Canadian Sailings articles from February 2006

Canadian Sailings archives from February 2006

World Trade Spotlight on India: Benefits and Tip$.
February 6, 2006... BYLINE: By: JOCELYNE BLAIS, Vice-President, Marchand, Fairchild, Blais Financial Services Inc. India is a complex country, the most diverse place on Earth. In some areas, culture is matriarchal. In others, it is tribal or urban western....

World Trade Spotlight on India: Changing the Face of Global Trade.
February 6, 2006... BYLINE: By: PETER MALKOVSKY India, the mystical land of the Buddha, various Maharajas, 1.1 billion people, the Holy Ganges River and the nearly as holy Gandhi dynasty is shrouded in contradictions and potential. On one hand, it is one of...

Ila Boss Re-Elected in Halifax.
February 6, 2006... Halifax longshoremen have re-elected Robert Bonnar as president and business agent for Local 269 of the International Longshoremen's Association. Mr. Bonnar had held the position for about seven months, taking over after former president...

Ports Team Up to Drum Up Breakbulk Business.
February 6, 2006... BYLINE: RON SAMSON St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes officials teamed up at a recent breakbulk transportation conference to seek out potential new business opportunities for the waterway. The Seaway's Highway H2O booth made its first big...

Full Steam Ahead for Cn.
February 6, 2006... Canadian National Railway has reported net income of $430 million for the fourth quarter of 2005, up 14 per cent over the year-earlier period. Among other fourth-quarter highlights, diluted earnings per share of $1.56 were up 21 per cent over...

Port of Sept-Iles Welcomes First Ship of 2006.
February 6, 2006... The Sept-Iles Port Authority presented its Gold-Headed Cane to Capt. Stergios Kyriakidis, master of the M/V Antonis P, the first ocean-going vessel in the Port of Sept-Iles in 2006. The ship, which had sailed from Antwerp, arrived in port...

Quebec North Shore Ports Busy in 2005.
February 6, 2006... BYLINE: Mark Cardwell A year after labour problems hampered the production output - and shipping needs - of its two biggest customers, the Port of Sept-Iles bounced back with a strong performance in 2005. "Things are back to normal -...

Cerescorp Gets Cruise Contract in Vancouver.
February 6, 2006... BYLINE: Alan Daniels The Port of Vancouver's two cruise terminals at Canada Place and Ballantyne Pier will have a new operator from the start of the Alaska cruise season this year. New Jersey-based Cerescorp Co. has been awarded a 10-year...

Hapag-Lloyd Expands Management, Organization.
February 6, 2006... In line with its integration of CP Ships, Hapag-Lloyd says it is enlarging its globally standardized organization to five regions from three. Management will also be expanded accordingly with the inclusion of CP Ships executives Glenn Hards,...

Lawmakers Reject Eu Ports Plan.
February 6, 2006... BYLINE: BRUCE BARNARD, The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE European Union lawmakers voted by overwhelming majority on Jan. 18 to reject controversial plans to open up port services to outside competition in a move that is expected to idle new...

Construction to Begin on Prince Rupert Box Terminal.
February 6, 2006... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS Work can finally begin on converting the Port of Prince Rupert's Fairview Terminal into a high-capacity container-handling facility, a multimillion-dollar project that has been delayed for more than a year by a lengthy...

Shipbuilding & Defence.
February 13, 2006... BYLINE: By: SHARON HOBSON Defence policy did not come up for debate during the recent election campaign - which is par for the course in Canada - but the Conservative Party did at least talk about it, making a series of announcements and...

U.S.-FLAG Cargo Movement on Great Lakes Slips in 2005.
February 13, 2006... The major U.S.-flag Great Lakes carriers moved 107.7 million tons of dry bulk cargo on the Great Lakes in 2005, down 3.3 per cent compared with the previous year. However, the 2005 float was nearly 3 million tons ahead of the industry's...

Promoting the Great Lakes/Seaway System.
February 13, 2006... BYLINE: RON SAMSON England and Germany are among the closest areas trading with Canada and specifically into the Great Lakes. Germany, in particular, is growing due to increased traffic with the emerging economies in the European...

New Gps Technology Passes First Big Test in Halifax.
February 13, 2006... BYLINE: Tom Peters New global positioning technology that the Port of Halifax has placed around the harbour will work toward increased safety for larger vessels as they navigate through the port and pass under its two bridges. The new...

Port of Hamilton Traffic Up 3% in 2005.
February 13, 2006... The Port of Hamilton handled 12.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2005, an increase of 3 per cent over the previous year. It was the port's best performance since 1996. Vessel traffic increased accordingly with a total of 715 domestic and...

Maersk Signs Three-Year Deal with Halterm.
February 13, 2006... BYLINE: TOM PETERS Port of Halifax container terminal operator Halterm has another Suez connection. The South End terminal operator has signed a three-year service agreement with Maersk Line, which is returning to the port after a short...

Toronto-Rochester Fast Ferry Service Torpedoed.
February 13, 2006... BYLINE: JACK KOHANE Despite high hopes to keep it afloat, The Cat has sunk. Mired in debt and plagued by mechanical problems, the high-speed ferry between Rochester, N.Y., and Toronto has been torpedoed. Mayor Robert Duffy of...

New Government Gets Serious About Arctic Sovereignty.
February 13, 2006... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY No one paid much attention when the Conservatives promised during the federal election campaign to get serious about Arctic sovereignty with a $5.3-billion, five-year plan to build a deepwater port at Iqaluit and...

