Canadian Sailings articles from August 2005

Canadian Sailings archives from August 2005

Letter to the Editor.
August 1, 2005... Hermont Marine Inc. organized two Pollution Abatement Workshops (PAWS) on air quality in 2004. We attempted to stage another PAWS in conjunction with the Canadian Institute of Marine Engineering (CIMarE) at its annual general meeting on June 2...

Shipping Federation Calls for Tough Legislation in Trucker Dispute.
August 1, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - Gunfire, provincial government inaction and the formless nature of a 1,000-strong truckers group that has been picketing the Port of Vancouver since June 27 has the Shipping Federation of Canada calling for...

Halifax Reaping Benefits of Strategy to Attract More Far East Business.
August 1, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - The Halifax Port Authority may soon reap some benefits of its marketing strategy to attract more business from the Far East. As reported in the July 11 issue of Canadian Sailings, China Shipping Container...

New Service Between Newfoundland and Boston.
August 1, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Halifax-based Halship Inc. is launching a cargo service between Argentia, Newfoundland, and Boston. Halship, which operates a feeder service between Halifax, Portland, Maine, and Boston, has signed a joint...

Marco Polo II Tall Ship Replica under Way in Saint John.
August 1, 2005... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS SAINT JOHN - Efforts to rebuild Saint John's most famous ship, the Marco Polo, have taken almost 20 years and the tireless work of Saint John High School teacher Barry Ogden. On June 30, Mr. Ogden and Marco...

Feature Story: Biodiesel Venture a First for Canada's Maritime Industry.
August 1, 2005... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE MONTREAL - Sometime this summer, tour boats around the Montreal area could be cruising green again. Last summer, four cruise companies participated in the BioMer project, following on the heels of the Montreal...

Nyk Group Acquires Air-Cargo Unit.
August 1, 2005... BYLINE: PETER T. LEACH, The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE Nippon Yusen Kaisha Group, the parent of NYK Line, is expanding its air-freight operations by agreeing to take over control of All Nippon Airways' (ANA) air-cargo subsidiary, Nippon...

Cp Ships Increases Asia-Australia Service.
August 1, 2005... CP Ships said it plans to double the frequency of its service between Asia and Australia to weekly from its previous fortnightly schedule through a vessel-sharing agreement with Yantai Marine. Startup of the joint service is expected early...

New Short-Sea 'Spirit' on St. Lawrence.
August 1, 2005... SEPT-ILES 'Ai The launch of the Alouette Spirit at the beginning of July has given short-sea shipping on the St. Lawrence River a further shot in the arm. The specially designed tug-and-barge unit moves aluminum ingots from the Aluminerie...

Waves from Halifax.
August 1, 2005... BYLINE: Tom Peters On June 15, a headline in the New Straits Times, a newspaper in Malaysia, read: "Pirates give up after stand-off." We in Canada would be shocked at such an event, but in Southeast Asia, unfortunately, pirates are a...

Port of Hamilton Feature - Port Days Mixes Business, Pleasure.
August 1, 2005... BYLINE: RON SAMSON "Our Port Days event is somewhat different to those hosted by other ports," said Brent Kinnaird, manager of communications and public relations for the Hamilton Port Authority. "We do the business-to-business work, but...

Port of Hamilton Feature - Port Looks to the Future Positioning Itself As Intermodal Distribution Centre.
August 1, 2005... BYLINE: RON SAMSON Hamilton is first and foremost a port that enjoys a symbiotic relationship with the industry it is built upon. The mainstays of the port's impressive throughput statistics - more than 12 million tonnes of cargo...

Port of Hamilton Feature - Lp Services: Steel Transportation, Warehousing Specialist Intends to Diversify.
August 1, 2005... BYLINE: RON SAMSON LP Services is a Hamilton-based company and a long-term Hamilton Port Authority tenant specializing in the transportation and warehousing of steel products. LP Services was founded by Larry Pearce and under his...

Port of Hamilton Feature - Cross-Lake Shipping a Viable Alternative: Haldimand County.
August 1, 2005... BYLINE: RON SAMSON For almost two years, the Hamilton Port Authority and its partners have put considerable effort into making cross-lake/cross-border commercial traffic a reality. With the MarineLink ferries running on both Lake Erie and...

