Canadian Sailings articles from January 2005

Canadian Sailings archives from January 2005

Winds from Saint John.
January 3, 2005... BYLINE: Christopher Williams Dubbed the 'energy hub' of the Maritimes, Saint John has plenty to be excited about with a new liquefied natural gas terminal and power plant in the works as well as the possible refit of a nuclear power plant....

Hamilton Port Authority Presents Opportunity Overview to City Council.
January 3, 2005... HAMILTON - The many opportunities for the Hamilton Port Authority and the City of Hamilton to realize mutual economic objectives by working cooperatively was the thrust of an informal briefing and port tour provided recently to Mayor Larry Di...

New Itinerary for Canadian-Built Replica Tall Ship.(HMS Bounty)
January 3, 2005... BYLINE: IRA BRESKIN HMS Bounty, the Canadian-built replica tall ship, is abandoning the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway for the Mississippi River. The new itinerary means that Bounty for the next several years will forgo what have...

Seaway Looks to Build on Highway H2O Momentum.
January 3, 2005... BYLINE: RON SAMSON ST. CATHARINES - The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) pulled no punches last year with an informative and memorable multi-faceted campaign aimed at delivering some hard facts to people outside - and...

Waves from Halifax.
January 10, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS Capt. Angus McDonald of Halifax, past master of the Company of Master Mariners of Canada, has taken a strong stand on the issue of fair treatment of seafarers. Capt. McDonald says seafarers are often used as...

Ottawa Beacon.
January 10, 2005... BYLINE: WILBROD LECLERC I discovered Turkey just recently. I learned a bit of the language and took a two-week guided tour of the country. Like all countries of the Mediterranean, Turkey is replete with conquests and the movement of...

Grunt Club Celebrates 70th Anniversary Dinner.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... MONTREAL - Some 1,350 Grunt Club members and guests from the shipping/marine community and transportation industry in Canada, the U.S. and even Europe attended the group's 70th anniversary dinner held recently in Montreal. Grunt Club...

Sea-Image Sells FarSounder Sonar Systems to Clipper Cruise Line.(New World Ship Management)
January 10, 2005... VICTORIA - FarSounder, Inc., a provider of three-dimensional forward-looking marine sonar systems, and Sea-Image Corporation, acting as the agent, have signed a contract with New World Ship Management to supply navigation and obstacle avoidance...

Throttle Set Too Low in Halifax Cargo Plane Crash.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... BYLINE: Tom Peters HALIFAX - Investigators for the Transportation Safety Board of Canada say the power on the MK Airlines 747 cargo plane that crashed in Halifax in October wasn't properly set. The aircraft, loaded with seafood,...

Huge Shipment Heads West Through Thunder Bay.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... THUNDER BAY - Components of the world's largest oriented strand board mill were transshipped through the Port of Thunder Bay recently on their way to the West Coast. The port's Keefer Terminal handled the 2,000 tonnes of components while...

Intermodal Horizons.
January 17, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY From a transportation/logistics perspective, the past year should be remembered for the unexpected surge in traffic that congested ports and railways. Other prominent stories included border access problems and...

Halifax Marks 500,000th Container of 2004.(Brief Article)
January 17, 2005... HALIFAX - The 500,000th container of 2004 moved through the Port of Halifax on December 21, marking the fifth consecutive year that the port has handled more than half a million container units. The container was carried aboard the Zim...

Texas-Based Company Buys Statia Terminals Canada.(Valero L.P. acquires the marine cargo handler)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2005... BYLINE: Tom Peters HALIFAX - Statia Terminals Canada Inc., a petroleum-blending and storage facility at Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, has been sold to Valero L.P. of San Antonio, Texas. The sale of Statia is part of a $2.8-billion...

Pilotage Fees Increase 4 Per Cent on St. Lawrence.(St. Lawrence Seaway Authority)
January 17, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - In a split decision, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has approved a 4-per-cent increase in pilotage fees for the St. Lawrence River but rejected a docking fee for the St. Lambert Lock that the...

8,000-Teu Vessel Arrives in Vancouver.(twenty foot equivalent)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS VANCOUVER - An 8,000-TEU containership - the largest so far to visit the Port of Vancouver - arrived at Vanterm in December on its maiden voyage. The M.V. COSCO Vancouver is one of five 8,000-TEU vessels built for...

Tembec Close to Rescuing Bankrupt Nackawic Mill.(divesting St. Anne-Nackawic Pulp and Paper Company Ltd.)
January 17, 2005... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS SAINT JOHN - New Brunswick's high-powered negotiating team featuring Business New Brunswick Minister Peter Mesheau is close to a deal with Tembec Inc. to buy the St. Anne-Nackawic mill that closed last...

Mining Equipment Heads to Costa Rica.(Jascan USA Inc. ships equipment to Costa Rica)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2005... A shipment of mining equipment recently left Fraser River Port's Fraser Surrey Docks for Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica, on board the Gearbulk vessel Icepearl. The cargo consisted of 10 trailers of mining equipment as well as tractors. The...

Canadian Conferences Announce Changes.(Mark Royden appointed as non-executive chairman )(Brief Article)
January 17, 2005... Mark Royden has been elected non-executive chairman of the conference group covering the eastbound and westbound trades between Canada and Europe. They are the: *Canadian North Atlantic Westbound Freight Conference *Continental...

