Canadian Sailings articles from April 2008

Canadian Sailings archives from April 2008

Melford Terminal Appoints Director of Business Development.
April 7, 2008... Melford International Terminal Inc. has appointed Gord McNeil[logical not]Y[acute accent]to the position of director of business development for the container terminal and logistics park to be developed at Melford, N.S. Mr. McNeil, of...

Highway H2O Appoints China Agent.
April 7, 2008... The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation has announced the appointment of its new agent in China to represent the Highway H2O marketing efforts. Logistics Plus, a U.S.-based company with offices in China, will work on behalf of...

Gateway Council for Cape Breton.
April 7, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS Anew gateway council has been formed in Cape Breton. Founding members of the Sydney Ports Gateway Council are the Sydney Airport Authority, Nova Scotia Community College (Marconi Campus), Sydney Marine Group, Atlantic...

Nova Scotia Unveils $300-Million Atlantic Gateway Wish List.
April 7, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS The Nova Scotia government has unveiled its $300-million wish list of projects for the Atlantic Gateway initiative. Premier Rodney MacDonald said developing the gateway as an entry to North American markets for global...

First Shipment of Brunswick Pipeline Sections Arrives in Saint John.
April 7, 2008... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Brunswick Pipeline''s 145-kilometre natural gas pipeline between Saint John and the state of Maine began receiving 12-metre sections of pipe in late January. Manufactured in Panama City, Fla., by Berg Pipe,...

Strait of Canso Terminal Has Halifax Labour Boss Concerned.
April 7, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS The new president of the Halifax longshoremen''s local didn''t take long to express his concern about plans for a new container terminal in the Strait of Canso. David Cranston, head of Local 269 of the International...

Experiment Renders Promising Results for Cleaning Icy Oil Spills.
April 7, 2008... BYLINE: By MARK CARDWELL The results of a recent Fisheries and Oceans-led experiment in the icy waters of the St. Lawrence River may lead to the development of new tools and guidelines for oil spill response in winter conditions, says the...

Budget Offers Variety of Measures to Transport Sector.
April 7, 2008... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY The Harper government''s third budget offered a hodgepodge of measures for the transportation sector. One of the most significant was an improved capital cost allowance on railway locomotives to 30 per cent from 15...

Cruise Line Cancels Summer Season Due to Late Delivery of Ship from Halifax Yard.
April 7, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS A U.S. cruise company that is having a new ship built in Halifax has had to scrap its summer sailing schedule because of major delays in the construction of the vessel. Furthermore, Charles Robertson, president of...

Reford, Norton Lilly Form Joint Venture.
April 7, 2008... Robert Reford and Norton Lilly International have agreed in principal to form a joint venture to handle vessel and port operations coast to coast in Canada as well as at U.S. Great Lakes ports. Combined, the two companies have more than...

Seaway Kicks off 50th Navigation Season.
April 7, 2008... BYLINE: By BRENT FREDERICK, Associate Editor The heads of the St. Lawrence Seaway say they are looking to the future with confidence as the system kicks off its 50th navigation season. Richard Corfe, president and CEO of the St....

Human Resources, Skills Shortages Impacting Transportation Industry.
April 14, 2008... BYLINE: By JACK KOHANE An increasing scarcity of skilled labour could stop cargo carriers in their tracks. To tackle the challenge head-on and find solutions to counter a dwindling pool of truck drivers, industry and government leaders...

Halifax Loses Major Customer.
April 14, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS The effects of a long, cold, snowy winter and the impact it has had on CN service has cost the Port of Halifax business. Caterpillar Inc., one of the port''s major customers, has decided to take its business to...

Shipping Federation Offers Customs and Documentation Course.
April 14, 2008... The Shipping Federation of Canada is holding a course on customs and documentation over the next 10 weeks, beginning on April 15 and ending on June 17. The course will focus on regulatory compliance for the marine industry, and the...

Study Claims Grain Farmers Overpaying for Rail Transport.
April 14, 2008... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY The Harper government is looking to its promised railway service review to deflect some of the political heat it is getting about the state of freight transportation. In late March, the Canadian Wheat Board, backed...

