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Celebrating the opening of Halifax’s new Marine Container Examination Facility

Today, the Honourable Darren Fisher, Member of Parliament for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety, along with senior officials from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Halifax Port Authority and the Africville community, celebrated the opening of the new Marine Container Examination Facility (MCEF) in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  

Halifax’s new Marine Container Examination Facility is home to the CBSA’s Container Examination Team and Waterfront Cargo Inspection Unit, and is located on the shores of the Bedford Basin, adjacent to the PSA Halifax Fairview Cove Terminal near the former Africville community. The 2,700 square-metre Envision-Verified Certified building replaces the former MCEF warehouse located in the Burnside Industrial Park, which required shipping containers to be transported across the MacKay Bridge for examination.

Construction on the new Marine Container Examination Facility (MCEF) began in summer 2022 and was completed in early April 2025. Operations started on April 7, 2025.

 

Please visit these links for more information:

https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/news/2025/07/celebrating-the-opening-of-halifaxs-new-marine-container-examination-facility.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/news/2025/07/africville-seasides-marine-container-examination-facility.html

 

 

Topic(s)

Security and Trade Facilitation Programs
International Trade and Border Management
Exports
Freight & Transport

Information source

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
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