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More Trade, More Wealth, More Carbon.(Company overview)
August 25, 2008... BYLINE: By JACK KOHANE If everyone is carbon neutral, then we do not have to worry about global warming." It''s an approach to doing business that Ron Dembo calls Enterprise Carbon Management. One of Canada''s leading environmental advocates, Dr. Dembo led off the Environmental...

Unsticking the Supply Chain.
August 25, 2008... BYLINE: By JACK KOHANE We live in unpredictable times. Uncertain and turbulent markets are being buffeted by threats of terrorism, natural disasters and wars, creating additional strains on global supply chain networks already susceptible to a spectrum of serious disruptions. When an...

Great Lakes Yard Goes Global.
August 25, 2008... The Great Lakes Shipyard, an affiliate of The Great Lakes Towing Company, recently started manufacturing tugboats and barges for the marine industry in its new state-of-the-art facility in Cleveland. The first tugboat to be constructed for foreign buyers in a U.S. domestic shipyard on the...

An Opportunity Missed.
August 25, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS The Port of Halifax relies heavily on CN not only as a direct transportation link to central Canada and the U.S. Midwest, but as a partner and a marketing force for the port. Halifax has been going through some tough times of late in the containerized cargo...

International Freight Forwarders Conference Fast Approaching.(Conference news)
August 25, 2008... Some 1,000 delegates are expected to attend the 2008 FIATA (International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association) World Congress in Vancouver from Sept. 22-26. The Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association is hosting the event. The congress provides networking...