Canadian Sailings articles from April 2005

Canadian Sailings archives from April 2005

Thinking Outside the Port: Hamilton Boss Addresses Community Leaders.(Keith Robson talks on public transportation and waste derived energy)
April 4, 2005... BYLINE: RON SAMSON HAMILTON - More than 300 leaders from business, education, healthcare, sports and politics attended the second annual Power Conference held recently in Hamilton. The concept is to bring together the city's top leaders to...

B.C. Seminar to Examine Piracy, Terrorism.(Nautical Institute)
April 4, 2005... BYLINE: ERIC W. MANCHESTER VICTORIA - Vessels of interest already transit British Columbia waters. Piracy and the potential for seaborne terrorism aren't as far from home as we'd like to believe. "Much of the general public isn't aware...

Halterm Profits Up in Fourth Quarter.(Halterm Income Fund)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... HALIFAX - The Halterm Income Fund has announced its results for the fourth quarter of 2004 and year ended December 31, 2004. On volume of 30,107 containers, up 12 per cent over the third quarter, the company generated fourth-quarter...

Transportation Act Amendments Give Shippers More Clout.
April 4, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - Increased shipper protection powers but no expansion of railway running rights are among the main provisions in a bill introduced by Transport Minister Jean Lapierre to amend the Canada Transportation Act. ...

Fuel Efficiency and Emissions Conference Looks at Regulations, Technologies, Solutions.
April 4, 2005... OTTAWA - Transport Canada recently hosted Charting the Course, a marine fuel efficiency and emissions conference in Toronto. More than 86 participants from government, industry and non-governmental organizations attended. The aim of the event,...

Tentative Deal for Port of Montreal Longshoremen.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... MONTREAL - After 15 months of negotiations, the union representing longshoremen at the Port of Montreal and the Maritime Employers Association have reached a tentative contract agreement. Pension and insurance plans and subcontracting were...

Quebec Port Authority Captures St. Lawrence Award.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... BYLINE: Brent Frederick MONTREAL - The Quebec Port Authority is the 2005 winner of the St. Lawrence Award, presented annually to a company or organization whose accomplishments or projects contribute to the economic development or...

Addition of Second Vessel to Halifax-St. John's Route Means More Flexibility, Greater Efficiency for Oceanex Customers.
April 4, 2005... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE MONTREAL - In May, weekly service frequency between Halifax and St. John's will increase with the redeployment of the Cicero, operated by Oceanex (1997) Inc. The Montreal-based shipping line will dispatch the vessel...

New Cargo Record for Halifax Airport.
April 4, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Halifax International Airport has set a new record for cargo. Tonnage increased by 6.6 per cent in 2004 to 31,255 tonnes from 29,312 tonnes the previous year. "We have put a concerted effort into...

Great Lakes Branch.
April 4, 2005... BYLINE: Peter Bennett Our September technical meeting on September 16 was presented by Belzona Ontario Inc. Belzona products have been tried and tested with great success in the Marine Industry. Several of these products were demonstrated...

Track Maintenance Employees Ratify Contract with Cpr.(Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... CALGARY - Canadian Pacific Railway has announced that its track maintenance employees have ratified a three-year collective agreement reached with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference - Maintenance of Way Employees Division. The agreement,...

Cn Reaches Tentative Deal with Signal, Communications Employees.(Canadian National Railway Co)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - An 11th hour deal between Canadian National Railway Co. and the union representing its signal maintainers and communications workers has averted a strike. The workers had been set to walk out on March 25. ...

Pbb Opens Cross-Functional Facility to Meet Growing Supply Chain Needs.(PBB Global Logistics )
April 4, 2005... MISSISSAUGA - PBB Global Logistics has opened a 225,000-square-foot logistics facility in Mississauga. The company said the centre is designed and built to serve the burgeoning supply chain needs of businesses serving Southern Ontario, Canada's...

Air Canada Expands Cargo Service to Asia.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... MONTREAL - Air Canada says it intends to expand cargo services to China following the success of its dedicated freighter services within Canada and to Europe, launched in 2004. Air Canada has signed a two-year lease agreement with World...

