[11] Though found on the Saint Lawrence Seaway, it is some 260 miles (420 km) inland from the Atlantic Ocean and it is on the shortest direct route between the North American Midwest and Europe or the Mediterranean.

Starting from the first authority:[14] Maritime and port activity in Montreal supports some 18,280 jobs and provides $1.5 billion in economic benefits to the Canadian economy (Secor study, 2008).

[2] The Province of Québec announced in May 2013 the signature of a collaborative framework with the City of Montreal for the extension of a thoroughfare that was designed to link with port facilities.

The federal government announced in March 2012 that it would contribute up to $15.1 million toward two projects to increase the port's container-handling capacity.

[17] At the same time it announced a subsidy of $500,000 toward the second phase of an electronic navigation project in the St. Lawrence River channel between Quebec City and Montreal.

[18] The project is supported by the Metropolitan Community and its activities are financially supported by Québec's Finance and Economy Ministry, Executive Council Ministry, the Montreal Metropolitan Community and all Cargo Montreal members, while Transport Canada is a participant.

In 2012, 74.1% of the port's containerized cargo traffic was destined for or came from the Canadian market, mainly Québec (34.7%), Ontario (26.9%) and Western Canada (9.1%).

[20] In 2012, Northern Europe was the point of origin or final destination for 46.8% of the containers moving through the port, followed by the Mediterranean (19%), Asia (13.7%), the Middle East (7.4%), Latin America (5.9%) and Africa/Oceania (4.0%).

[2] The port also has a terminal at Contrecoeur, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River about 40 kilometres (25 mi) downstream from Montreal.

[21] The Port of Montreal is a founding member of Green Marine, a voluntary environmental program for the maritime industry in Canada and the United States.

[23] GenSet technology reduces fuel consumption by about 50% and greenhouse gas emissions by 90% compared to traditional locomotives.

[29] The port authority provides facilities to shipping lines and land carriers, to terminal operators and to freight transport.

[34] The port authority is an autonomous self-financing federal agency created under the terms of the Canada Marine Act.

[41] Kenny and his Senate committee stated the unarmed and poorly paid private security guards who have no power of arrest were hapless in the face of the West End Gang.

[41] Kenny's committee discovered that 15% of the stevedores, 36% of the checkers and 56% of the garbagemen working at the port of Montreal had criminal records.