Canadian Sailings articles from January 2006

Canadian Sailings archives from January 2006

Westac Forum: Forecasting Freight Demand; Container Facilities Battle to Keep Up with Demand.
January 2, 2006... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS VANCOUVER - The head of the Port of Vancouver's largest container terminal has blamed the slow pace of the environmental review process for delaying construction of a third berth at Deltaport, which he said is...

Salt Company Told to Use Canadian Vessels.
January 2, 2006... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - The Canadian Transportation Agency has denied a request from Canadian Salt Company Limited to use a Greek bulk carrier instead of Canadian vessels to ship salt from the Magdalen Islands to Ontario and Quebec....

Hectic Year Ahead for Transport Sector.
January 2, 2006... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY The middle years of the first decade of the 21st century have become heady times for the transportation industry. Business is booming, big profits are being made, future growth appears rosy and infrastructure...

First Shipment of Refinery Components Leaves Hamilton for Karachi.
January 2, 2006... BYLINE: RON SAMSON HAMILTON - The first shipment of project cargo consisting of components of a former refinery in the Greater Toronto area was loaded aboard the Beluga Recommendation in the Port of Hamilton recently. Not only was it...

New Boss for Halifax Employers Group.
January 2, 2006... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Richard Moore, a former director of employee relations with Brinks Canada Ltd., has taken over as the new president and chief executive officer of the Halifax Employers Association (HEA). Mr. Moore replaces...

Tall Ships Returning to Halifax.
January 2, 2006... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - The tall ships are coming back to Halifax. The Halifax Waterfront Development Corporation Ltd. has signed agreements with the American Sail Training Association and Sail Training International Group Ltd. to...

Saint John Canadian Coast Guard Site to Be Redeveloped.
January 2, 2006... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS SAINT JOHN - The Hardman Group has signed on to develop "the single most important parcel of land on the Saint John waterfront," says Charles Swanton, chair of the Saint John Waterfront Corporation. A...

Montreal Port Authority Adopts Three Proposals for Grain Elevator Redevelopment.
January 2, 2006... MONTREAL - The Montreal Port Authority says its board of directors has approved the choice of proposals to redevelop Grain Elevator No. 5 and its site. The chosen proposals have now qualified for the second phase of the process aimed at giving...

Westac Forum: They Said It: Quotes from the Westac Forum.
January 2, 2006... Westac president Ruth Sol: The industry can no longer afford to build extra capacity just in case, but it cannot afford to miss opportunities that surging demand dictates. Peter Ladner, Vancouver city councillor: You have to get...

Westac Forum: Maritime Employers Strive to Keep Pace with Workload.
January 2, 2006... VANCOUVER - British Columbia's maritime employers face a "huge challenge" over the next five years to recruit and train sufficient numbers of longshoremen to keep pace with the workload, the Westac forum was told. Onkar Athwal,...

Westac Forum: Canada's Grain-Exporting Reputation under Attack.
January 2, 2006... VANCOUVER - Canada's reputation as one of the world's premier grain export nations is under attack because of the industry's "unwillingness or inability to respond to change," Cargill marketing manager Lach Coburn told delegates at the Westac...

Westac Forum: Railways Call on Supply Chain Partners for Support.
January 2, 2006... VANCOUVER - Canada's national railways say they are ready to play their part in getting Western Canada's commodities to world markets but need the support of all supply chain partners in order to meet ever increasing demand. "There has...

Westac Forum: Container Facilities Battle to Keep Up with Demand.
January 2, 2006... BYLINE: By: Alan Daniels VANCOUVER - The head of the Port of Vancouver's largest container terminal has blamed the slow pace of the environmental review process for delaying construction of a third berth at Deltaport, which he said is...

'The Iceman' Plies Expertise Across Northern Hemisphere.
January 2, 2006... BYLINE: Capt. David (Duke) Snider, ice pilot People come to Victoria, British Columbia, to avoid winter. But Capt. David (Duke) Snider regularly seeks opportunities to leave his Vancouver Island home to sail where the water is crusty, and...

Irving Oil Names New Tanker.
January 9, 2006... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS SAINT JOHN - Irving Oil Limited christened a new ship the M/V Acadian at the Port of Saint John in early December. A 182-metre double-hull tanker, the Acadian was decorated with blue, white and red Acadian...

Commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar.
January 9, 2006... BYLINE: MARK WILSON (Canadian Sailings columnist Mark Wilson attended two concerts, a major exhibition and other events in London commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Horatio Nelson, Oct. 21, 1805.) Briefly reunited...