Winds from Saint John.
April 4, 2005... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS It's the single largest foreign investment in Saint John and the province of New Brunswick. Irving Oil Limited is moving forward with the construction of $750-million terminal near its existing crude oil...

Photos of Interest.
April 4, 2005... Steve Isaacson of GE Commercial Finance spoke to 25 members, students and guests at the March 16 dinner meeting of the Vancouver Branch of the Canadian Institute of Marine Engineering on General Electric's role in marine vessel financing....

Vancouver's Tsi to Boost Box Capacity.(TSI Terminal Systems Inc.)
April 4, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS VANCOUVER - TSI Terminal Systems Inc. has announced plans to increase terminal capacity at Vanterm and Deltaport in the Port of Vancouver by 30 per cent over the next three years. TSI's Balanced Growth Plan...

Vancouver Island Branch.(singing propellers)
April 4, 2005... BYLINE: Ian Smart The first technical meeting of the year was a great success when 35 members and guests turning out on a cold night to hear a two-part presentation on the curing of the singing propellers on the Coast Guard buoy tender Sir...

Vancouver Views.(Marine Workers and Boilermakers Union)
April 11, 2005... BYLINE: Mark Wilson Bill White (1905-2000) served 11 consecutive terms as president of the Marine Workers and Boilermakers Union in British Columbia. This is noteworthy, but it is outranked in interest by the five years he spent in Arctic...

Editorial.(Canada's shipping industry raises alarm over Bill C-15)(Editorial)
April 11, 2005... BYLINE: Brent Frederick Canada's shipping industry is raising the alarm over Bill C-15, an act to amend the Migratory Birds Convention Act of 1994 and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act of 1999. The bill's objective is to...

Hearings Scheduled for Cape Breton Railway to Abandon Section of Line.(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - The on again, off again hearings for Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway are on again. The Nova Scotia Public Utility and Review Board has scheduled May 10 and 11 in Sydney for hearings into the...

Clarke Moving Headquarters to Halifax.(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Clarke Inc., a diversified holding company with major interests in transportation, is moving its headquarters to Halifax from Toronto. George Armoyan, Clarke's president and chief executive officer, says...

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Gives Green Light to Futuristic Car Transportation.
April 11, 2005... BYLINE: CLIVE WOODBRIDGE LONDON, England - Oslo-based car transportation specialist Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines (WWL) has demonstrated its commitment to environmentally-friendly shipping by designing a futuristic car carrier with a 'zero...

Port of Montreal Debuts 'boatcycles' at St. Patrick's Day Parade.(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... MONTREAL - The first event for Montreal Port Authority employees and the public to celebrate the port's 175th birthday was Montreal's hugely popular St. Patrick's Day parade, held on March 13. It was also the first outing for the port...

Seminar to Examine Contract Formation and Role Played by Intermediaries.
April 11, 2005... MONTREAL - Most people in the shipping industry are familiar with the sort of disputes that can arise in relation to the interpretation of charter parties and other forms of contract. Problems of this sort usually relate to the meaning of...

Taddeo to Address Board of Trade.(Dominic Taddeo )(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... MONTREAL - Dominic Taddeo, president and chief executive officer of the Montreal Port Authority, will address the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal on April 19. The theme of his talk will be "The Montreal Port Authority: 175 years of...

Shipping Groups Speak Out on Environmental Legislation.
April 11, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - Canadian shipping groups have finally been able to present Parliament with their concerns about legislation that could make accidental discharges of oil from ships a criminal offence. While they got the...

Port of Saint John Faces High Costs to Rebuild Useful Piers.
April 11, 2005... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Port Authority is facing its first major infrastructure issue since it became an independent, locally managed Canada Port Authority in 1999. On the lower west side of Saint John...

Halifax First Canadian Port to Receive Iso 14001 Certification.
April 11, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Ocean Terminals at the Port of Halifax has become the first port operation in Canada to achieve ISO 14001 certification. The environmental management system developed for the terminal has met the standards...

