THE GEOGRAPHY OF TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
Photo: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Grain Elevator Complex, Port of Halifax
The global trade of grain using maritime shipping is an activity that has taken place at a large scale for more than a century. For countries such as Canada, grain exports have been a strong factor behind the development of inland rail networks as well as port terminals. For ports, this mainly implied the construction of large grain elevator complexes able, through a system of conveyor belts, to load bulk cargo ships.