Forwarders Conference Set for Vancouver.
January 9, 2006... BANGKOK - WCA Family of Logistics (WCAF) says the inaugural Sino-Americas Regional Freight Forwarders Conference will be held in Vancouver from April 2 to 5. WCAF said the event, which should attract some 600 delegates, will provide the...

Levant Express Line Enhances Persian Gulf Service.
January 9, 2006... LONDON - Levant Express Line has announced it is enhancing its connecting service between Antwerp and the Persian Gulf ports of Umm Qasr in Iraq, and Bandar Abbas and Khorramshar in the Islamic Republic of Iran, increasing frequency to twice...

Adrion Appointed Ceo of Cp Ships.
January 9, 2006... GATWICK, ENGLAND - The board of CP Ships Ltd. has appointed Adolf Adrion as the company's new chief executive officer following the completion of the shipping line's acquisition by Hapag-Lloyd at the end of 2005. Mr. Adrion, also an...

Bti: Taking Care of Business for 10 Years.
January 9, 2006... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Has it been 10 years already? Yes, back in November 1995, Brunswick Terminals Inc. (BTI) became the brand name for container-handling operations at the Port of Saint John. Since then, the wholly owned...

West Coast Lightstations: Beacons in Purgatory.
January 9, 2006... BYLINE: ERIC W. MANCHESTER To staff, or not to staff, is no longer the question regarding Canada's remaining inhabited lightstations, 27 of which are on the British Columbia coast. Three decades ago, the Canadian Coast Guard concluded that...

Sodes Celebrates 20th Anniversary.
January 9, 2006... At the 20th anniversary celebration of the St. Lawrence Economic Development Council, president Guy Veronneau paid tribute to SODES's founders and the individuals who headed up and managed the association over the past two decades. Rather...

Trade Corridor Investment a Priority, Lapierre Tells St. Lawrence Group.
January 9, 2006... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE MONTREAL - Federal Transport Minister Jean Lapierre discussed marine security and trade corridors but skirted the issue of port divestiture at a recent luncheon celebrating the 20th anniversary of the St. Lawrence...

U.S. Seaway Slams Study Examining Ban of Ocean Vessels from Great Lakes.
January 16, 2006... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY A study by a Michigan professor that suggests there are environmental reasons for closing the Great Lakes to ocean vessels has come under criticism from Albert Jacquez, head of the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway...

No Further Attempts to Refloat Cp Valour.
January 16, 2006... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE After several efforts to refloat the CP Valour, no further attempts will be made because of the current state of ship damage. The CP Ships container vessel ran aground on Dec. 9 about half a nautical mile off the...

Sovereigntists don't Want Seaway.
January 16, 2006... In the Dec. 26 Ottawa Beacon column ("At last the truth: Quebec sovereigntists want the Seaway"), I found Wilbrod LeClerc's analysis a bit shallow. Indeed, he seems to consider the hypothetical question of the future ownership of the St....

Interesting Times Ahead.
January 16, 2006... BYLINE: By: PETER MALKOVSKY Happy New Year, Bonne Annee, Prospero Ano. Another year is over and a new one has just begun. The past year has brought a lot of new and some not-so-new events into both the domestic and international...

Quebec Stevedoring Company Expands to Chicago.
January 16, 2006... Quebec Stevedoring Company Ltd. (QSL) has increased its terminal network family with the launch of North America Stevedoring Company, LLC in the Port of Chicago. With the addition, QSL now offers stevedoring services from Belledune, N.B.,...

Raytheon Canada Wins Coastal Surveillance Contract.
January 16, 2006... OTTAWA - Raytheon Canada has been awarded a contract of nearly $14-million by the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Coast Guard of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba (CGNA&A) to build an integrated coastal surveillance radar network on the islands...

Spar Ruby Thunder Bay's Last Ocean-Going Vessel of 2005.
January 16, 2006... THUNDER BAY - The last ocean-going vessel to sail from Thunder Bay in 2005 was the Spar Ruby, which left the port on Dec. 20 bound for Italy carrying 17,600 tonnes of wheat. It was one of the latest navigation-season departures from Thunder Bay...

St. Lawrence Seaway Traffic Remains Steady in 2005.
January 16, 2006... The St. Lawrence Seaway says its traffic remained steady in 2005 compared with 2004, when volume totalled 43.5 million tonnes (including 30.8 million tonnes in the Montreal-Lake Ontario section and 34.3 million tonnes in the Welland Canal...