Port of Hamilton Feature - Redevelopment Plans for Fisherman's Pier.
August 1, 2005... BYLINE: RON SAMSON Several decades ago, the Fisherman's Pier area was an important entertainment destination for residents of Burlington and Hamilton. In October 2003, the Hamilton Port Authority began working with a team of consultants to...

Port of Hamilton Feature - Remedial Action Plan Paying Dividends.
August 1, 2005... BYLINE: RON SAMSON The Hamilton-area Skyway Treatment Plant is one of four wastewater treatment plants outletting into Hamilton Harbour. Fifty per cent of the runoff into the harbour is from the wastewater treatment plants and the Skyway...

Port of Hamilton Feature - Randle Reef Design under Way.
August 1, 2005... BYLINE: RON SAMSON While Hamilton Harbour has made tremendous strides in harbour remediation, one thorn that remains is the contaminated sediment comprising polyaromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals, which denies a delisting as a Great...

Port of Hamilton Feature - Waterfront Trail Part of Regenerated Lake Ontario.
August 1, 2005... BYLINE: RON SAMSON In spring 2003, the Hamilton Waterfront Trust and the City of Hamilton completed construction of the 8.5-kilometre Hamilton Beach Trail, a multi-use, fully accessible waterfront trail that winds along the shores of...

Mitsubishi Launches Hatsu Sigma.
August 1, 2005... Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has launched the Hatsu Sigma, the second in a series of 10 7,024-TEU S-type container vessels the shipyard is building for the Evergreen Group. The vessel will be operated by London-headquartered Hatsu Marine...

Intermodal Horizons.
August 8, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY Senator David Angus said federal marine transportation policy could best be described as confusing. The government should get it back on course by putting Transport Canada at the helm rather than fighting for control...

Tiaca Receives Backing for All-Cargo Liberalization.
August 8, 2005... The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations is adding its support to The International Air Cargo Association's (TIACA) campaign to make the liberalization of all-cargo flights the catalyst for the reopening of negotiations...

Apl, Mol Add Joint Peak Service Through Seattle.
August 8, 2005... APL and MOL have announced the launch of a peak-season service - PS5 - that adds extra capacity and a Seattle connection to the transpacific trade. APL and MOL are jointly operating the PS5 service, which began on July 18, said Robert...

Ny/nj Port Authority Awards Contract for Rail Facility.
August 8, 2005... NEW YORK - The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has awarded a contract to build two additional tracks at its on-dock rail facility located at the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal. This contract will complete its critical...

Box Volume Up at Port of Hamburg.
August 8, 2005... The Port of Hamburg said it handled 3.8 million TEUs in the first half of 2005, up 12.4 per cent from the same period a year ago. Container traffic amounted to 39.8 million tonnes. A total of 60.4 million tonnes of conventional and bulk...

Cn Profit Up 28 Per Cent in Second Quarter.
August 8, 2005... MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway Co. has reported second-quarter net income of $416 million, up 28 per cent from $326 million in the year-ago period. Operating income totalled $713 million, an increase of 24 per cent. CN said its...

Study Examines Short-Sea Shipping on East Coast.
August 8, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - The Halifax Port Authority will contribute $15,000 to a study of short-sea shipping. The study, by Dalhousie University's Faculty of Management in Halifax, will examine the potential for short-sea shipping...

'Boat Builder' Becomes Designated Trade in Nova Scotia.
August 8, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Department of Education has established boat building as a designated trade, a move the industry hopes will satisfy the demand for skilled tradespeople. The department says the move will...

Vancouver Emergency Simulation Shows Need for Leadership, Coordination.
August 8, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - For three tense hours, a team of master mariners and others sought to manage emergency resources as the Port of Vancouver was hit by a sequence of calamities. Fortunately, the 85 participants were...

Lower Fees Bring New Cargo to Seaway.
August 8, 2005... CORNWALL 'Ai Collaboration with Transport Canada to encourage short-sea shipping by reducing lockage fees for smaller vessels and new cargo on the Welland Canal is paying off for the Seaway, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation...