Huge Car Carrier Calls Halifax.(M/V Torrens comes to port)
April 18, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - The M/V Torrens, one of the largest car carrying vessels in the world, made its inaugural call to Canada in late March, arriving at the Port of Halifax to unload 1,020 European-built automobiles for the...

Shipping Community at Odds with Cn over Intermodal Service.
April 18, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - A Montreal-based company has stirred up a hornet's nest of complaints in the shipping community about the quality of intermodal service being provided by Canadian National Railway. In an open letter to...

Transport Canada Gets Respectable Grades in Auditor General's Security Report.
April 18, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - Transport Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard got respectable grades from Auditor General Sheila Fraser in a report by her office on the government's handling of marine security improvements during the past...

P.E.I. Yard Wins Contract to Build Tugs for Danish Company.(Prince Edward Island)(East Isle Shipyard)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS The Irving Shipbuilding-owned East Isle Shipyard in Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, has won a contract to build two ice-class tugs for the Danish company Stevns. The two Z-drive multifunction tugs will cost $19...

Transport Canada, Northumberland Ferries Reach Tentative Deal.
April 18, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - A tentative agreement has been reached between Transport Canada and Northumberland Ferries that will allow the ferry service between Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island to operate at present levels for another...

Maritime Workers Receive International Support.(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... SAINT JOHN - The Canadian Maritime Workers Council - a network of unions from the longshoring industry that stretches across the country - has received international support for its opposition to Canada's proposed marine security regulations....

Port of Saint John Encouraged by Agreement to Reopen Nackawic Mill.
April 18, 2005... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS SAINT JOHN - It sounded like an April fool's prank, but the news was no joke. New Brunswick collectively breathed a sigh of relief on April 1 when the provincial government announced it had signed a framework...

Survey Says Secondary Ports Vulnerable to Terrorist Acts.
April 18, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Ottawa's security program has left secondary ports vulnerable to terrorist and criminal acts, says a report for the Canadian Maritime Workers Council. Prepared by Ipsos-Reid Corporation, the report says the...

Halifax Shipyard Prepares Tug for Launch.(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Halifax Shipyard recently lifted the entire 80-tonne superstructure of a tug it has been building and lowered it onto its hull in preparation for the vessel's April 9 launch. The 33.5-metre tug was then moved to the shipyard's Nova Dock for...

Trucking Boss Urges Great Lakes Manufacturers to Work Together on Border, Capacity Issues.(Ontario Trucking Association)
April 18, 2005... DETROIT - Speaking to an audience of Great Lakes manufacturers and policy-makers from the United States and Canada in Detroit recently, David Bradley, president of the Ontario Trucking Association, said that just-in-time inventory systems and...

Hamilton Welcomes First Vessels of Season.(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... HAMILTON - The tug John Spence and barge McAsphalt 401 were welcomed into Hamilton on March 24 as the first vessels in port in 2005. Jeff Brookfield, vice-president of operations and harbour master for the Hamilton Port Authority, presented...

Port of Ny/nj Container Traffic Up 10 Per Cent in 2004.
April 18, 2005... Container traffic at the Port of New York and New Jersey increased 10 per cent last year to a record 4.48 million TEUs, up from 4.07 million TEUs in 2003, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Loaded containers were...

Senator Lines Offers New Europe-Asia Services.
April 18, 2005... In response to the booming Asian market, Senator Lines says it will strengthen its Europe-Asia services by offering increased direct port coverage in China and improvements in frequency and transit times. The service upgrades will begin...

Survey Shows Increase in Recovery of Pollutants.(International Salvage Union report)
April 18, 2005... The International Salvage Union (ISU) reports that its members recovered 734,582 tonnes of oils, chemicals, other pollutants and bunker fuel during salvage operations in 2004, up 21 per cent from 605,677 tonnes the previous year. Emergency...

Taca Raises Panama Canal Transit Fee.(Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Members of the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA) are raising the fee for vessel transits of the Panama Canal to $165 per container from $115 per container. The ocean-carrier group said the increase is necessary to offset the...

