Canadian Sailings articles from December 2005

Canadian Sailings archives from December 2005

Air France-Klm Cargo Presents 'one Face to Customer'.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: JIM HYNES Some 18 months after the merger of Air France and KLM in May 2004, the two airlines' air cargo divisions recently announced the beginning of an integration and coordination phase that will see all cargo activities steered...

Maersk Returning to Halifax.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - After leaving the Port of Halifax in May, Maersk Sealand is returning to the Nova Scotia capital with a new service in 2006. Although there are still several details to be worked out, Gordon Dorsey, the...

Fraser River Port, Cpr Sign Deal to Capitalize on Asia-Pacific Trade.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS SURREY, B.C. - The Fraser River Port Authority and Canadian Pacific Railway have announced they are teaming up to pursue a bigger share of trade with Asia-Pacific countries. They have signed a cooperation agreement...

Westac Forum Examines Ways to Better Forecast Freight Demand.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS VANCOUVER - Accurate forecasting of freight demand is the key to preventing a repeat of the capacity crisis that choked the country's supply chain last year, say the organizers of a major transportation forum being...

New Nickel Ore Facility for Port of Quebec.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: MARK CARDWELL QUEBEC - The opening of a new $5-million terminal dedicated to nickel ore is the biggest news on the waterfront in Quebec City this year. "(The terminal) will add to the international reputation of our company...

Intermodal Terminal to Benefit Saint John Transportation Infrastructure.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS SAINT JOHN - Some logistics go better with beer. Saint John's Moosehead Breweries and Irving-owned NB Southern Railway (NBSR) are building a new $6-million intermodal shipping terminal near the brewery which...

Hamburg Sud Restructures Transpacific Services.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: PETER T. LEACH, The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE Hamburg Sud said it will restructure its two services from Asia to the Pacific coasts of South America and North America in January to improve service coverage and transit times. ...

Safmarine Enhances Service Network Between Asia, Africa.
December 5, 2005... Safmarine has announced plans for a second string to its Safari service between Asia and Southern Africa, plus two new direct services between Asia and East Africa and between Asia and West Africa. The introduction of a second string to the...

Tsb Issues Report on Marine Atlantic Ferry Fire.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - The Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on a fire aboard the Marine Atlantic ferry Joseph and Clara Smallwood in May 2003 and although Marine Atlantic has addressed several safety issues...

Dragonair Names Airbridge International Cargo Agent in Canada.
December 5, 2005... Airbridge International Inc. has been appointed cargo sales and service agent for Dragonair in Toronto and Montreal. Airbridge International is responsible for promoting Dragonair's cargo sales activities and representing the carrier's...

Port of Trois-Rivieres Feature: Dismar Operation Continues to Grow.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE Dismar is another good news short-sea shipping initiative this year in Trois-Rivieres. The company transports commodities on Mississippi-type barges to Canadian and U.S. ports along the St. Lawrence River and the...

Cn Increases Number of Railcars in Halifax.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Canadian National Railway has increased its car allocation to the Port of Halifax by 20 per cent or to about 11,800 feet per day or 800 TEUs a week. "This growth is largely driven by China Shipping's...

Cadbury Schweppes Selects GeoLogistics for Single-Source Americas Agreement.
December 5, 2005... SANTA ANA, Calif. - Cadbury Schweppes has named GeoLogistics Corporation as its ocean export freight services provider for the company's Americas region. Cadbury Schweppes, based in Birmingham, England, is one of the world's largest...

Ottawa Beacon.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: WILBROD LECLERC Recent events on the U.S. Gulf Coast, before and after Hurricane Katrina, have shown us again the importance of transportation in everyday life and especially in emergencies. Over the last century,...

Shipbuilding & Defence.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: Sharon Hobson Will Gen. Rick Hillier be able to rebuild the combat capability of the Canadian Forces? Not unless he can fix the procurement process. The Chief of the Defence Staff has big plans, but he's coming up against the...

Trade Winds.
December 5, 2005... The softwood lumber issue has become the defining topic in Canada-U.S. relations. Starting at the top with Prime Minister Paul Martin and moving down the ranks of senior ministers, every one of them has decried the arrogance of the U.S. in...

None.
December 5, 2005... New chair, directorfor Fraser River Port Peter Podovinikoff has been elected chair of the board of directors of the Fraser River Port Authority. Mr. Podovinikoff joined the board in May. He is a retired president of Envision Credit...

Port of Trois-Rivieres Feature: Strong Year for Port of Trois-Rivieres.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE Two new initiatives have put the Port of Trois-Rivieres on the short-sea shipping map. In April, Aluminerie Alouette started transporting aluminum once a week by barge and tugboat from Sept-Iles to...

Port of Trois-Rivieres Feature: Section 19-20 Upgrade Now Complete.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE A two-year, $20-million project to upgrade Sections 19 and 20 of the Port of Trois-Rivieres is now complete. "We finished within budget and ahead of schedule," said Robert Masson, president and chief executive...

