Canadian Sailings articles from March 2005

Canadian Sailings archives from March 2005

Vancouver Views.(Tom Dufresne of International Longshore and Warehouse Union opposes proposed background security checks of stevedores)
March 7, 2005... BYLINE: Mark Wilson Disquiet on the West Coast about proposed background security checks on waterfront workers has already brought a threat of non-compliance from Tom Dufresne, president of the Canadian area of the International Longshore...

Fording Tells Ports, Rail to Expect More Coal in 2005.(Fording Canadian Coal)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS VANCOUVER - Calgary-based Fording Canadian Coal Trust says it is targeting coal sales volumes in excess of 27 million tonnes for 2005, a two-million-tonne increase over last year. But it said meeting those targets...

Pbb to Acquire Unicity.(PBB Global Logistics Income Fund)(Unicity Customs Services Inc.)
March 7, 2005... FORT ERIE, Ontario - PBB Global Logistics Income Fund has entered into an agreement to acquire Unicity Integrated Logistics, Inc. (UIL) and Unicity Customs Services Inc. (UCS). "UIL is a pioneer in creating and providing innovative...

Study Examines Marketing of Container Terminals.
March 7, 2005... CHERTSEY, England - Ocean Shipping Consultants Ltd. (OSC) says its major new study, Marketing of Container Terminals, takes a detailed look at the trends shaping the development of the container terminal business and defines the correct...

Hapag-Lloyd Named Halifax's Top Volume Container Carrier for 2004.(Hapag-Lloyd Container Line )(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... HALIFAX - Hapag-Lloyd Container Line has been named 2004's top volume container carrier through the Port of Halifax. Karen Oldfield, president and chief executive officer of the Halifax Port Authority, presented an award to Holger Oetjen,...

Canada's Prosperity Depends on Deepening Trade, Safeguarding Borders with U.S.: Conference Board.
March 7, 2005... OTTAWA - Canada-U.S. economic integration has outpaced the capacity of existing trade agreements and the physical infrastructure to manage the growing volumes of trade, putting Canada's economic security at risk, the Conference Board of Canada...

Saint John Port Authority, Ila Defend Land Use.
March 7, 2005... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS SAINT JOHN - The week of February 14 was hardly filled with love and kisses at the Port of Saint John. A debate over land use reached a peak as officials from the Saint John Port Authority and the...

Profit Increase for Algoma Central Corporation.
March 7, 2005... ST. CATHARINES - Algoma Central Corporation has announced net earnings of $23.9 million for 2004, up from $11.7 million the previous year. The company said the $12.2-million increase was primarily the result of: *an increase in...

Montreal's Three Newest Container Lines End Vessel-Sharing Agreement.(CGM, Lloyd Triestino di Navigazione S.p.A. and Zim Integrated Shipping Services)
March 7, 2005... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE MONTREAL - The vessel-sharing agreement between CMA CGM, Lloyd Triestino and Zim Integrated Shipping Services into the Port of Montreal has been terminated. The weekly container service between Montreal and Northern...

Another Record Year for Fraser River Port.(traffic)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS NEW WESTMINSTER - Fraser River Port has set record tonnage figures for the third consecutive year, with a total throughput of 36.8 million tonnes in 2004, up from 35 million tonnes the previous year. Container...

Photos of Interest.(shipping industry conference)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... Sixty-six members, students and guests attended the February 12th joint SNAME/CIMarE meeting at Cheers Restaurant in North Vancouver to hear a symposium on The Harnessing and Utilization of Ocean Energy. The five speakers were: Dr. Gouri...

Ottawa Beacon.(short-sea shipping analysis)
March 14, 2005... BYLINE: WILBROD LECLERC NAFTA countries have discovered short-sea shipping. Through its use, they hope to alleviate roadway congestion. However, we have had short-sea shipping on the Great Lakes under other names for centuries. Short-sea...

Report Says Poor Maintenance Led to B.C. Train Wreck.
March 14, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - An accident investigation by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has identified the likely cause of a fatal train wreck in northern British Columbia as a rotten Douglas fir beam in a 34-year-old...

