Canadian Sailings articles from July 2006

Canadian Sailings archives from July 2006

Ottawa Toughens Marine Anti-Pollution Rules.
July 3, 2006... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY Proposed regulations to tighten pollution prevention rules on ships operating in Canadian waters were released by Transport Canada in mid-June. Shipowners will have until mid-September to comment on the proposed...

CANADA/U.S. Trade: Update, Upgrade Trade Skills to Compete in U.S. Market.
July 3, 2006... BYLINE: PETER MALKOVSKY Though it's been said hundreds of times, it is worth repeating: Canada and the U.S. are the largest bilateral trading partners on the planet. But a careful review of the latest Statistics Canada figures reveals that...

CANADA/U.S. Trade: Trading with Canada - A U.S. Perspective.
July 3, 2006... BYLINE: RICHARD KNEE, Pacific Shipper The 'automate or perish' mantra isn't just sound advice; it's a mandate. When U.S. Customs and Border Protection began embracing information technology in a serious way in the mid-1980s, William...

CANADA/U.S. Trade: Canada and the United States - Trading on Secure Ground.
July 3, 2006... BYLINE: MARY ANDERSON, President, I.E.Canada After more than 11 years since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), large sectors of the Canadian and U.S. economies are highly integrated and our industries have...

CANADA/U.S. Trade: The Short-Sea Solution?
July 3, 2006... BYLINE: Jim Hynes Some transportation experts question trucking's ability to keep pace with growing Canada-U.S. trade. Is short-sea shipping the answer? "Let me be clear - this government is certainly committed to investing in our...

CANADA/U.S. Trade: Building a Smarter Border.
July 3, 2006... BYLINE: Jim Hynes Five Canada-U.S. border crossings, four of them in the province of Ontario, handle more than 61 per cent of the truck traffic between Canada and the United States. The border at the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor,...

CANADA/U.S. Trade: Growing Trade Has Profound Impact on Canada's Transportation System.
July 3, 2006... BYLINE: Jim Hynes With more than $1.8 billion worth of goods and services crossing the Canada-U.S. border every day, Canada's trade relationship with the United States is the largest in the world. And with goods shipped between the two...

People.
July 10, 2006... NYK Line (North America) has announced a series of management changes at its Secaucus, N.J., headquarters. William Payne is assuming the position of senior vice-president, trade. Mr. Payne, who joined NYK in 1989 in Seattle as senior manager...

McKeil Marine Boss Delivers Short-Sea Shipping Message.
July 10, 2006... BYLINE: RON SAMSON The head of a Hamilton-based marine transportation and construction company says the North American market and government must be better educated on the benefits of short-sea shipping. Blair McKeil, president of...

FedEx Profit Gains 27 Per Cent.
July 10, 2006... FedEx Corp. said its fourth-quarter profit rose 27 per cent as global economic expansion fueled higher volumes. Net income in the quarter ended May 31 increased to US$568 million from US$448 million. China growth helped international...

Canada Supports International Marine Security Efforts.
July 10, 2006... OTTAWA - The Government of Canada announced it is contributing $500,000 to the International Maritime Organization's International Maritime Security Trust Fund. Canada's contribution is the largest ever made to the fund by a single member...

All-Water Shippers Need Diverse Options to East Coast.
July 10, 2006... BYLINE: William Armbruster, The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE NORFOLK, Va. - Shippers and carriers need diverse options to handle the movement of cargo to U.S. East Coast ports, according to speakers at The Journal of Commerce's Asia-East...

U.S.-FLAG Great Lakes Cargoes Slip in April.
July 10, 2006... The continued inability to carry full loads again limited the amount of cargo U.S.-flag vessels carried on the Great Lakes in April, the Lake Carriers' Association says. The U.S.-flag float in April totalled 10.3 million tons, a decrease...

Vancouver Container Volume Up 20 Per Cent to Lead Pacific Northwest.
July 10, 2006... BYLINE: Bill DiBenedetto, The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE Container volume surged at the Port of Vancouver to 844,272 TEUs through May, up 20.2 per cent from the same period the previous year. Canada's largest port dominated Pacific...

Transport Minister Wades into St. Lawrence Pilotage Issue.
July 10, 2006... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon has taken a cautious first step into the murky waters of St. Lawrence River pilotage with proposals to conclude a long-running spat between pilots and their customers. Mr. Cannon...

