Yusen) successfully bid on a continued operations contract, effective January 1, 2003 for 20 years. In 2005 the Fairview Cove Container Terminal berth depth was deepened to (as deep as the New Panama Canal). In 2012 a major expansion of the South End Container Terminal was completed. The depth of the berth was increased from and the pier was extended. In June 2017 it welcomed its first Neopanamax vessel, the ZIM Antwerp. On August 1, 2019, PSA International completed its acquisition the former Halterm south end container terminal from Macquarie Group In 2021, 16,020-TEU CMA CGM Explorer-class container ships made their inaugural visits to the PSA south-end terminal. Administration Many major port facilities are owned by the Halifax Port Authority (HPA), a port authority operating as a federally regulated Crown corporation of the Government of Canada. HPA has responsibility of managing 260 acres federally owned marine industrial land in Halifax Harbour. The HPA was created on March 1, 1999 and succeeds the Halifax Port Corporation (HPC). HPC was the successor to the National Harbours Board, which operated all federally owned ports in Canada. Halifax was one of the first of eighteen national ports in Canada which implemented this administrative change as required by the Canada Marine Act which passed on June 11, 1998. Facilities Halifax Port Authority facilities include: South End Container Terminal – Piers 36–42 (operated by PSA Halifax) Ocean Terminals – Piers 23–34 Halifax Seaport (formerly the Seawall) – Piers 20–22, Cruise Ship Pavilion and Pier 21 museum, NSCAD University, HPA administrative building Halifax Grain Elevator (leased and operated by Halifax Grain Elevator Limited) Richmond Terminals – Piers 9 and 9A Richmond Offshore Terminals – Piers 9B–9D (multi-user supply base for offshore oil and gas exploration/production) Fairview Cove Container Terminal – (currently operated by Cerescorp) Sheet Harbour Industrial Port Major port facilities not owned or administered by HPA: National Gypsum Wharf – (owned and operated by National Gypsum Company to serve Wrights Cove gypsum terminal) Woodside Atlantic Wharf – (vessel lay-up and repair, servicing oil rigs) Imperial Oil Wharves – (Imperial Oil, serves the Dartmouth Refinery) Autoport – (owned by Canadian National) All HPA facilities except the Sheet Harbour Port are serviced by Canadian National. Cruise ships In addition to being one of the world's largest natural harbours for breakbulk, bulk, roll-on/roll-off, containerized and project cargoes, the Halifax seaport has become an increasingly popular port of call for