Maritime Employers Association

The MEA is in service of its members and employees at the ports of Montréal, Contrecoeur, Trois-Rivières, Bécancour, Hamilton and Toronto in their work to ensure the reliability of the Canadian supply chain. The MEA’s mandate is to provide longshoremen and checkers with competitive working conditions, to recruit and train them and to ensure workplace safety, in collaboration with terminal operators. The MEA ensures optimal workforce dispatch in order to provide top quality vessel transhipment services in key links in the Canadian supply chain including the ports of Montréal, Contrecœur, Trois-Rivières, Bécancour, Hamilton and Toronto.