Lessons from New York City.
July 10, 2006... BYLINE: WILBROD LeCLERC I recently received the proceedings of a conference on Urban Dynamics of New York City organized last year by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The first paper of the proceedings is a historical perspective by...

Conference Promotes Return to Trade-Driven Atlantica.
July 10, 2006... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS When I introduced myself as an Atlantic Canadian one time in Toronto, I remember a fellow referring to me as a "fish head." But the East Coast has always been much more than proud fishermen and rustic...

Saint John Hosts Reaching Atlantica Conference.
July 10, 2006... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS SAINT JOHN - Kenneth Irving, CEO of Irving Oil Limited, the owner of Canada's largest oil refinery in Saint John, set the tone at the Reaching Atlantica conference. At the three-day gathering in June at the...

Ciffa Western Region Forwarders' Choice Awards.
July 14, 2006... The Western Region of the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) recently held its annual Forwarders' Choice Awards at the River Rock Resort and Casino in Richmond, B.C. Awards were presented to ocean and air carriers...

Navy to Get Three Joint Support Ships.
July 17, 2006... BYLINE: TOM PETERS After a long wait, the Canadian navy is getting three new Joint Support Ships to bolster its aging fleet. Minister of National Defence Gordon O'Connor, along with Public Works and Government Services Minister Michael...

U-Freight Doubles Up in the U.K.(Company overview)
July 17, 2006... U-Freight's subsidiary in the United Kingdom has acquired additional property near Heathrow airport, doubling the size of its existing logistics hub and headquarters. The combined office and warehouse facility at Sunbury-on-Thames is the...

Two Killed in Cn Accident.
July 17, 2006... BYLINE: Mark Wilson A four-axle CN locomotive that lacked a supplementary braking system, generally considered essential in mountain service, took a death plunge down the most precipitous long railway incline in Canada. The inability...

B.C. Employers Group Welcomes New Security Regulations.
July 17, 2006... BYLINE: MARK WILSON The B.C. Maritime Employers Association has welcomed the federal government's new regulations to strengthen security in major ports. The regulations were published in the Canada Gazette on June 30. Association...

Ottawa Announces Rules for Dockworker Background Checks.
July 17, 2006... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY Long-promised rules requiring background checks for some dockworkers and other marine industry personnel were finally announced in late June. Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon said the security checks, which have...

Masson Appointed Marketing Vp at Port of Montreal.
July 17, 2006... Robert Masson, president and chief executive officer of the Trois-Rivieres Port Authority, has been appointed to the position of vice-president, marketing and development, of the Montreal Port Authority (MPA). His appointment takes effect on...

Saint John Port Days: Revitalized Mill Receives Saint John Port Award of the Year.
July 17, 2006... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Every year, the Saint John Port Authority presents an award for outstanding contributions made by an individual, company or organization for the betterment of the Port of Saint John. "This year, we are...

Saint John Port Days: Saint John Port Days Panel Discusses 'Container Port Progress'.
July 17, 2006... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord gave a rousing keynote address at the Saint John Port Days luncheon in June. He said the Port of Saint John has long been an engine of economic growth and development for...

Car Carriers Special Report: Ships Spark Beehive of Activity at Halifax Facility.
July 17, 2006... BYLINE: TOM PETERS Yvon Dufour is not an economist, nor does he profess to be. But the Halifax terminal manager for Oceanex has his own way of determining the state of the economy. He emphasizes that it is purely unscientific. His...

Car Carriers Special Report: B.C. Terminals Operating at Near Capacity.
July 17, 2006... BYLINE: Alan Daniels Fuelled by a strong Canadian economy and increased demand for Japanese and Korean imports, automobile sales in British Columbia and Alberta are at full throttle. Fraser Wharves and WWL Vehicle Services Canada,...

Ottawa Announces 13 Transportation Planning and Modal Integration Projects.
July 24, 2006... The Government of Canada will award more than $1 million to 13 projects that advance transportation planning and enhance integration and connections between transportation modes. The projects are funded under the Transportation Planning and...

Bowie Named Operations Vp of Canadian Shipowners Association.
July 24, 2006... Don Morrison, president of the Canadian Shipowners Association, has announced the appointment of Bruce Bowie as vice-president of operations. Mr. Bowie is a professional engineer and also holds a master's degree in engineering as well as a...

Transport Execs Warn U.S. Security Proposals Could Have Cross-Border Impact.
July 24, 2006... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY Security proposals under consideration in the United States Congress could have a major impact on cross-border commerce, senior Canadian transportation and industrial executives have warned. In a joint letter, the...