Reassess Insurance Cover As Part of Supply Chain Security Measures, Tt Club Says.(C. Daniel Negron speaks on ocean marine insurance)
March 14, 2005... Too many transport operators, from non-vessel operating common carriers and logistics providers to terminal facilities, are worryingly uninformed about the extent of their insurance cover, the TT Club has warned. Speaking at a recent...

Fishing Vessel, Captain Fined for Dumping Oily Substance.(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - A Japanese fishing vessel and its captain have been fined a total of $60,000 in Nova Scotia Provincial Court for offences stemming from the unlawful dumping of an oily substance into Canadian waters. The...

Quebec Announces $1-Million Contribution to Port of Sept-Iles Rail Link.(Transport Quebec)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... SEPT-ILES - Transport Quebec has announced a contribution of $1 million towards the project to link the Port of Sept-Iles' railcar ferry terminal with the North Shore rail network. Julie Boulet, Quebec's junior minister of transport, and...

Halterm Parent Seeks $1.8 Million.(Halterm Ltd)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Halterm Income Fund, whose wholly owned subsidiary is Port of Halifax terminal operator Halterm Ltd., is taking legal action against Newfoundland Capital Corporation. The income fund has filed the complaint...

Port of Toronto Begins Final Push to Complete Passenger Terminal.(Port authority collaborates with Rochester Ferry Co. )
March 14, 2005... TORONTO - The Toronto Port Authority has announced it will proceed with the completion of its new marine passenger terminal following the news that the Rochester Ferry Co. has purchased the Spirit of Ontario fast ferry. "Rochester Mayor...

Coast Guard Gets Ok to Order 10 New Vessels.
March 14, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - The Canadian Coast Guard will be ordering 10 new vessels and Commissioner John Adams is eager to get the first ones in the water by 2008. The February 23 federal budget gave the Coast Guard a $401-million...

Sodes Throws Support Behind Rabaska Lng Project.(St. Lawrence Economic Development Council, liquefied natural gas)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... QUEBEC - The St. Lawrence Economic Development Council (SODES) has thrown its support behind Rabaska, a project to build a deepwater terminal on the St. Lawrence River that would handle methane tankers carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG). The...

Ports Speak Out on High Cost of Doing Business.
March 14, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - It wasn't all happy news, but Lisa Raitt, president and chief executive officer of the Toronto Port Authority, took to heart her assignment to speak out on the issues facing the marine industry at the annual...

Bringing Considerable Strengths to the Shipbuilding Table.
March 14, 2005... BYLINE: Jim McRae A recent snapshot of Port Weller Dry Docks (PWDD) showed the St. Catharines, Ontario, shipyard full to capacity with Great Lakes hulls. Two vessels were at the tie-up wall for winter lay-up, and two others were in the...

Halifax Workers Raise Another Warning Flag About Future of Industry.
March 14, 2005... BYLINE: Tom Peters The new business agent for the Marine Workers Federation in Halifax has raised another warning flag about the future of the country's shipbuilding industry. Jamie Vaslet, agent for Local 1, says if Canada gets...

Intermodal Horizons.
March 21, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY Members of Parliament from the four parties in the Commons have banded together to form a border caucus. Rookie Conservative MP Russ Hiebert found that MPs who have border crossings in their ridings were as interested...

Air Canada Brings Back Dedicated Cargo Service to Halifax.
March 21, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Air Canada has brought its dedicated cargo service back to Halifax. After more than 10 years, the national carrier is providing once weekly non-stop service to Vittoria, Spain, with the second leg of the...

Federal Funding for Environmental Review of Deltaport Third-Berth Project.(Environmental Assessment Agency)(Brief Article)
March 21, 2005... OTTAWA - The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has provided $24,850 to three applicants to support their participation in the environmental assessment, by comprehensive study, of the proposed Deltaport third-berth project in the Port of...

Nackawic Mill Cargo Through Saint John in Limbo Again.
March 21, 2005... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS SAINT JOHN - All winter, the Port of Saint John and hundreds of laid-off mill workers in Nackawic looked forward to Quebec's Tembec Inc. buying the closed St. Anne-Nackawic mill. But after studying a proposal...

