
  • Large turning basin
  • Experienced pleasant staff
  • Competitive pricing
  • Power and Sail Boats Welcome
  • 30 ton open end travel lift
  • Mast crane
  • Direct access to multi-laned freeway
  • Power wash
  • Private showers
  • 30 amp service
  • 5 minutes to grocery store
  • Hydrographic Service Charts
  • Transient slips
  • Specially designed RoRo ramp with fully paved, fenced, and illuminated compound
  • We offer gas, diesel and ice and we monitor 68

For complete details contact:

Oshawa Harbour Commission
Port Manager
1050 Farewell Street
Oshawa, Ontario
Canada L1H 6N6
Telephone: (905) 576-0400