Milne Inlet Port (CAMNI)

This new port facility, owned by Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation, has been built to service the Mary River mine site, one of the most northern mines, and richest in iron ore, in the world, 500km within the Arctic Circle. The quality of the ore means no processing is required before shipping it to market, reducing overall impact to the environment and keeping production costs low. Baffinland is now developing Mary River in stages. The first, known as the "Early Revenue Phase", aims to export up to 3.5 million tonnes of ore per year through Milne Inlet, using ships that carry between 70,000 and 90,000 tonnes.

Milne Port is located at the head of Milne Inlet, Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada, within the Arctic Circle.

Largest Bulk Carrier "Nordic Odin", LOA225m, Breadth 32.26m, 77,000DWT, 41,071GT. Draught 9.0m.

A total of 56 Bulk Carriers called at the port in the warmer months between August and October 2017, each carrying an average of 72,600t of iron ore (Annual Total 4.1 million tonnes).

Within the Bay on the W side of Ragged Island, on the E side of the entrance to Milne Inlet. There is also an anchorage NW of Long Shoal, 3nm SE of Low Island. Koluktoo Bay, to the W of the two arms into which Milne Inlet divides at the head, offers good anchorage and shelter from the prevailing N and NW winds of summer, in a depth of 49m on a clay bottom, near the SW entrance of the point. There is also an anchorage in the SW part of the bay.

Milne Inlet which can be reached through Eclipse Sound (72°35'N 79°30'W) which is a continuation of Pond Inlet, extending W from Pond Inlet settlement to a line joining Lavoire Point and the E extremity of Borden Pensinsula, and Dufour Point. Eclipse Sound is lined by mountains falling steeply to the sea, except for shorter distances at the extreme E and W ends. A number of prominent glaciers reach, or nearly reach, the sea. Milne Inlet is bordered by high, flat-topped walls of sedimentary rocks and is deep except for shallower water surrounding Low Island (72°14'N 80°37'W) located in the middle of the Inlet. The new port facility consisting of a pier head with a 2 tower radial ship loader, is located at the end of Milne Inlet, on the South shore.

Canadian Charts 7212, 7220, 7566.

There is a rock which dries (0.6m) approx. 5.5nm NW of Cape Hatt and 5.5m shallow area has been reported approx. 4.0nm N of the Cape. A shoal depth of 8.9m is located approx. 4.5nm E of Cape Hatt.

Open Water Season: Because of snow and ice, Milne Inlet is only fully open to shipping from approximately July to October.