Indotrans Delivers First Pipe Cargo for New Port of Saint John Manufacturer.
August 8, 2005... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS SAINT JOHN - The Port of Saint John officially began a new dockside manufacturing operation July 15 with the arrival of 37 steel pipes to fabricate the world's first 'Gas Transportation Modules' (GTMs). ...

Halterm Announces New China Shipping Service.
August 8, 2005... HALIFAX - Halterm Limited has entered into a new, three-year service agreement with China Shipping (North America) Holding Co. Ltd. to provide container handling services in the Port of Halifax. The new round-the-world, all-water service...

Cp Ships in Sale Talks with China Shipping, Cma Cgm.
August 8, 2005... BYLINE: Peter T. Leach, The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE London - CP Ships confirmed on July 29 that "it is in discussions with other companies regarding a possible transaction." The brief announcement by the London-based carrier came...

Vancouver Implements Interim Licenses in Trucker Dispute.
August 8, 2005... BYLINE: Mark Wilson Vancouver'AiAt press time, there was optimism that a power play by Vancouver Port Authority will end a crippling withdrawal of service by 1,000 owner-operator truckers. On August 1, the brokers and trucking...

Port of Montreal: Container Traffic Up 8.2 Per Cent in First Half.
August 8, 2005... MONTREAL - Container traffic moving through the Port of Montreal was up 8.2 per cent in the first half of 2005 while total tonnage increased 7.8 per cent compared with the first six months of 2004. "After reaching one of its highest peaks...

Profile: Mary Anderson: President, I.E.CANADA.
August 8, 2005... BYLINE: Kathlyn Horibe Mary Anderson, the first woman to be appointed president in the 75-year history of I.E.Canada, the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters Inc., is no stranger to trade. Prior to serving as the...

Letter to the Editor.
August 15, 2005... Where is the maritime industry for the transport of Ultramar's refined products to Montreal? It seems to be non-existent in offering an economic, environmentally friendly, socially acceptable and politically correct way of moving those...

Ottawa Beacon.
August 15, 2005... BYLINE: WILBROD LECLERC Like all modes of transportation using oil-derived fuels, the trucking industry is suffering these days. Increased fuel costs can usually be passed on to customers and surely will be. This will increase the price of...

Mol Profit Up 37 Per Cent.
August 15, 2005... MOL said first-quarter profit increased 37 per cent on higher volumes. Net income rose to 31 billion yen (US$279 million) in the three months ended June 30 compared with the year-ago period. Sales increased 11 per cent to 308.3 billion yen. ...

Volumes Boost Ooil.
August 15, 2005... Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. posted a 15-per-cent increase in first-half net profit as shipping volume and freight rates rose. But the Hong Kong company, the parent of Orient Overseas Container Line, said margins could be squeezed...

Rotterdam Growth to Ease in Second Half.
August 15, 2005... Rotterdam, Europe's largest port, expects throughput to grow by 2 to 3 per cent this year, from a 5-per-cent increase in the first half of the year, the Rotterdam Port Authority said. Throughput increased to 185 million tonnes in the first...

Nyk Opens Moscow Office.
August 15, 2005... NYK says it will establish an office in Moscow in late September or early October and initially employ two to three staff members. The Moscow office will develop new business in transportation sectors such as containers, finished vehicles,...

Maersk Secures Most P&O Shares.
August 15, 2005... A.P. Moller-Maersk says it has secured a total of 95.6 per cent of the share capital of Royal P&O Nedlloyd. Maersk's bid of 57 euros per P&O share expired on the afternoon of August 4. It had tendered a total of 51.5 per cent of all...

Fraser River Port Welcomes New Car Carrier.
August 15, 2005... DELTA, British Columbia - Fraser River Port had the rare pleasure of welcoming one of ACT Maritime Co., Ltd.'s newest car carriers, M.V. Celestial Wing, to Annacis Auto Terminals (1997) Ltd. on July 8 where 690 Honda automobiles were...