New Name for Lloyd Triestino.
January 23, 2006... Italian carrier Lloyd Triestino di Navigazione SpA will change its name to Italia Marittima SpA, effective March 1. The company said the change will more broadly identify the 170-year-old line with the Italian market. The company's...

Lng Special Report: Two Projects Create Excitement in Quebec.
January 23, 2006... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE Two liquefied natural gas projects in Rabaska and Gros-Cacouna are creating excitement in Quebec. "These projects would mean one or two ships a week on the St. Lawrence," said Marc Gagnon, executive director of...

Lng Special Report: Serving Coastal Markets by Sea: Transshipment Facility Planned for Prince Rupert.
January 23, 2006... BYLINE: MARK WILSON WestPac Terminals Inc. of Calgary is finalizing the financing to allow it to proceed with seeking regulatory approvals for a liquefied natural gas transshipment plant at Prince Rupert, B.C. The novel part of the...

Lng Special Report: Bigger, Better, Faster, More The Evolution of the Lng Ship Fleet.
January 23, 2006... BYLINE: ANTHONY BINGHAM With 191 ships in the existing LNG fleet and 142 on order or under construction, the LNG sector is growing rapidly. The LNG market may never have existed had it not been for the tenacity of a few...

Saint John First Canadian Port to Install Radiation Detector.
January 23, 2006... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS What did the Port of Saint John get for Christmas? IPods? BlackBerries? How about a portal detection system and electronic dosimeters to combat nuclear terrorism? Batteries included. "Saint John is the...

The Port of Halifax Continues to Prepare for the Big Ships.
January 23, 2006... BYLINE: TOM PETERS The Port of Halifax continues to prepare for the big ships. As part of an overall port technology strategy and security plan, the Halifax Port Authority is introducing a new application for a global positioning...

Tailwind Announces Truck E-Manifest Solution.
January 23, 2006... Transportation software systems provider Tailwind Management Systems Inc. of Vancouver has announced an electronic manifesting solution for its transborder trucking company clients. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been testing...

Cpr Trims Capital Spending.
January 23, 2006... Canadian Pacific Railway says it plans capital investment of $810 million to $825 million in 2006, down from approximately $920 million in 2005 when the railway carried out its largest capacity expansion program in two decades. The 2006...

Europe Ports Hit by Strikes.
January 23, 2006... Dockworkers across Europe went on strike for the day on Jan. 16 for the second time this month in a bid to block a proposal to increase competition in waterfront cargo handling. Workers at Antwerp, Europe's second-biggest port, were...

Rotterdam Tops Box Mark.
January 23, 2006... Rotterdam, the world's biggest port, handled record container traffic in 2005, consolidating its position as Europe's top box hub and driving total cargo throughput to new highs. Container traffic grew more than 12 per cent to 9.3 million...

Lng Special Report: Three Atlantic Canada Terminals Now under Way.
January 23, 2006... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Liquefied natural gas is becoming a large part of the energy mix in Atlantic Canada, generating hundreds of new jobs in construction, transportation and logistics. There are currently three LNG terminals...

P&O Ports Changes Name at Lake Charles.
January 23, 2006... P&O Ports North America has announced that its Lake Charles, La., division, formerly known as Lake Charles Stevedores, Inc., will now be known as P&O Ports Lake Charles. P&O Ports Lake Charles is the exclusive freight handler for the Port...

The Grunt Club Family Christmas Party.
January 23, 2006... The Grunt Club's annual family Christmas Party was held on Sunday, December 11, 2005. The afternoon of fun and games included entertainment and other activities for the "younger" generation, amongst them a visit from a magician and Jolly Old...

Cma Cgm, China Shipping in Atlantic Service.
January 23, 2006... CMA CGM said it is launching a new Atlantic service in mid-March in cooperation with China Shipping Container Lines. The lines will each deploy two 2,500-TEU vessels on a rotation of Le Havre, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, New York,...

Shipping Lines Share Australasian Routes.
January 23, 2006... Three new routes will link Australia, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the United States through the Panama and Suez canals starting in February. In one vessel-sharing agreement, CP Ships will cooperate with CMA CGM and Marfret between Australia,...

Lines Expand Americas Service.
January 23, 2006... The America Express Service between Southern Africa and North America is returning to a fixed-day, weekly service. The move follows a decision by Safmarine and vessel-sharing partners Maersk Sealand and Mediterranean Shipping Co. to add an...

