Canadian Sailings articles from May 2007

Canadian Sailings archives from May 2007

Nvocc Origins in Canada.
May 7, 2007... I am writing in reference to the April 16 article "Company the pioneer NVOCC in Canada" in which it is stated that LCL Navigation was the first ocean freight consolidator in Canada to call itself a non-vessel-operating common carrier. "The...

The Importance of Stats.
May 7, 2007... BYLINE: By WILBROD LeCLERC Last year, Statistics Canada produced a report on transportation in Canada. It showed that for-hire transportation accounts for less than 60 per cent of transportation activity. The rest is made up of the...

Maritime Trader Opens Duluth-Superior Season.
May 7, 2007... The Port of Duluth-Superior''s 2007 St. Lawrence Seaway navigation season officially opened on April 3 with the arrival of the Canadian-flagged Maritime Trader under the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge. The vessel proceeded to Duluth''s Cargill...

Sydney Harbour Bridge Sailing History Repeated.
May 7, 2007... Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics'' MV Texas led a flotilla of boats under the Sydney Harbour Bridge on March 18, 75 years to the day when a Wilh. Wilhelmsen cargo ship became one of the first vessels to pass under the historic landmark at its...

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Wins Clean Seas Award.
May 7, 2007... Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics won the Clean Seas Award at the 2007 Lloyd''s List Awards for its continuing efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its deep-sea operations. It was the only shipping company to be short-listed for the...

Tsb Frustrated As Rail Safety Recommendations Fall on Deaf Ears.
May 7, 2007... BYLINE: By MARK WILSON The vulnerability of event recorders on locomotives is a concern, Transportation Safety Board (TSB) chair Wendy Tadros told the Railway Safety Act Review Advisory Panel in Ottawa on April 2. She compared the loss...

New Authorization for Lloyd''s Register from Transport Canada.
May 7, 2007... Transport Canada now recognizes Type Approval certificates for structural fire-protection products issued by Lloyd''s Register in accordance with Transport Canada Maritime Safety TP 14612E. Products for use on ships and offshore...

Diefenbaker Sought Northern Vision for Canada.
May 7, 2007... BYLINE: By MARK WILSON It was Conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker who sought to give Canada a northern vision, as bold in its ambition as the railway conquest of the West. Speaking in 1957, the year he became the nation''s...

''Roads to Prosperity'' - Rebalancing Saskatchewan''s Highway System.
May 7, 2007... BYLINE: By MARK WILSON An all-weather road link being completed between Buffalo Narrows in Saskatchewan and Fort McMurray in Alberta is one component of a core network of strategic northern highways planned by the Saskatchewan government....

Westac, Van Horne Institute Reprise Roles As Conference Organizers.
May 7, 2007... BYLINE: By MARK WILSON The Advantage North conference in Whitehorse is the second such event focusing on transportation needs at higher latitudes. It follows on a conference held in Yellowknife in 2005 that was attended by government...

Conference to Examine Resource Development, Transportation Solutions.(Conference news)
May 7, 2007... BYLINE: By MARK WILSON Timing and location are in fortunate alignment for the Advantage North Resource Development and Northern Transportation Conference to be held in Whitehorse, Yukon, on May 29-30. It will follow closely on the...

Milgram Wins Logistics Award.
May 7, 2007... Milgram has been chosen to receive a logistics award from the Consumers'' Choice Award organization in Montreal. The CCA presents prizes annually for business excellence. Milgram is winning in the business services category. The awards will...

Six-Year Deal for Atlantic Pilots.
May 7, 2007... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS The Atlantic Pilotage Authority has reached a new six-year collective agreement with its pilots. The 45 employee pilots are members of the Canadian Merchant Service Guild and work in 16 compulsory ports in the...

Vancouver Program Recognizes Vessels Reducing Air Emissions.
May 7, 2007... The Vancouver Port Authority has issued a new schedule of harbour dues that recognizes and acknowledges vessels that are working to reduce the air emissions they discharge into the Lower Fraser Valley air shed. "Reducing port-related...

New Executive Director for Maritime Innovation.
May 14, 2007... Maritime Innovation has announced the appointment of Anjuna Langevin as executive director. Ms. Langevin is a graduate of the navigation program at Institut maritime du Quebec and served as an officer on various commercial ships before...

Rail Safety: Cn Faces Bumpy Ride Before Commons Transport Committee.
May 14, 2007... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY Senior CN executives faced a bumpy ride when they appeared before the Commons transport committee in April to answer questions about the railway''s safety record. The basic message from Keith Creel, at the time...

Lynden International Adds to Canadian Capabilities.
May 14, 2007... Lynden International, a full-service freight forwarding and integrated logistics company, says its newest acquisition will offer customers more solutions from one company. Lynden Canada Company has acquired Key Custom Brokers Inc., a brokerage...