Prince Rupert Awards Project Management Contract for Container Terminal.
August 15, 2005... PRINCE RUPERT - The Prince Rupert Port Authority has awarded the project management services contract for Phase I of the Fairview Container Terminal conversion to the engineering firm Moffatt & Nichol. The company has managed the design and...

China Shipping Deal Big Boost for Halterm.
August 15, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - The fortunes of Halifax container terminal operator Halterm have received a significant boost with the signing of a three-year deal with China Shipping (North America) Holding Co. Ltd. Halterm, which has...

Former Coast Guard Commissioner Says Marine Industry Must Speak with One Voice.
August 15, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - The marine industry has to speak with one voice if it wants its concerns dealt with by government, says John Adams, the former commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard. "I think ministers and members of...

Assessments Considered for Three Vancouver Bridges.
August 15, 2005... BYLINE: Mark Wilson VANCOUVER - The Greater Vancouver Gateway Council is evaluating expressions of interest in doing comprehensive engineering assessments of three vital railway bridges serving Canada's chief port. The most critical...

Vancouver Terminals Clearing Container Backlog.
August 15, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - It worked! An interventionist move by the Vancouver Port Authority to end a stalemated dispute between trucking companies and owner-operators hauling boxes to or from the port's three container terminals...

Two New Cranes for Centerm.
August 15, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS VANCOUVER - Two super post-panamax container cranes costing $19.2 million have arrived at Centerm in the Port of Vancouver. Now in the process of being tested and commissioned, they are expected to be in service in...

St. Lawrence Branch Award.
August 15, 2005... The St. Lawrence Branch of the CIMarE is proud to announce the winner of the 2005 Scholarship Award. Luc Morneau, a second year student at l'Institut Maritime du Quebec, at Rimouski, was presented with a cheque for $1,000 at the awards...

St. Lawrence Branch.
August 15, 2005... BYLINE: Mario Rossi The St. Lawrence Branch AGM took place on May 10 when regular housekeeping, such as membership, finances, papers, events, etc. were discussed and agreed to by the attendees. Special efforts will be made to implement...

Welcome to New Members.
August 15, 2005... Atlantic Branch Kenneth Isnor Newfoundland Branch Craig BolandAdam CullenGarrett DuncanColin HodderIan LovellRodney MurphyTevor PloughmanPeter RoubleDarren SaundersAdam Smith St. Lawrence Branch Willem FroweinRichard...

Vancouver Views.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: Mark Wilson The International Retired Tugboat Association - the global embrace of its name notwithstanding - represents owners of former working vessels resident in British Columbia and Washington State. The organization has...

Rates Push Cp Ships Growth.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: PETER T. LEACH, The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE CP Ships said second-quarter 2005 profits reached US$33 million, compared with $3 million in the same period last year. The company, which is listed in Toronto and headquartered in...

Maersk-P&O Nedlloyd Deal Complete.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: PETER T. LEACH, The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE A.P. Moller-Maersk said on August 12 that it had completed its US$2.8-billion acquisition of Royal P&O Nedlloyd. The Danish company said its Maersk Sealand unit and P&O Nedlloyd...

Cpr Handles Record Workload in Second Quarter.
August 22, 2005... CALGARY - Canadian Pacific Railway said it increased net income to $123 million in the second quarter of 2005, up from $84 million in the corresponding period last year. CPR's operating ratio of 75.5 per cent was an improvement of 2.5...

Two Cn Derailments in Western Canada.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - Canadian National had two serious derailments in Western Canada in the space of three days at the beginning of August. One polluted a lake in Alberta with oil and the other poisoned an important salmon river...

Vancouver Backlog Lingering.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - Winning acceptance for extended gate hours at the Port of Vancouver's three container terminals has not gone smoothly, following an end to a six-week work stoppage involving 1,200 truck drivers. The...

Federal Funding for Halifax Gateway Council.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - The Halifax Gateway Council got a financial boost from the federal government with $125,000 to help offset the costs of two special projects. The council was established in the fall of 2003 to provide a...

Ports, Great Lakes Promote Interests at International Conference.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: RON SAMSON Canadian port authorities and Great Lakes/St. Lawrence waterway interests were well represented at the recent International Association of Ports and Harbours' 24th biennial World Ports Conference in Shanghai. ...