Kuehne + Nagel Named Top Sea Freight Forwarder.
December 5, 2005... Kuehne + Nagel won the Sea Freight Forwarder of the Year award at the 2005 Asia Logistics Awards Gala Dinner held recently in Shanghai, capturing the trophy for the second time. The annual event is organized by the Informa Group, publisher...

Passing.
December 5, 2005... Sadly, we have lost another long-time member of the CIMarE. Steve Williams, Honorary Life Member, of the Atlantic Branch passed away Saturday, November 5, 2005 in Dartmouth, N.S. Steve was born in 1925, in Dundee, Scotland. He worked as a...

Ottawa Branch.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: Brian Keefe The Ottawa Branch is introducing a new approach for papers. Following discussions with the local branches of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Joint...

Vancouver Branch.
December 5, 2005... BYLINE: Bill Stewart The Vancouver Branch holds regular meetings on the third Wednesday of the month. At our September meeting, our branch secretary Peter Davies presented to Thomas Zabinsky a National Scholarship Award of $1,000. Mr....

Fraser River Box Traffic Up 23 Per Cent.
December 12, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS NEW WESTMINSTER - Driven by growth in manufactured goods imported from China and other Asian markets and continued demand for Canadian resources, container traffic through Fraser River Port soared 23 per cent in the...

Special Report: 2005 Canadian Courier and Messenger Association Conference.
December 12, 2005... BYLINE: JACK KOHANE MISSISSAUGA - Concerns about eroding bottom lines, the open skies debate, and a veritable deluge of new international customs regulations underscored the 'Managing Through Change' theme at the recent Canadian Courier...

ShipShape.
December 12, 2005... BYLINE: JULIE GEDEON A few months ago, I attended a conference where I heard something really incredible: a journalist warned the audience that if water is diverted from the Great Lakes and global warming continues, the St. Lawrence River...

Intermodal Horizons.
December 12, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY Perhaps nothing illustrated better the futility of the 38th Parliament than Transport Minister Jean Lapierre's last appearance before the Commons transport committee in mid-November. He repeated a proposal he made...

Oceanwide Provides Access to Air Advanced Information Portal.
December 12, 2005... MONTREAL - Logistics, compliance and insurance software company Oceanwide Inc. has announced that it was the first Canadian firm to provide access for its customers to the Air Advanced Commercial Information (AACI) portal for both carriers and...

Rieu Tour Buses Arrive in Halifax.
December 12, 2005... HALIFAX - World-renowned Dutch violinist virtuoso and conductor Andre Rieu had two of his double-decker tour buses shipped through the Port of Halifax for his current North American concert tour. The buses arrived at Halifax's Autoport...

Vancouver Extends Truck Gate Hours at Container Terminals.
December 12, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Port Authority and its major container terminal operators, TSI Terminal Systems Inc. and P&O Ports Canada Inc., have agreed to extended gate hours beginning in January to help alleviate truck...

Industry Kicks off Campaign to Promote St. Lawrence.
December 12, 2005... BYLINE: BRENT FREDERICK, Associate Editor QUEBEC - Quebec's maritime industry is hoping that a new campaign to promote the importance of the St. Lawrence River will help the general public better understand the role of marine transportation...

New Tug Carries Known Name.
December 12, 2005... BYLINE: MARK CARDWELL QUEBEC - The first vessel to be christened in Quebec City in more than a decade has been named after a living legend in the marine salvage world. Owned by Ocean Group Inc., the ultra-modern tug Ocean K. Rusby was...

Industry Wants Ottawa to Stop Stalling on New Coast Guard Boss.
December 12, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - It has been six months since the federal government announced that John Adams would be stepping down as Canadian Coast Guard commissioner to take command of the Communications Security Establishment. But...

Port of Halifax Moves 500,000th Teu of 2005.
December 12, 2005... HALIFAX - The Port of Halifax moved its 500,000th TEU of the year on November 28. It marks the sixth consecutive year that the port has handled more than half a million 20-foot equivalent units. The 500,000th TEU moved through the port on...

B.C. Tug and Barge Operator Inks Separate Deal with Canadian Merchant Service Guild.
December 12, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - British Columbia's largest tug and barge operator has broken away from the West Coast industry's labour negotiating body - the Council of Marine Industries (CMC) - to agree on a separate contract with the...

Blanc-Sablon Wharf Project Complete.
December 12, 2005... BLANC-SABLON, Que. - A $14-million reconstruction project of the wharf at Blanc-Sablon has been completed. The project, carried out by EBC Inc. of Quebec, involved reconstruction of a new berth made of steel sheet piling for the ferry and...

Barge Operator Says Short-Sea Kinks Still Need to Be Worked Out.
December 12, 2005... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE Short-sea shipping is being touted by Transport Canada as a transportation alternative that makes both economic and environmental sense. However, according to Gilles Morin, president of Dismar, the reality is a...

Ottawa Hands Out $26.9 Million to Ports, Terminals for Security.
December 12, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - The second round of funding from Ottawa's $115-million Marine Security Contribution Program has gone mainly to the country's largest ports and marine terminals. In all, round two provides up to $26.9...

