Canadian Sailings articles from June 2007

Canadian Sailings archives from June 2007

Navy Must Maintain Pressure for New Warships.
June 4, 2007... BYLINE: By SHARON HOBSON The Canadian government is close to approving the acquisition of six Arctic patrol vessels for a cost of approximately $1.8 billion, but that''s not necessarily good news for the navy. According to a Canadian...

Apollon Is Windsor''s First Salty.
June 4, 2007... The M/V Apollon, the first salty of 2007 to unload cargo in the Port of Windsor, was welcomed on April 23 by a delegation made up of port representatives. David Cree, president and CEO of the Windsor Port Authority, along with John West of Don...

Marine Caucus Holds Inaugural Meeting.
June 4, 2007... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY The first marine caucus on Parliament Hill held its inaugural meeting in early May and chairman Mike Wallace wants to make it an active body. The session brought together 14 Conservative MPs and Senators David Angus...

Gaspe Yard Looks to Build Business.
June 4, 2007... BYLINE: By MARK CARDWELL The newest member of the St. Lawrence Shipoperators group has the wind in its sails. After building the largest vessel in its history last year - a 30-metre, steel-hulled trawler for the Maritimes fishing fleet...

Good Start to 2007 for Ocean Industries.
June 4, 2007... After the inauguration of its new $3-million, 5,000-tonne-capacity hauling ramp at the end of last year, Ocean Industries Inc. says 2007 has started out strong for its shipyard based near Quebec City. The new hauling ramp provides access to...

Nova Scotia Company Scores with Ship Conversion.
June 4, 2007... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS Nova Scotia-based Secunda Marine has used the skills of local tradesmen to convert a 90-metre cable-laying vessel into a construction dive support ship. The 10-year-old vessel, formerly owned by Maersk Inc.,...

Irving to Cut, Lengthen Vessel.
June 4, 2007... Irving Shipbuilding Inc. will be doing its magic act, cutting a ship in half and then putting it back together again, making it larger in the process. Irving has begun work on converting the Norwegian fishing trawler Scan Stigandi into a...

B.C. Yards Busier Than Ever.
June 4, 2007... BYLINE: By ALAN DANIELS British Columbia''s major shipyards are busier than they have been for decades, building tugs for the construction industry and new ferries, repairing an aging coastal fleet, and servicing the needs of the Canadian...

Saint John Port Feature: Floating Pipeline Company Producing World''s First ''gtms'' at Port.
June 11, 2007... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS The Port of Saint John is now the manufacturing site for compressed natural ''gas transport modules'' (GTMs). Floating Pipeline Company Inc. (FPC) recently started producing its first GTMs, which are unique...

Saint John Port Feature: Canaport Lng Terminal Construction Update.
June 11, 2007... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Canada''s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is quickly taking shape on the Bay of Fundy shore of Saint John. Canaport LNG is the owner, developer and operator of the LNG receiving terminal, and the...

Saint John Port Feature: Transportation Teamwork Brings Lumber Exports Back to Port.
June 11, 2007... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Softwood lumber exports have returned to the Port of Saint John thanks to a consortium of regional companies. Todd Pickard of New Brunswick wholesale lumber company Drakcip Inc., with the help of other...

Saint John Port Feature: Sucor Brings Sugar Back to Saint.
June 11, 2007... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS It''s sweet news for Saint John to pick up a major sugar manufacturer again. So far, 18,000 tonnes of raw sugar has been imported from Brazil by ship. "This white and brown sugar is being refined using...

Saint John Port Feature: Saint John Committed to Offering World-Class Cruise Experience.
June 11, 2007... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS "This year will be a record-breaking season with 138,000 guests expected on 55 cruise ship calls," says Betty MacMillan, manager, business development, for the Saint John Port Authority. "The Carnival...

Saint John Port Feature: Saint John Gateway Council Will Tap into Global Trade.
June 11, 2007... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS The Port of Saint John is well on its way to becoming the Atlantic Canadian centre of marine activity linking North America to the world. Recently, the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council released a...

Saint John Port Feature: Saint John Sets Sights on India, China, Caribbean.
June 11, 2007... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS The Port of Saint John is making it a priority to increase trade with India, China and the Caribbean, given the strong ties the port already has with these regions. "India is the second fastest growing...

Saint John Port Feature: New Brunswick Economy, Port Traffic Boosted by Av Group Mills.
June 11, 2007... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS When Aditya Birla Group and Tembec (Canada) signed an agreement with the Province of New Brunswick in late 2005 for the acquisition of the St. Anne-Nackawic Pulp Mill, the town of Nackawic was quickly...

Saint John Port Feature: Diversity Continues to Make Saint John An Atlantic Gateway.
June 11, 2007... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS "Our vision is to make the Port of Saint John the Atlantic Canadian centre of marine activity linking North America to the world," says Al Soppitt, president and CEO of the Saint John Port Authority. "We are...

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, Mitsubishi Ink Deal.
June 11, 2007... Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Vehicle Services Canada (VSC) recently signed a three-year contract with Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada to handle all of the carmaker''s imported vehicles from Japan, plus a smaller volume of its U.S.-built...

Great Lakes Iron Ore Trade Skips a Beat in April.
June 11, 2007... The U.S. Great Lakes iron ore trade totalled 5.7 million net tons in April, a decrease of 4 per cent compared to a year ago, the Lake Carriers'' Association says. The decrease reflects a combination of factors. Demand for iron ore is a bit...

