Canadian Sailings articles from February 2008

Canadian Sailings archives from February 2008

Port Community, Federal Government to Address Present, Future Challenges.
February 11, 2008... The Association of Canadian Port Authorities will hold its annual Port/Government Interface at the Delta Ottawa Hotel on Feb. 27-28. "The association works hard to ensure that we closely monitor federal government policy and programs given...

From Green to Growth.
February 11, 2008... The Trois-Rivieres Port Authority (TRPA) adopted its first environmental policy on Aug. 21. "Environmental issues related to port activities can''t be ignored," said TRPA president and CEO Gaetan Boivin. "We have to be proactive in this area by...

Port Boasts Evolving, High-Performance Facilities.
February 11, 2008... The Port of Trois-Rivieres has high-performance facilities that include: * Berths with a water depth of 10.7 metres; * Elevators for handling and storing bulk cargo such as grain, alumina and petroleum coke; * Excellent indoor...

Somavrac President Wins Chamber of Commerce Award.
February 11, 2008... Somavrac Inc. president Marc Paquin was surprised but proud to receive the Person of the Year award from the Trois-Rivieres Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The honour is bestowed on individuals who make outstanding contributions through their...

Port Benefits from Reliable, Skilled Workforce.
February 11, 2008... Among the chief assets of the Port of Trois-Rivieres are the quality of its workforce and its longshoremen''s commitment to provide outstanding services to port customers. They are constantly seeking new ways to improve the quality and...

Port Commissions Painting by Local Artist for Special Presentations.
February 11, 2008... The Trois-Rivieres Port Authority (TRPA) unveiled a newly commissioned painting by local artist Yves Cadorette during a celebration to mark the arrival of the first ship of 2008. The port authority will present reproductions of the work during...

Transport Security: Container Deemed Weak Link.
February 11, 2008... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY For all the attention and dollars spent on marine security during the last few years, the container remains a weak link in the transportation network, says Ted Langhoff, director of cargo and port security for...

Port Looks to the Future with Confidence.
February 11, 2008... Last year was a very busy one for the Port of Trois-Rivieres. After welcoming a new president and CEO and creating the position of vice-president of marketing and business development, the port strengthened its ties with users to consolidate...

Study to Examine Upper Great Lakes Water Levels.
February 11, 2008... As the 50th anniversary of the St. Lawrence Seaway approaches in 2009, Great Lakes ports are becoming increasingly aware of climate change and global warming. Low water levels, particularly in the upper Great Lakes, has the attention of...

New Longshoremen''s Union President in Halifax.
February 11, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS Longtime longshoreman David Cranston is the new president of the Halifax local of the International Longshoremen''s Association. Mr. Cranston, who started on the Halifax waterfront in 1976 and joined Local 269 in...

Vancouver Not Expecting Extra Business from L.A./LONG Beach Box Fees.
February 11, 2008... BYLINE: By MARK WILSON The Port of Vancouver is not expecting any windfall gain from the decision by the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to impose stiff fees on containers to help pay for the renewal of a decrepit truck fleet...

Bc Ferries Rejects Fuel-Saving Measure for New Vessels.
February 11, 2008... BYLINE: By MARK WILSON As BC Ferries celebrates the arrival on the West Coast of the first of three German-built vessels, claimed to be the world''s largest double-ended ferries, a fuel-saving option for the new ships that could help the...

Second Company Considering Nova Scotia-Great Lakes Service.
February 11, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS Another Central Canada shipping company is taking a serious look at starting a short-sea service between Great Lakes and Nova Scotia ports. Upper Lakes Shipping of Toronto is the second company considering a...

Trois-Rivieres Welcomes First Vessel of 2008.
February 11, 2008... The M/V St. Rossa was the first ship in the Port of Trois-Rivieres in 2008. The Panamanian-flagged vessel arrived on Jan. 8. Built in Japan in 2001, the bulk carrier is 137 metres long and can load 16,239 tonnes. Sailing from the Gulf of...

2007 Highlights.
February 11, 2008... February - New Management In October 2006, Gaetan Boivin was appointed president and CEO of the Trois-Rivieres Port Authority. He holds a master''s degree in project management and was director of the Institut maritime du Quebec before...

Thunder Bay Traffic Flat in 2007.
February 11, 2008... BYLINE: By WILLIAM HRYB The Port of Thunder bay wrapped up its 2007 shipping season with almost identical cargo totals from the previous year. During the 10-month season, 8.38 million tonnes of cargo flowed through the Lakehead port,...

Partial Victory for Wheat Board, Grain Companies Against Cn.
February 11, 2008... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY The Canadian Wheat Board and five grain companies have won a partial victory in a service complaint against CN. In a mid-January decision, the Canadian Transportation Agency found CN failed to meet its...