More on the Teeshoe Tragedy.
December 19, 2005... BYLINE: Mark Wilson "Captain's orders, pilot's advice" describes the division of responsibility between a ship's master and the person to whom he entrusts his vessel in Canadian waters where the pilotage of foreign ships is mandatory,...

2006 Outlook Cloudy But Trucking Boss Still Bullish on Industry.
December 19, 2005... TORONTO - The economy and pricing discipline will be the keys to motor carrier success in 2006, says David Bradley, chief executive officer of the Canadian Trucking Alliance and president of the Ontario Trucking Association. "The economic...

Freight Systems Moves 747 Aircraft Engine to Amman.
December 19, 2005... MISSISSAUGA - Freight Systems Canada Inc., which specializes in handling cargo between Canada and the Indian subcontinent and Middle East, recently concluded a project to move a 747 aircraft engine to Amman, Jordan. The engine arrived by...

Halifax Handles Giant Windmill Pieces.
December 19, 2005... HALIFAX - The Port of Halifax's Fairview Cove Container Terminal, operated by Cerescorp Company, recently handled 13 pieces of a windmill, with three of the longest blades measuring 29.1 metres and weighing 4.6 tonnes. The pieces arrived...

Fraser River Port Authority Supports Local Education Programs.
December 19, 2005... NEW WESTMINSTER - The Fraser River Port Authority has donated $3,000 to the Fraser Alumni Association in support of marine education programs. The alumni members are integral supporters of the J.F. Williams Navy League Cadet Corps and the...

Hopper Deal Moves Closer.
December 19, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - The Farmer Rail Car Coalition inched closer to getting the federal government's 12,400 hopper cars in late November in a series of pre-election announcements by the Martin government. Transport Minister...

Battle Heats Up for Prince Rupert's Ridley Terminals.
December 19, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - A powerful group of mining companies is indicating conditional approval for a proposal by the Prince Rupert Port Authority to acquire a key export coal loading terminal from the federal government in a...

Groups Studying Box Movement in Vancouver to Identify High-Risk Security Areas.
December 19, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and a consultant are closely studying the movement of containers through the Port of Vancouver to identify...

The Year in Review: Infrastructure Message Finally Sinks In.
December 26, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY While many will rate 2005 as a busy and profitable year for ports and carriers, a more significant development for the transportation sector was the recognition by governments and industry that the country's...

Letter: Transportation Still Flying under Political Radar.
December 26, 2005... So let's get this right. Transport Canada says gridlock is costing the Canadian economy $6 billion a year. The Toronto Board of Trade suggests that $1.6 billion of this is incurred in the Greater Toronto Area alone. Canada's greenhouse gas...

At Last the Truth: Quebec Sovereigntists Want the Seaway.
December 26, 2005... BYLINE: WILBROD LECLERC In early January 1995, just months before the '95 referendum, I wrote a column for Seaports and the Shipping World suggesting that in the event of Quebec's separation, a separatist Quebec government would not...

Cn Fined $75,000 for Fatal B.C. Derailment.
December 26, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - Canadian National Railway has been fined $75,000 after pleading guilty to breaches of the Railway Safety Act in inspecting and maintaining a wooden trestle destroyed in a fatal derailment in British...

Transportation Expert Applauds Air Canada Aircraft Order.
December 26, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - Air Canada's renewed deal to buy 301-seat Boeing 777s and 250/290-seat 787s and pass on ordering the 555-seat Airbus A380 is a shrewd move, according to Prof. David Gillen, director of the centre for...

Seafarers' Mission Expands in Saint John.
December 26, 2005... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS SAINT JOHN - Plans for a chapel and the purchase of a new shuttle van are just two of the latest improvements to the Saint John Seafarers' Mission located on the west side of the port. "Over the last two...

Thordon Composite Bearings Installed on Cutterhead Dredges.
December 26, 2005... Thordon Composite is a two-component elastomeric polymer alloy bearing specifically formulated to provide superior wear life in very abrasive water conditions. Thordon said that the bearings, operating in combination with a hard stainless steel...

Grunt Club Celebrates 71st Annual Dinner.
December 26, 2005... MONTREAL - Some 1,300 Grunt Club members and guests from the shipping/marine community and transportation industry in Canada, the United States and even Europe attended the group's 71st annual dinner held in Montreal on Dec. 2. Grunt Club...

Washington Marine Wins Employer Award.
December 26, 2005... Washington Marine Group of Companies was selected best employer at the recent North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards. In its eighth year, the awards publicly recognize local area businesses that demonstrate a...

Cp Ships Vessel Runs Aground off Azores Islands.
December 26, 2005... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE As Canadian Sailings was going to press, a third attempt was being made to float a CP Ships container vessel that had run aground off Portugal's Azores Islands on Dec. 9. "Efforts to loosen the sand with the use...

Maruba Expands Service to Include Vancouver, Seattle.
December 26, 2005... Maruba Lines is expanding its California Express Service to include port calls in Vancouver and Seattle. The initial sailing of the new vessel deployment will leave Manzanillo, Mexico, on January 12. The port rotation will be Manzanillo,...