Vancouver Views.(Michael Cormier, Greater Victoria Harbour Authority )(Interview)
January 24, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON The emergence of Seattle as a serious rival to Vancouver in the Alaska cruise business is welcomed by Michael Cormier, chief executive officer of the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority and a former harbour master at...

Trade Winds.(international political economic conditions)
January 24, 2005... BYLINE: PETER MALKOVSKY Looking back at the world in 2004, I am reminded of the old adage "The more things change, the more they stay the same." This column takes a stroll through the various regions of the world to see what transpired...

Transformed Small Towboat Company into Multimillion-Dollar Marine Business.(Lucille Johnstone, Rivtow Group)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
January 24, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS VANCOUVER - Lucille Johnstone, who began her career as a 'Girl Friday' and rose through the ranks to become president and chief operating officer of one of British Columbia's biggest towboat companies, died December 31...

Completion of Saint John Cruise Terminal Postponed.
January 24, 2005... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS SAINT JOHN - The second phase of a new $10-million cruise ship terminal on the Saint John harbourfront has been delayed at the halfway point for at least another year. Even though Saint John had its busiest...

Fraser River Port First Stop for Belle Nautica.(bulk carrier M.V. Belle Nautica)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS NEW WESTMINSTER - Fraser River Port celebrated the arrival December 10 of the bulk carrier M.V. Belle Nautica on its maiden voyage from the Shikoku Dockyard in Japan where it was built. Fraser River Port was the...

Work Expected to Begin This Summer on Prince Rupert Container Terminal.(Prince Rupert Port Authority)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - Don Krusel, president and chief executive officer of the Prince Rupert Port Authority, expects work to start this summer on converting and expanding the Pacific coast port's Fairview terminal to create a...

Threat of Cn Work Stoppage on Hold.(Canadian National Railway Co.)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - A threat of a strike by 5,000 employees at Canadian National has been pushed back from a late January start by a federal request that the company and unions work out what essential services have to be provided...

Algoma Central Buys Bahama Spirit.(M.V. Bahama Spirit, ship)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2005... TORONTO - Algoma Central Corporation, through a wholly owned subsidiary, has purchased for US$28 million a 100-per-cent interest in the ocean-going self-unloading vessel M.V. Bahama Spirit from Marbulk Shipping Inc. Marbulk Shipping is...

Halifax-New England Coastal Feeder Service Returns.(Halship Inc. )
January 24, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - The coastal feeder service between Halifax and New England is back. Halship Inc. of Halifax has begun a weekly, fixed-day service between the Nova Scotia port and the ports of Portland and Boston. ...

Best Year in Two Decades, New Container Record for Port of Montreal.
January 24, 2005... BYLINE: BRENT FREDERICK, Associate Editor MONTREAL - The Port of Montreal handled more than 23 million tonnes of cargo in 2004, its best year since 1984. It also set another container record by moving 1.22 million TEUs last year, up 10 per...

Winter Walloping Railways.(Canadian National Railway Co. negotiates with labor union)
January 31, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - Winter has hit Canadian railways right where it hurts, causing delays and headaches for employees and shippers alike. Even as Canadian Pacific Railway reported in mid-January that its network was finally...

Major Rebound in U.S.-FLAG Shipping on Great Lakes in 2004.
January 31, 2005... CLEVELAND - Shipments of raw materials in U.S.-flag vessels on the Great Lakes rebounded significantly in 2004, the Lake Carriers' Association (LCA) reports. U.S.-flag lakers hauled 111 million net tons of dry bulk cargo in 2004, an...

Scotia Prince Cruises to Sail Again in 2005.(service reintroduction)
January 31, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Scotia Prince Cruises, which operates a daily schedule between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and Portland, Maine, from mid-May to mid-October, will offer the service again this year, a company official says. ...

Acpa Prepares for Fifth Annual Port/Government Interface.(Association of Canadian Port Authorities)
January 31, 2005... OTTAWA - The Association of Canadian Port Authorities(ACPA) will host the fifth annual Port/Government Interface in Ottawa on February 21 and 22. The ACPA said the event provides an opportunity for senior port and government officials to...

Port of Quebec Sets Tonnage, Cruise Records in 2004.(traffic)
January 31, 2005... QUEBEC - The Port of Quebec set two records in 2004 by handling close to 22 million tonnes of cargo and welcoming more than 72,000 cruise passengers. Ross Gaudreault, president and chief executive officer of the Quebec Port Authority,...

Halifax's Ceres Introduces Security Fee.(Ceres Terminal Inc.)
January 31, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Ceres Terminal Inc., operator of the Fairview Cove container terminal in Halifax, plans to charge shipping lines a fee to regain some of the money it has spent on security. Calvin Whidden, Ceres...

Algoma Buys Petroleum Products Tanker.(Algoma Central Corp. acquires Tanker ships from Borg Tankers II Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 31, 2005... Algoma Central Corporation has entered into a memorandum of agreement to purchase the M.T. Aggersborg, a 1998-built double-hulled petroleum products tanker, from Borg Tankers II Limited, Bermuda, and operated by Dannebrog Rederi AS of...

Burgeoning Trade with China Fuels Record Growth at Port of Vancouver.
January 31, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS VANCOUVER - Burgeoning trade with China continued to fuel record growth in the Port of Vancouver in 2004. Canada's import and export trade through the port grew 11 per cent to 73.9 million tonnes, with shipments of...