Butzelaar Named President of B.C. Railways.
February 11, 2008... Frank Butzelaar has been appointed president of the Southern Railway of British Columbia (SRY) and subsidiary Southern Railway of Vancouver Island (SVI). He succeeds John van der Burch, who has retired after 44 years with SRY and its...

Transport Specialist Sees Project Cargo Upswing.
February 11, 2008... A transportation specialist says that while any potential slowdown in global economic activity would most likely result in overcapacity on ocean and air shipping lanes with resultant softness in rates, the same cannot be said for the project...

Apps Transport Continues Terminal Network Expansion with Vancouver Acquisition.
February 11, 2008... APPS Transport Group of Brampton, Ont., says it has taken over the operation and terminal of Legacy Transport Logistics in Richmond, B.C. APPS West has partnered with Legacy Transport for several years to deliver for its customers in British...

ArcelorMittal Dofasco Executive Named Chamber of Marine Commerce Chair.
February 11, 2008... The board of directors of the Chamber of Marine Commerce has announced the election of ArcelorMittal Dofasco executive Michael Kennedy as its new chairman. "As one of the largest shippers on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterways, our...

Lcl Navigation Acquires Confreight Canada.
February 11, 2008... LCL Navigation has acquired Confreight Maritime Lines Canada, Inc. from its parent company Confreight Belgium NV, a member of the OTS Logistics Group. The announcement was made by LCL Navigation chairman and owner Tony Young. The official...

Reward Green Transportation, Canadians Tell Government.
February 11, 2008... A new national poll reveals that Canadians almost universally want the government to reward the use of greener transportation. Among the 1,000 Canadians surveyed, fully 90 per cent support the government offering incentives to encourage...

Melford International Terminal Completes Financing.
February 11, 2008... Melford International Terminal Inc. says it has completed the sale of convertible preferred shares in the amount of US$10.5 million to Cyrus Capital Partners, L.P. Cyrus Capital Partners is a private investment group with offices in...

Oocl-Chartered Ship Wins Montreal''s Gold-Headed Cane.
February 11, 2008... Montreal Port Authority president and CEO Patrice Pelletier inaugurated a new year of activity at the Port of Montreal on Jan. 3 by presenting the Gold-Headed Cane to Capt. Volker Hube, master of the M/V Valentina, the first ocean-going vessel...

Reception Hall Named in Honour of Taddeo.
February 11, 2008... At a recent industry reception to honour the career of Dominic Taddeo and the contribution he made to the development of the Port of Montreal, the Montreal Port Authority named its reception hall the Dominic J. Taddeo Room. Before some 100...

Halifax Names Commercial Director for Key U.S. Markets.
February 11, 2008... The Port of Halifax says Paul DuVoisin has been retained as commercial director to work on behalf of the port in key U.S. markets. Based in New Jersey, Mr. DuVoisin will focus his efforts in the markets of Chicago, Buffalo, New York and New...

Port of Quebec Sets New Traffic Record.
February 11, 2008... BYLINE: By MARK CARDWELL Like a big New Year'' baby, the Swedish cargo ship Silvretta tied up in the Port of Quebec at precisely 3:50 a.m. on Jan. 1. It became the first foreign vessel to visit Quebec in 2008, a year of historical...

Csl Delivers Test Shipment of ''petcoke'' to Saint John.
February 11, 2008... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Things go better with coke. At least that is what NB Power is hoping to find out with its first shipment of lower-cost petroleum coke. The coal-like substance, made essentially of carbon, could be the latest...

The New Latin America.
February 11, 2008... BYLINE: By PETER MALKOVSKY Latin America is not the darling of the world like China, which is hosting this year''s Olympic Games and has one of the fastest growing economies and export sectors in the world. Nor does it have the perceived...

More Canadian Companies Encouraged to Put Latin America on Their Radar Screen.
February 11, 2008... BYLINE: By KATHLYN HORIBE Canada has concluded a free trade agreement with Peru at a time when the high dollar and a slowdown in the U.S. economy are hammering Canadian manufacturers and exporters. International Trade Minister David...

Prince Rupert Box Traffic Exceeds Expectations.
February 18, 2008... BYLINE: By MARK WILSON A new container terminal at the West Coast port of Prince Rupert handled 16,703 TEUs in the closing two months of 2007, following its opening Oct. 31. The traffic exceeded expectations. The big boosts to overall...

Cruise Operator Chooses Thordon Pollution-Free Propeller Shaft Bearings.
February 18, 2008... Thordon Bearings Inc. says T Mariotti Shipyard of Genoa, Italy, has ordered Thordon seawater-lubricated COMPAC propeller shaft bearing systems for two new 50,000-ton cruise ships being built for Seabourn Cruise Lines, the Carnival Corporation...

Shutting Out the Media.
February 18, 2008... BYLINE: By SHARON HOBSON Canada''s only operational submarine left Halifax in early February on a three-month trip. Apart from a generic explanation about it participating in exercises and port visits, the details of the sub''s operations...