Vancouver Shipyards to Build New B.C. Ferry.
July 24, 2006... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS North Vancouver-based Washington Marine Group has won a $45.5-million contract from BC Ferries to build a 125-car vessel to replace the 46-year-old Queen of Tsawwassen. Construction at Vancouver Shipyards is...

Shipping Organizations Applaud Mandatory Ballast-Water Exchanges.
July 24, 2006... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY Shipping associations welcome Transport Canada's decision to make its ballast-water discharge regulations mandatory. Ships must now exchange their ballast water 200 miles (322 kilometres) offshore or in designated...

Intermodal Horizons.
July 24, 2006... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY Although he has introduced several bills and issued decisions on all sorts of leftover matters since his appointment, questions continue to swirl around what kind of transport minister Lawrence Cannon is. Most...

Meetings Underway to Save Bay of Fundy Ferry Service.
July 24, 2006... BYLINE: TOM PETERS and CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Bay Ferries of Charlottetown announced the day before Canada Day that its ferry service across the Bay of Fundy between Saint John, N.B., and Digby, N.S., will end on Oct. 31. However, politicians...

Citt 'Reposition 2006' Conference Coming to Saint John.
July 24, 2006... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS For the first time in its 48-year history, the CITT (Canadian Institute of Traffic and Transportation) will hold its annual conference in Saint John on Nov. 9-10. With a focus on providing industry-related...

New Service from Halifax to Cuba.
July 24, 2006... BYLINE: TOM PETERS The Port of Halifax has another connection to Cuba and the Caribbean. Nirint Shipping BV has started a direct conventional/breakbulk/container service from Halifax to Cuba and other Caribbean ports on inducement....

Fraser Surrey Container Traffic Will Rebound: Union Boss.
July 24, 2006... BYLINE: MARK WILSON Kent Birmingham, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union local serving Fraser River Port, is confident that the container traffic of Fraser Surrey Docks Ltd. will rebound following the transfer by...

B.C. Lower Mainland Ports to Explore Integrated Entity.
July 24, 2006... BYLINE: MARK WILSON A high-level team of Ottawa facilitators was on hand for an exploratory meeting July 6 to discuss the integration of three contiguous Vancouver-area port authorities with combined annual cargo volumes of 130 million...

Tt Club Warns of Inadequate Insurance for Logistics Contracts.
July 31, 2006... Logistics operators may be leaving themselves vulnerable to claims because insurance providers don't fully understand the industry's risks, an insurer warns. Modern logistics contracts demand that insurers take a new approach to...

Transport Canada Contemplates Maritime Anti-Terrorism Centre Proposal.
July 31, 2006... BYLINE: MARK CARDWELL Ottawa is giving serious consideration to a proposal to build a research and training centre to counteract potential terrorist attacks by sea. The facility would form part of a proposed continent-wide maritime...

Mari-Tech 2006 Examines What Canadian Shipbuilders Need to Stay Afloat.
July 31, 2006... BYLINE: TOM PETERS Canada's shipbuilding industry must solve some of its own problems, but it also needs federal policy changes to help it to compete globally. Those were the dominant ideas expressed at Mari-Tech 2006, the annual...

Safety Board Wants Takeoff Performance Monitoring for Cargo Aircraft.
July 31, 2006... BYLINE: TOM PETERS Human error and crew fatigue caused a cargo aircraft to crash and kill all seven crew members after a faulty takeoff from Halifax International Airport in October 2004, according to the Transportation Safety Board of...

Lack of Offshore Development Hurting B.C.: Lobby Group.
July 31, 2006... BYLINE: MARK WILSON British Columbia is unfairly being held to a higher standard for offshore energy exploration and development than is deemed acceptable elsewhere in the world, or on Canada's East Coast, a lobby group representing marine...

Agreement Resolves Seaway Opening Issues.
July 31, 2006... A memorandum of understanding outlines new procedures to be followed before the St. Lawrence Seaway is opened for navigation each year. The agreement signed by the Canadian and U.S. Seaway corporations, their respective governments, and...

They Will Come, Former U.S. Seaway Administrator Says of Container Ships.
July 31, 2006... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY It may take a while before it happens but Albert Jacquez has no doubt that container shipping will come to the St. Lawrence Seaway/Great Lakes system. "If only 50 per cent of the projected growth in trade is...