Carriers Replace Joint P&O Nedlloyd Service.
January 23, 2006... A group of carriers that operates a joint Asia-Southeast Australia service with P&O Nedlloyd has reformed the service and replaced the P&O ships that will be withdrawn by Maersk Line in February. The carriers include "K" Line, MOL, NYK Line...

Legal Seminar Looks at Draft Accord to Harmonize Sea Carriage Conventions.
January 23, 2006... BYLINE: JIM HYNES The drafting of a new convention regulating international sea carriage legal matters was the main topic of discussion when representatives of some of North America's leading maritime, legal and insurance organizations...

Doing Business in Arizona.
January 23, 2006... BYLINE: Tom Peters Canadian companies looking to do business in the United States may want to take a close look at Arizona. Glenn Williamson of Phoenix, and originally from Montreal, has founded an organization with the sole purpose of...

Victoria Shipyards Converts Cruise Vessel for Japanese Market.
January 23, 2006... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS In what is believed to be one of the biggest projects of its kind ever done in Canada, Victoria Shipyards, a division of Vancouver-based Washington Marine Group, has completed a massive multimillion-dollar renovation...

Duluth-Superior Wraps Up Season.
January 23, 2006... The Port of Duluth-Superior said its last outbound cargo vessel of the season downbound through the Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., was scheduled to depart Jan. 13, while in-lake vessel traffic was expected to continue into the week of...

The Grunt Club Past President's Annual Fall Golf.
January 23, 2006... The Grunt Club held its Past President's Annual Fall Golf tournament.

Major Container Expansion for Hamburg.
January 23, 2006... The Port of Hamburg will spend close to $1 billion to dramatically expand container-handling capacity by 2010. The city's Senate recently approved an additional $315.2 million to expand the German port's infrastructure, bringing total...

Allied Gets Contract to 'stitch Together' Ferry.
January 30, 2006... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. of North Vancouver has been awarded a contract by British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. to "stitch together" a ferry purchased in Utah that has been cut into pieces. The MV John Atlantic...

Unaccompanied Baggage: Ferry Operators Employ Different Security Rules.
January 30, 2006... BYLINE: Mark Wilson North America's largest ferry operator does something a near neighbour forbids. It allows baggage to be put aboard vessels that may carry up to 2,100 people without checking to see that someone is travelling with it....

Washington Marine Group Donations Top $200,000.
January 30, 2006... The Washington Marine Group of Companies and its employees have donated more than $200,000 to the United Way and the Canadian Red Cross's Southeast Asia earthquake and Hurricane Katrina relief funds. Recognizing humanitarian needs in both...

Seaspan Reacts to Changing Customer Demands.
January 30, 2006... As in the car industry, with suppliers feeling the pain of the beleaguered Big Three, there is an inevitable knock-on effect in the British Columbia towboating industry from distress in the coastal forest sector. But there has been a...

B.C. Towboat Industry Affected by Plight of Coastal Forest Sector.
January 30, 2006... BYLINE: MARK WILSON Cost pressures on the British Columbia coastal forest industry are intense and affect everyone in a support role, including, of course, towboat companies. A recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers shows that coastal...

Fast Vessels Could Compete with Bc Ferries, Union Warns.
January 30, 2006... BYLINE: MARK WILSON An announcement by Washington Marine Group of North Vancouver that it may return three fast ferries to service on the West Coast has alarmed the 4,300-member B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers Union. Union president...

Another Record Year for Port of Quebec.
January 30, 2006... BYLINE: MARK CARDWELL The Port of Quebec enjoyed another banner year in 2005. For the third consecutive year, the port set a new record for the amount of cargo handled by its terminals. Close to 22.5 million tonnes of cargo moved...

Port of Montreal Shoots for Record Year in 2006.
January 30, 2006... BYLINE: BRENT FREDERICK, Associate Editor The Port of Montreal could handle as much as 25 million tonnes of cargo in 2006, surpassing its previous traffic record of 24.9 million tonnes set in 1980. Dominic Taddeo, president and chief...

Cargo Increase for Moncton Airport.
January 30, 2006... BYLINE: TOM PETERS Greater Moncton International Airport is expected to see a 5- to 7-per-cent increase in its cargo traffic for 2005, says airport president and chief executive officer Rob Robichaud. When final figures are in, the...

New Government, Another New Transport Minister.
January 30, 2006... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY Scan the riding-by-riding results of the Jan. 23 federal election and one quickly sees the Stephen Harper Conservatives are strong in rural and small-town Canada but lack much punch in the major urban centres where...