Irving Wants Submarine Contract Re-Tendered.
February 18, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS Irving Shipbuilding wants the federal government to re-tender the Victoria Class Submarine In-Service Support Contract. The Saint John-based company is contesting the awarding of a $1.5-billion maintenance...

New Tugs among Projects at East Coast Yards.
February 18, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS Three new tugs being built at the Irving-owned East Isle Shipyard in Georgetown, P.E.I., should be completed for their new owner, Atlantic Reyser, in August. The tugs are expected to be put to work when Irving Oil...

Federal Government Contracts: Some Positive News on the Horizon.
February 18, 2008... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY There might actually be some positive news for shipbuilders from the federal government during the next few months. First, the Department of Public Works and Government Services has published a final request for...

Efta Accord Draws Ire of East Coast Shipbuilding Industry.
February 18, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS The federal government has once again drawn the ire of members of Canada''s shipbuilding industry on the East Coast. Jamie Vaslet, business agent for Local 1 of the Marine Workers Federation, and Karl Risser,...

Free Trade Deal Sets Stage for Withdrawal of Protective Tariff for Shipbuilders.
February 18, 2008... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY International Trade Minister David Emerson has formally signed an agreement with the European Free Trade Association that sets the stage for the gradual withdrawal of a protective tariff for Canadian shipbuilders....

Learning Our Lessons.
February 18, 2008... BYLINE: By Peter Cairns, President, Shipbuilding Association of Canada Canada''s new government has made it quite clear that in defence terms, it intends to place the needs of Canadian defence first. For me, this is the most fundamental...

New Ceo for Halifax Airport.
February 18, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS The Halifax International Airport Authority has a new president and CEO. Tom Ruth, who has senior management experience with a number of firms including Oceanex and Livingston International, an international logistics...

Purolator Launches Global Supply Chain Services.
February 18, 2008... BYLINE: By MARK WILSON Purolator Courier Ltd., Canada''s largest overnight courier company, has opened a new facility in Richmond, B.C., that is intended to serve medium-size companies that are importing goods from Asia but lack their own...

Freight Forwarding Veteran Snowden Named Ciffa Executive Director.
February 25, 2008... Ruth Snowden is the new executive director of the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association. "We are pleased to bring someone of Ms. Snowden''s calibre to the senior management role of the association," said CIFFA president Robert...

Endangered Whales Facing Sonar Blasts, Fishing Traps.
February 25, 2008... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Life is not getting any easier for the North American right whale, which summers in the Bay of Fundy. Despite successful efforts to reduce shipping collisions with one of the world''s most endangered...

Sydney Unveils Master Development Plan.
February 25, 2008... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS The Port of Sydney, Cape Breton, has unveiled its master development plan that charts a long-term course for growth and the potential for hundreds of millions of dollars in new development. The...

Ports Establishing Close Ties with Their Communities, Transport Committee Told.
February 25, 2008... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY Most port authorities have a good rapport with the communities they operate in but that doesn''t mean relationships can''t be improved, several key port spokesmen say. The new Port of Vancouver-Fraser is...

Maersk Announces Changes to North American Customer Service, Sales Management Structure.
February 25, 2008... As part of its new global streamLINE strategy, Maersk Line has announced plans for the regional consolidation of its North American customer service organization and its sales management and administrative support staff. Under the...

Review Shows Good Progress on Marine Security Front.
February 25, 2008... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY Transport Canada has generally made good progress in implementing new marine security measures but the job isn''t finished, says a review. The department needs to better define with ports, shippers and shipping...

Sodes Gets Funding for St. Lawrence-Great Lakes Trade Gateway Study.
February 25, 2008... The St. Lawrence Economic Development Council (SODES) has received a financial contribution from Canada Economic Development and Transport Quebec for a study on the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes trade gateway. The announcement was made at a...

Quebec Must Seize Trade Growth Opportunities, Transport Official Tells St. Lawrence Group.
February 25, 2008... BYLINE: By KATHLYN HORIBE Quebec Deputy Transport Minister Denys Jean offered the province''s perspective on the country''s newest trade corridor at a St. Lawrence Economic Development Council (SODES) luncheon held recently in Montreal....

Marine Club Celebrates 69th Annual Dinner.
February 25, 2008... The Marine Club celebrated its 69th annual dinner at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto on Jan. 18. Marine Club president Roy Hickingbottom presided over the event. Jim Pound, first vice-president, introduced guest speaker Bud...

Marine Club: Lloyd''s Register Boss Urges Government, Industry to Work Together.
February 25, 2008... BYLINE: By BRENT FREDERICK, Associate Editor The head of the Lloyd''s Register classification society in Canada has called on government and all sectors of the marine industry to work in unison on matters related to regulatory reform,...