Rumoured Free Trade Talks Have Shipbuilders Worried.
March 21, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Atlantic Canada shipbuilders are worried the federal government may be planning to restart free trade talks with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The major concern for the shipbuilders is that...

Halifax Shipyard Wants Shot at Building Coast Guard Vessels.(Irving Shipbuilding Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 21, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Halifax Shipyard says it has the skilled people and qualifications to build the vessels the federal government says it will seek for the Canadian Coast Guard. "Based on Halifax Shipyard's experience and...

B.C. Government Releases Transportation Policy.(British Columbia)
March 21, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has released a transportation policy paper that calls on the federal government to kick in $40 million towards the development of a major container terminal at Prince Rupert....

Shipbuilding & Defence.(defense spending budgets)
March 28, 2005... BYLINE: Sharon Hobson "Defence spending boost welcomed." "Military, environment, daycare among recipients of Liberal largesse." "Ailing Forces get big boost." Those were some of the gleeful headlines in Canadian newspapers the day after...

Cn, Engineers Agree to Keep Talking.(Canadian National Railway Co.)
March 28, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - Canadian National Railway Co. and the union representing its 1,750 locomotive engineers have given themselves more time to reach a new labour contract. The union was originally in a position to declare a...

Schenker Opens Container Yard in Mississauga.(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... TORONTO - Claiming overwhelming interest from existing customers and industry demand, Schenker of Canada has announced the opening of a container yard and container freight station in Mississauga. Schenker said the move expands its scope of...

Ottawa to Negotiate Transfer of Hopper Cars to Farmer Coalition.(Farmer Rail Car Coalition)
March 28, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - The federal government will negotiate the transfer of its 12,400 hopper cars to the Farmer Rail Car Coalition (FRCC), says Transport Minister Jean Lapierre. Rejecting calls from the Commons transport...

Port of Vancouver Boss Promotes Three-Pronged Approach to Increase Capacity.
March 28, 2005... BYLINE: ALAN DANIELS VANCOUVER - The Port of Vancouver will maintain its competitive position by improving productivity, enhancing port infrastructure and developing new facilities, Gordon Houston told a recent JOC Transpacific Maritime...

Hamilton Seizes "opportunity".(Economic Developers Council of Ontario honors Hamilton Port Authority with an award)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... BYLINE: RON SAMSON HAMILTON - The Hamilton Port Authority was recently recognized along with the City of Hamilton for their joint usage of the port authority's new 'Opportunity' branding program. "The joint award received at the 48th...

Ottawa Promises New Appeals Process for Workers Denied Security Approval.(stevedores backgroud check)
March 28, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - The federal government is promising a new appeals process - details still sketchy - to deal with complaints of secrecy and unfairness in the vetting of workers needing clearance to enter secure waterfront...

Worker Background Checks Still Huge Concern for B.C. Employers Group.(British Columbia Maritime Employers' Association negotiates proposed stevedores background check regulation of Transport Canada)
March 28, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Maritime Employers' Association (BCMEA) wants Transport Canada to listen again to concerns that proposed background checks on waterfront workers are excessive and intrusive. "We had...

Cci Launches Lcl Service from Toronto to Bermuda.(CCI International Shipping Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... MISSISSAUGA - CCI International Shipping Ltd. has announced the inauguration of its less-than-container load (LCL) service from Toronto to Bermuda. Based on Bermuda Container Line as the prime carrier, weekly departures were to commence on...

Options Studied for Fraser River Bridge.(options for the railway bridge assessed)
March 28, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - A key railway bridge in the Greater Vancouver area, and now a bottleneck, was opened to horse-drawn traffic and steam trains more than a century ago. The estimated cost of keeping it in service a further two...

Transport Canada Doles Out $23.6 Million for Marine Security Projects.(marine security funding )
March 28, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY ( with files from Mark Wilson in Vancouver) OTTAWA - The ports of Vancouver and Montreal are the main benefactors in the first round of marine security funding announced by Transport Minister Jean Lapierre. The...