Bay Ferries Considers Second Nova Scotia-Maine Vessel.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - It may be known soon if Bay Ferries of Charlottetown will operate a second high-speed passenger/vehicle ferry next year between Nova Scotia and Maine. The company currently operates a seasonal service...

Shelburne-Boston Ferry a No-Go This Year.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Plans to operate a seasonal passenger ferry between Shelburne, Nova Scotia, and Boston will have to wait until next year. Shores Atlantic LLC, the New England group planning to launch the service, says it...

New Group Represents Interests of Local Ports.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - An Atlantic Canada group has established a national organization for local ports to discuss issues common to their organizations. The Canadian Local Ports Association (CLPA) has been created to provide a...

Developers on Passamaquoddy Bay Ask: "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?".
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick - It sounds like Regis Philbin's game-show phenomenon 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' Only this could be a 'reality' television show. Despite being offered $1 million per year,...

Association of Canadian Port Authorities Annual Conference.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS Security huge priority for Canada's ports: Ottawa developing framework to protect against terrorist attacks Vancouver - The chilling terrorist attacks in London on July 7 should be a reminder to Canadians that it...

Security Role, Rebuilding Agency Key Priorities for Coast Guard, Former Commissioner Says.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - Think of it as marine security, Canadian style, says former Coast Guard commissioner John Adams, now the chief of the military's Communications Security Establishment. Where the United States has...

Transportation Security Key to Canadian Economy.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Transportation security cannot be seen as an add-on but must be an integral element of the way Canada does business and it is essential to the success of the country's transportation system, says federal...

Ottawa Joining International Negotiations on Subsidies.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: Alex Binkley The federal government is joining international discussions on curbing government subsidies to the shipbuilding industry. At the same time, it is preparing a new shipbuilding policy for release this fall. "We are...

Vancouver Shipyards Repairs Ferry.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: Alan Daniels The British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. vessel that ploughed into a marina of pleasure boats June 30 after it lost power coming into the terminal at Horseshoe Bay was repaired by Vancouver Shipyards and, following...

P&O Nedlloyd Leaving Halifax.
August 29, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - The takeover of P&O Nedlloyd by A.P. Moller-Maersk will mean the departure of P&O from the Grand Alliance and the Port of Halifax. The Danish shipping giant has acquired 95.6 per cent of Royal P&O Nedlloyd...

Hapag-Lloyd Parent to Buy Cp Ships for $2.1 Billion.
August 29, 2005... BYLINE: BRUCE BARNARD The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE LONDON - TUI, the parent of Hapag-Lloyd Container Line, Germany's biggest container shipping line, agreed on August 21 to a US$2.1 billion cash bid for rival CP Ships in a deal that will...

Shipshape.
August 29, 2005... BYLINE: JULIE GEDEON Two of three options being floated to regulate outflows from Lake Ontario into the St. Lawrence River have a Port of Montreal official nervous about ships being able to sail, especially during extended droughts. ...

Cn Expands Intermodal Train Capacity to Meet Rising Demand.
August 29, 2005... MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway Co. has announced an increase in intermodal train capacity across its transcontinental Canadian network in response to rising customer demand. CN is increasing train capacity for overseas containers...

Port of Saint John Anticipates Renewed Pulp Exports.
August 29, 2005... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS SAINT JOHN - Negotiations are progressing toward the reopening of a pulp mill that was one of the Port of Saint John's biggest shippers until it went bankrupt last September. Business New Brunswick Minister...

College Strives to Enhance Skills in Port Cargo Handling.
August 29, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - The soaring cost of ship bunker and the fact that roughly a quarter of the $32,000-a-day expense of having a 30,000-ton ship at sea goes on fuel has vessel operators looking at all conceivable savings. ...

Ciffa Forwarders' Choice Awards - Eastern Region.
August 29, 2005... The Eastern Region of the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association hosted some 400 people at its recent Forwarders' Choice Awards Dinner in Montreal. Awards were presented to ocean and air carriers in eight trade lanes. MSC was the...