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National marine traffic
Cabotage accounts for a quarter of Québec’s marine traffic. Although this proportion has gone
down by 12% in the ports of the Saint-Laurent in the past 20 years, cabotage has fallen at an
even greater rate in other North American ports. Road transportation in Québec continues to
gain ground at the expense of the shipping industry. Although the pulp and paper industries
have diversified their sources of raw materials by using recycled paper and wood shavings, the
wood which was once transported by ship from the North Shore to Québec City is now being
transported by truck. The same is true for the supply of hydrocarbons to the Saguenay and
Eastern Québec regions. Recently, part of the hydrocarbon supply for Montréal is being shipped
via rail from Saint-Romuald.
Canadian maritime transport by region
(thousands of metric tons)
(thousands of metric tons)
140 000
120 000
100 000
80 000
60 000
40 000
20 000
0
140 000
120 000
100 000
80 000
60 000
40 000
20 000
National Marine Traffic
0
Source : Statistics Canada
1980 1998
Total Marine Traffic
1980 1998
(thousands of metric tons)
International Marine Traffic
140 000
120 000
100 000
80 000
60 000
40 000
20 000
0
Atlantic
Saint-Laurent
Great Lakes
Pacific
1980 1998
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