International News.
June 11, 2007... Surge for 3PL market The market for third-party logistics grew at double-digit rates in the United States and internationally in 2006, according to a just-released study. Much of the international growth was due to rising economies in...

Tall Ships Returning to Nova Scotia.
June 11, 2007... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS The largest gathering of tall ships in North America will sail into Halifax and other ports around the province for the Tall Ships Nova Scotia Festival 2007 taking place July 13-23. Tall ships from Canada, the...

Grain Shipping Remains Simmering Controversy.
June 11, 2007... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY The release of the latest grain transport monitor report is adding to the pressure on Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon to organize an in-depth look at the controversy-surrounded sector. The report said the...

Negotiate Rail Freight Disputes, Government Says.
June 11, 2007... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY Shippers were quick to praise legislation Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon introduced in late May to rebalance the market power of railways and their customers. The proposed amendments to the Canada...

Seaway Needs to Attract New Cargoes, Government Study Says.
June 18, 2007... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY A report to be released this summer by the Canadian and American governments says the St. Lawrence Seaway can look forward to slow but steady traffic growth for next 45 years. But its prospects would greatly...

Intermodal Horizons.
June 18, 2007... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY The $12.5 million in marine security funding that Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon announced in early May leaves the current Transport Canada program just about running on empty. As a result, there is...

New Container Port in the Works for Nova Scotia.
June 18, 2007... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS Nova Scotia is getting a second container port, and it could be in operation by late 2010. Melford International Terminal Inc., a private, locally owned company, has announced it plans to build a US$300-million marine...

J. Ray McDermott to Acquire Secunda.
June 18, 2007... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS A longtime Nova Scotia company, Secunda International Ltd., is being sold to a U.S. firm with major marine interests. J. Ray McDermott SA, a subsidiary of McDermott International Inc., of Houston, has signed a...

Pacific Northwest Ports Join Forces to Reduce Maritime Air Emissions.
June 18, 2007... The ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver have proposed performance goals to reduce particulate matter by 70 per cent from ships at berth and 30 per cent from cargo-handling equipment, according to the Pacific Northwest Ports Clean Air...

Aluminerie Alouette Wins St. Lawrence Award.
June 18, 2007... Aluminerie Alouette Inc. is the winner of the St. Lawrence Award for 2006. The St. Lawrence Economic Development Council (SODES) presents the trophy annually to a company or organization whose accomplishments or projects contribute to the...

Richard Named Director of Institut Maritime Du Quebec.
June 18, 2007... Capt. Alain Richard has been named director of the Institut maritime du Quebec in Rimouski. Capt. Richard has a master mariner certificate, a bachelor of arts in economics from Universite Laval, and a college diploma in navigation from the...

Forum Looks at Solutions to Challenges Posed by Extended Supply Chains, Global Economy.(Conference notes)
June 18, 2007... BYLINE: By JACK KOHANE Former prime minister Brian Mulroney, welcomed in a standing ovation by 300 delegates attending the 40th annual conference of the Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Canada (SCL) held recently in Toronto,...

A Dangerous Business.
June 18, 2007... BYLINE: By NORMAN LOISEAU Earlier columns examined the consequences of non-compliance and highlighted the various types of compliance discrepancies. Many - if not most - of these non-compliant shipments (averaging about 35 per cent of all...

Nyk Takes Delivery of New Bulk Carrier.
June 25, 2007... Nippon Yusen Kaisha of Japan recently took delivery of a new 200,000-deadweight-ton bulk carrier built by Universal Shipbuilding Corporation. The vessel was named Ocean Prometheus and put in service under an 18-year contract with Korea...

Seaspan Tug to Be Flagship of Docking Fleet.
June 25, 2007... As part of its fleet revitalization program, Seaspan International Ltd. says it has just placed an order for a "titan" of a tug. The new Robert Allan Z-Tech 7500 series design will generate more than 75 tonnes of direct bollard pull. Speeds...

Kuehne + Nagel to Manage Logistics for Siemens in China.
June 25, 2007... Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices (Shanghai) Ltd., a wholly owned operating company of Siemens Ltd. China, has awarded Kuehne + Nagel China a contract to provide domestic warehousing and distribution services for its full range of...

Nyk Invests in Jett8 Airlines Cargo.
June 25, 2007... Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) says it has invested US$5 million in Jett8 Airlines Cargo, a new international cargo airline based in Singapore, following an agreement reached in February. Jett8 obtained an air operator''s certificate...

Victoria Shipyards to Repair ''rocket Ship''.
June 25, 2007... Victoria Shipyards Co. Ltd. is repairing a vessel that operates as a command and control centre for the launch of communications satellites. The Sea Launch Commander and the Odyssey launch platform recently arrived at the shipyard, located...

End Great Lakes Dredging Crisis, Iron Ore Producer Says.
June 25, 2007... The U.S. Administration must commit itself to restoring the Great Lakes navigation system to project dimensions, says Joseph Carrabba, president and CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., the largest iron ore producer in North America. "The...

Shipbuilding Industry Criticizes Recent Ottawa Announcements.
June 25, 2007... Assistance not enough to bring much activity to yards By ALEX BINKLEY Peter Cairns does not think it was just coincidence that Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay announced assistance for the shipbuilding industry a few hours before...

Canfornav Ship Makes Maiden Voyage to St. Lawrence/Great Lakes System.
June 25, 2007... Canfornav''s M/V Gadwall made its maiden voyage to the St. Lawrence/Great Lakes system recently. The vessel arrived in the Port of Hamilton for the first time on June 7. She had sailed from Shanghai and stopped in Inchon and Dalian before...