Report Urges Ottawa, Industry to Build Better Relationship to Improve Rail Safety.
April 14, 2008... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY The Lewis report on rail safety contains 56 recommendations for reducing things that go bump on tracks in Canada. But former transport minister Doug Lewis has his priorities on where the federal government needs to...

Policy Pros and Cons: Transportation Infrastructure under the Microscope.
April 14, 2008... BYLINE: By JACK KOHANE "I''ve been around and seen policies come and go, so I''m a cynic when governments announce massive investments in rebuilding Canada''s transportation infrastructure." With those words, David Bradley set the tone...

Algoma Central Buys Three Vessels.
April 14, 2008... Algoma Central Corporation, through a wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into an agreement to purchase three ocean-going handy-sized bulk carriers from Viken Shipping AS, of Bergen, Norway, for a total cost of about $38 million. The...

Mariners'' House Gets Its Vans.
April 14, 2008... A different style of fundraising campaign was launched last August to finance two new vehicles for the seafarers'' centre, Mariners'' House of Montreal. The idea, conceived by the directors of the organization and facilitated through the...

Legal Desk.
April 14, 2008... BYLINE: By Darren Williams Violation Tickets for Engineers? - The new system of Administrative Monetary Penalties under the Canada Shipping Act 2001 is here. The Canada Shipping Act 2001 ("CSA 2001"), which came into force on July 1,...

Vancouver Island Branch.
April 14, 2008... BYLINE: By John Marrack The Vancouver Island Branch has once again had a very successful fall and winter social and technical program. October Underwater Vehicle Design Team (AUVic), a group of University of Victoria computer,...

Letter: New Penalties won''t Harm Collaborative Spirit.
April 21, 2008... As director general of Marine Safety at Transport Canada, I feel compelled to respond to the Feb. 25 article "Lloyd''s Register boss urges government, industry to work together." Contrary to the tone of the article, Transport Canada does...

New Public Interest in Ports.
April 21, 2008... BYLINE: By WILBROD LeCLERC Most cities in Canada, let alone in the entire world, started near water for reasons related to survival and trade. Rivers and lakes provided water for drinking and other uses. In the days when the most important...

Kuehne + Nagel Announces New Ceo for Canada.
April 21, 2008... John Levin has been appointed president and CEO of Kuehne + Nagel in Canada. He succeeds Ferdinand Kurt, who recently took over responsibility for Kuehne + Nagel''s South America organization. The U.S.-born Mr. Levin joined Kuehne + Nagel...

Thunder Bay Kicks off Navigation Season.
April 21, 2008... BYLINE: By WILLIAM HRYB Thunder Bay Terminals Limited played host to the official arrival of the first ship into the Port of Thunder Bay in the 2008 navigation season. The MV Canadian Transfer arrived just after midnight on March 28. ...

Hamilton Welcomes First Vessels of 2008 Season.
April 21, 2008... The M/V Federal Patroller was welcomed into the Port of Hamilton in the early hours of April 3 as its first overseas vessel of the 2008 navigation season. A reception was held aboard the ship for Capt. Dariusz Rosiewicz, chief officer...

Iron Ore Mine Expansion to Benefit Port of Sept-Iles.
April 21, 2008... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Iron ore exports through the Port of Sept-Iles are now as solid as the mineral itself. On the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Sept-Iles is connected by rail to an iron ore mine that is investing...

Irving Partners with Bp on Proposed Second Saint John Refinery.
April 21, 2008... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Europe''s second-largest oil company, BP, is investing US$40 million in a detailed engineering, design and feasibility study of a second 300,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in Saint John. BP''s involvement...

Canada Marine Day Set for May 26.
April 21, 2008... The Chamber of Marine Commerce has announced that May 26 has been chosen as Canada Marine Day 2008. After consultation with industry and parliamentary colleagues, Marine Industry Caucus chair Mike Wallace, MP for Burlington, Ont., agreed this...

Union Officials Plead Industry''s Case Against Free Trade Pact.
April 21, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS Karl Risser isn''t very hopeful his presentation in Ottawa will make much of a difference in the federal government''s push forward to sign a free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association. Mr....

Group Reaches Out to Future Naval Architects, Marine Engineers.
April 21, 2008... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY A chapter of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has launched a campaign to reach out to university students and recent graduates who might be interested in a career in the field. Glenn Walters,...

