The Port of Belledune is in an ideal location for short-sea shipping through Atlantic Canada, down the USA eastern seaboard, through Florida, and into the Gulf of Mexico.

Runs between ports along the eastern side of the continent permit shipping companies to move merchandise from one point to the other and back such as. For example, timber can be moved from one port to another and consumables in containers could be shipped on the return voyage.

Short-sea shipping routes make it possible to move cargo quickly and inexpensively. This allows for one single haul of merchandise from one point to the next as opposed to using road or rail. In the case of Transport trucks, negotiating the same urban congestion and long highways, can be replaced by a single vessel. Further, container-based shipping provides clients with options in terms of the size and amount of cargo to be moved. Containers allow for a number of clients to use the same ship, depending on the amount of cargo being moved.

For companies shipping cargo from Europe and further abroad into the eastern half of North America, short-sea routes jumping off from the Port of Belledune allow them to redirect large amounts of merchandise through a number of channels to markets in eastern Canada, through the USA, and to points in the Gulf of Mexico. As well, companies interested in doing business outside the North American continent can move their merchandise to Belledune using short-sea routes. From there, bulk cargo carriers move those goods to awaiting markets.