Cannon Named Transport Minister.
February 13, 2006... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY Prime Minister Stephen Harper surprised the pundits with his selection of former Quebec cabinet minister Lawrence Cannon to the expanded portfolio of transport, infrastructure and communities. While Mr. Cannon was...

Cn, Cpr Implement Service Improvements in Vancouver.
February 13, 2006... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railway have reached an agreement that they say will improve rail operations to British Columbia's Lower Mainland and Pacific Gateway ports. The operational improvements are...

Record Results for Cpr.
February 13, 2006... Canadian Pacific Railway says that strong revenue growth propelled net income to a record $543 million in 2005, up 32 per cent over the previous year. Net income in 2005 included a $72-million after-tax decline in foreign exchange gains on...

Halifax, Vancouver Set New Box Records.
February 13, 2006... BYLINE: By: TOM PETERS The Port of Halifax has set a new standard for containerized cargo. According to figures released by the Halifax Port Authority, the port handled an unprecedented 550,462 TEUs in 2005. The previous mark of...

Conference Examines Bulk Carrier Issues, Challenges, Solutions.
February 20, 2006... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE A discussion forum was held recently in Montreal on the major issues impacting the bulk carrier industry and innovative solutions to combat its current challenges. Germanischer Lloyd presented and sponsored the...

Ag Logistics Moves Ambulances to Iraq.
February 20, 2006... Quebec-based roll-on/roll-off specialist AG Logistics is in the process of transporting 300 much-needed ambulances to Iraq. Iraq's Ministry of Health has issued the contract for the ambulances. AG Logistics has been arranging their...

Marine Club Celebrates 67th Annual Dinner.
February 20, 2006... Bob Young treated this year's Marine Club dinner audience to one 'lulu' of a talk. The guest speaker at the 67th annual event, held recently in Toronto, is the co-founder of Red Hat, the open source software company, owner of the Hamilton...

New Government Kills Ridley Terminals Privatization.
February 20, 2006... BYLINE: MARK WILSON In his first full day on the job after being sworn in as Canada's minister of transport, infrastructure and communities, Lawrence Cannon honoured a campaign promise by the federal Conservatives to kill a plan to...

Port of Toronto Traffic Down Slightly in 2005.
February 20, 2006... The Port of Toronto handled 2.56 million tonnes of cargo in 2005, down 77,000 tonnes or 2.9 per cent from 2004 when the port recorded its best performance since 1978. Port of Toronto tonnage has increased 28 per cent since 1999. Total...

New Distribution, Warehouse Facility to Boost Port of Halifax.
February 20, 2006... BYLINE: TOM PETERS Consolidated Fastfrate is building a $10-million transload, distribution and warehouse centre that could boost the cargo fortunes of the Port of Halifax. Fastfrate, a major, diverse transportation company based in...

The Continuing Dilemma in Surface Transportation.
February 20, 2006... BYLINE: By: WILBROD LeCLERC In Canada, there are some 60 freight and passenger railways today, twice as many as a decade ago. They move more than 300 billion tonne-kilometres of freight annually and about 60 million passengers, mostly...

Prince Rupert Container Terminal Development Presents Opportunities, Challenges.
February 20, 2006... BYLINE: ERIC W. MANCHESTER Building a container terminal at Prince Rupert, British Columbia, has little to do with expanding that city's marine facilities, according to its mayor, Herb Pond. "This is about opening up a new international...

Critics Oppose Dp World-P&O Ports Deal.
February 27, 2006... BYLINE: MARK WILSON A major British Columbia container terminal is a pawn in a political battle over whether six port facilities in the United States should be controlled by a Dubai-based terminal operator. Senator Hillary Clinton...

Maritime Innovation: Working to Reduce Impact of Marine Transportation on the Environment.
February 27, 2006... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE At Maritime Innovation, environmental technology has been one of its fields of expertise for the past three years. "The idea is to reduce the impact of maritime transportation on the environment," said Jacques...

Political Hot Potatoes Smell Fishy, May Give Gas.
February 27, 2006... BYLINE: By: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS The Port of Saint John is facing another challenging year, so it has raised its harbour dues by 10 per cent. Although the federal government has chipped in for recent security upgrades, these higher fees...

Voyageur Marine Making a Go of Bulker Business.
February 27, 2006... BYLINE: Alex Binkley Bulk carriers may seem like an endangered species on the Great Lakes but that hasn't prevented Fred Huneault from launching a shipping business with two well-seasoned veterans. Voyageur Marine Transport, based in...

Montreal's Termont Signs Long-Term Deal with Msc.
February 27, 2006... Termont Montreal, a subsidiary of Termont Terminal Inc., has signed a long-term contract to handle all the business of Mediterranean Shipping Company, S.A. at the Port of Montreal. The stevedoring deal encompasses the existing service of...

Port of Saint John Taking Action to Boost Traffic in 2006.
February 27, 2006... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS The Port of Saint John remains New Brunswick's largest marine gateway but it is not without its challenges for 2006. Al Soppitt, president and chief executive officer of the Saint John Port Authority, told...

Oocl Chicago Makes Inaugural Visit to Halifax.
February 27, 2006... The Port of Halifax has welcomed the largest post-panamax vessel ever to call at its newly deepened Fairview Cove Container Terminal. The 5,714-TEU OOCL Chicago made its inaugural visit to the port on Jan. 21. Orient Overseas Container Line...