Fmt Takes over Ceres Operations in Cleveland.(Federal Marine Terminals Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... CLEVELAND - Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. (FMT) and Ceres Terminals Incorporated have signed an agreement that transfers Ceres's operations to FMT at the Port of Cleveland. The deal makes FMT the general cargo stevedore at the port. "FMT has...

Freight Forwarding Company Launches KirShip.(David Kirsch Forwarders Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... MONTREAL - David Kirsch Forwarders Ltd., which has a long tradition for servicing Europe, has launched a new non-vessel operating common carrier service named KirShip. The company said KirShip will serve co-loaders looking for a wholesaler...

Car-Handling Award, Record at Two West Coast Ports.(Canadian Stevedoring wins Eukor President's Award)
April 18, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS VANCOUVER - Eukor Car Carriers Inc., one of the world's biggest auto carriers, has named Canadian Stevedoring the most outstanding terminal operator in North America. Canadian Stevedoring, a division of P&O Ports...

Photos of Interest: Industry Marks Retirement of Peter Raimondo.
April 25, 2005... Peter Raimondo, former chairman of the Canadian North Atlantic and Mediterranean Freight Conferences, retired in December and a farewell reception was organized by some of his colleagues to celebrate his 50-plus years in the business. The...

Former Cpr Steam Locomotive to Ride the Rails Again.
April 25, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON OTTAWA - The Prairie grain industry says grain shipments by the railways have been below average this year and it is worried what will happen if there is a bumper crop to move in the near future. The Western Grain...

Rail Carriers Not Doing Job, Grain Group Claims.
April 25, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - The Prairie grain industry says grain shipments by the railways have been below average this year and it is worried what will happen if there is a bumper crop to move in the near future. The Western Grain...

Vancouver Views.
April 25, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON Canada is a big property and the Vancouver-based Council of Marine Carriers (CMC) is entertaining a correspondingly large ambition: growing to serve all regions of the country. "The council is looking at expanding...

Towboat Industry Expects Proposed Certification Regime for Deck Officers to Be Relaxed.
April 25, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - The West Coast towboat industry believes it has successfully bent the ear of Transport Canada and won relaxation of a proposed restrictive certification regime for deck officers. As it stands, a master...

Unique Gas Transport Modules to Be Manufactured at Port of Saint John.
April 25, 2005... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS SAINT JOHN - The Port of Saint John will soon be the manufacturing site of the world's first compressed natural gas (CNG) containers. Floating Pipeline Company Inc. (FPC) has announced that it will build a...

Fesco Celebrates 125th Anniversary.
April 25, 2005... BYLINE: JIM McRAE Russia's largest steamship line is also its most experienced. The Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO), headquartered in Vladivostok, is celebrating its 125th anniversary on April 25. "Very few steamship lines in the...

Fraser Cranes Arrive at B.C. Container Terminal.
April 25, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS VANCOUVER - Two new 55-metre, 60-tonne-capacity container cranes for Fraser River Port have arrived at Fraser Surrey Docks aboard the heavy-lift ship Dock Express 10. Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction...

Governments Kick in $60 Million for Prince Rupert Box Terminal.
April 25, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS PRINCE RUPERT - The Port of Prince Rupert moved closer to achieving its ambition of becoming a major West Coast container port when the federal and provincial governments announced April 15 they would each contribute...

Cma Cgm, Lloyd Triestino Maintain Services Through Montreal.
April 25, 2005... CMA CGM and Lloyd Triestino have both announced that they will maintain services between Canada and North Europe through the Port of Montreal. CMA CGM said it has signed two commercial agreements with P&O Nedlloyd and OOCL/CP Ships that...

Debate Is On: Can Transportation, Logistics Network Handle Escalating Volumes?
April 25, 2005... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE MONTREAL - North America's transportation and logistics network is bursting at the seams as marine, truck and rail try to cope with escalating cargo volumes. Though the mushrooming evolution is a definite cause for...