Davie Renaissance Affects Shipbuilding Money, Manpower in Quebec.
April 21, 2008... BYLINE: By MARK CARDWELL The rebirth of the Davie shipyard has proven costly for both investors in the new publicly traded venture and other shipyards competing for the same skilled manpower in Quebec. In its release of fourth-quarter...

Irving to Repair Giant Oil Rig Damaged During Hurricane Katrina.
April 21, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS Irving Shipbuilding Inc. has won a multimillion-dollar contract to carry out repairs to a large oil rig damaged during Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. The 13,000-tonne PSS Chemul, owned by Petroleos Mexicanos...

Thoughts on Building Government Ships.
April 21, 2008... BYLINE: By PETER CAIRNS A key requirement in Canada''s shipbuilding policy is that government ships are to be built in Canada. This signals that Canada, like many countries, understands the role shipbuilding plays in the maritime defence...

Busy Start to Year for Victoria Yard.
April 21, 2008... BYLINE: By MARK WILSON The opening three months of 2008 were hectic at Victoria Shipyards Co. Ltd., which together with Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. and Vancouver Drydock Company Ltd. forms the Washington Marine Group Shipyards. ...

West Coast Yards Need More Skilled Workers to Handle Healthy Order Books.
April 21, 2008... BYLINE: By MARK WILSON Apprentices and aging journeymen shipbuilders separated by a lost generation that went elsewhere for employment. This is the workforce profile at West Coast yards, says Malcolm McLaren, president of Allied...

Senator Lines to Introduce New Vessel on Med-Canada Service.
April 28, 2008... Senator Lines says it will phase in a new vessel on its two-sling Mediterranean-Canada service. The recently chartered Montreal Senator will replace the Canada Senator currently running on the service, which links Mediterranean ports with...

Service Review to Be Conducted in Two Phases.
April 28, 2008... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY The state of railway freight transportation will be under the microscope for the next two years as the federal government conducts its promised level of service review. The review will be conducted in two...

Southern New Brunswick Gateway Partners Building True ''Atlantic'' Strategy.
April 28, 2008... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Pooling the transportation resources of Saint John, Moncton, Sussex and St. Stephen as the Southern New Brunswick Gateway Council is a bold effort to ensure the region gets a fair share of new federal gateway...

Radarsat-2: Is This Avro Arrow Spelled Backward?(Reprint)
April 28, 2008... BYLINE: By K. JOSEPH SPEARS (This article is reprinted from the March/April 2008 edition of FrontLine Defence. At the beginning of April, federal Industry Minister Jim Prentice announced that Ottawa had rejected a deal that would have sold...

Economics to Drive Commercial Shipping in the Arctic.
April 28, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS Commercial shipping in the Arctic will be driven more on the basis of economics and not by ice conditions, says the director the Canadian Ice Service. "As the ice conditions change, the level of activity won''t...

U.S. Coast Guard to Test Northwest Passage.
April 28, 2008... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY A plan by the U.S. Coast Guard to test the Northwest Passage this summer will be done with the consent of the Canadian government, a Foreign Affairs spokesman says. USCG Commander Thad Allen said recently in...

Arctic Shipping Creates Opportunities, Challenges.
April 28, 2008... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY Canada needs to assert its sovereignty in the Arctic to prevent the region from being used by criminals, terrorists and illegal immigrants, says a National Defence Department expert. "The government takes the...

Sovereignty Remains Hot Political Issue.
April 28, 2008... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY Canada''s sovereignty over its Arctic islands and waters can be a hot political issue. Look at the flap created in Parliament and the media about Danish claims to tiny Hans Island in the eastern Arctic. Or...

Supply Chain Trends Special Report: Balancing Act for Technology Providers.
April 28, 2008... BYLINE: By KATHLYN HORIBE Abalancing act last year for IT providers to the supply chain and logistics industry was keeping up with demands to meet U.S. security regulations and the stronger-than-projected Canadian dollar that ate into...

Supply Chain Trends Special Report: Conference Examines Industry Challenges, Trends.(Conference news)
April 28, 2008... BYLINE: By KATHLYN HORIBE Nowadays, logisticians in the supply chain and logistics industry are so bogged down working on tactical challenges to keep the goods flowing that they have little time to look to the future. To help them learn...