$10-Million Access Road Completed for Saint John Lng Terminal.
May 14, 2007... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Canada''s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving and regasification terminal in Saint John has a new access road that will make industrial transport more efficient. The seven-kilometre road cost $10...

Canada-India Free-Trade Deal Would Benefit Halifax, Shippers Group Says.
May 14, 2007... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS The Port of Halifax has found an ally in its bid to build its case to be the major East Coast gateway for container cargo coming from India and Asia and heading to North American markets. Brian Gerrior, chairman...

Port of Montreal off to Strong Start in 2007.
May 14, 2007... BYLINE: By BRENT FREDERICK, Associate Editor The Port of Montreal handled 2.76 million tonnes of containerized cargo traffic in the first quarter of 2007, up 3.3 per cent over the corresponding period last year. The number of TEUs...

Vancouver Wharves Sold.
May 14, 2007... BYLINE: By ALAN DANIELS Vancouver Wharves, a major bulk commodities terminal on the north shore of Burrard Inlet, has been sold to U.S. company Kinder Morgan Energy Partners by the B.C. government. Under the deal, Kinder Morgan will...

Vancouver Grain Terminal Ownership Still in the Air.
May 14, 2007... BYLINE: By ALEX BINKLEY Barely had the federal Competition Bureau announced resolution of the ownership of an Agricore United terminal in Vancouver when it appeared the agency could be facing the same issue all over again. The bureau...

Vancouver Sets Up Committee to Monitor Deltaport Third-Berth Ecosystem Trends.
May 14, 2007... BYLINE: By ALAN DANIELS As work gets underway at Roberts Bank to build the third berth at Deltaport, the Port of Vancouver''s biggest container terminal, the Vancouver Port Authority says it will adopt new monitoring procedures to minimize...

Could Your Company Survive a Compliance Audit?
May 14, 2007... BYLINE: By NORMAN LOISEAU I''m sure most readers will agree that non-compliance to dangerous goods regulations is a serious issue. In fact, it is the largest controllable contributing factor to hazardous goods incidents. Previous...

Ontario Marine Industry Receives Funding Support for Training.
May 14, 2007... Transport Minister Donna Cansfield and Training, Colleges and Universities Minister Chris Bentley outlined their support for the capital equipment upgrades for the programs aboard the M/V Stephen B. Roman in Toronto harbour on April 26. ...

Record Turnout for Ciffa Central 2007 Forwarders'' Choice Awards.
May 24, 2007... A record 640 people attended the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association Central Region eighth annual Forwarders'' Choice Awards at the Mississauga Convention Centre on April 19. Awards were presented to ocean and air...

Kuhn Honoured at Ciffa Awards Dinner.
May 28, 2007... George Kuhn, former executive director of the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association, is the winner of the first Lifetime Achievement Award presented in conjunction with the annual Canada Maritime Conference staged by Canadian...

Grunt Club Curling Event.
May 28, 2007... The Grunt Club Curling event took place on March 14 at the Montreal West Curling Club. The winning team this year was, Lenard Coull as skip, Fred Scalabrini as third, second was Jeff Fisher and Vincent Turbot as lead.

Seaspan Buys Eight More Ships.
May 28, 2007... BYLINE: By ALAN DANIELS Vancouver-based Seaspan Corporation has announced that it is buying eight 8,500-TEU vessels to be built at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. in South Korea at a cost of $132.5 million per vessel. All the ships, which...

Safety Award to Farid.
May 28, 2007... Capt. Zak Farid has been given Transport Canada''s Marine Safety Award for 2007 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Canadian marine safety. "Capt. Farid''s commitment to safety makes him a true leader in his field,"...

Cosco to Call Prince Rupert.
May 28, 2007... BYLINE: By Alan Daniels China Ocean Shipping Co. will become the first container line to route Asian cargo through the Port of Prince Rupert''s new box terminal when it opens for business later this year. CN Rail announced it has...

Shipping Federation Puts Maritime Transport in Canadian Context.
May 28, 2007... BYLINE: By RON SAMSON Placing maritime transport in a Canadian context was the theme of a one-day conference staged recently by the Shipping Federation of Canada and organized by the Hamilton Port Authority. Among those attending were...

Halifax Signs Agreement with Suez Canal.
May 28, 2007... BYLINE: By TOM PETERS The Port of Halifax has become one of the few East Coast ports to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Suez Canal Authority. The agreement could have long-term benefits for the port. The Halifax Port...

Saint John Looks to Double Throughput in Next Five Years.
May 28, 2007... BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS The Saint John Port Authority says it is in "growth mode." Port authority president and CEO Al Soppitt told the agency''s annual meeting and news conference that the port hopes to double its throughput...

Rewriting Coal-Handling History.
May 28, 2007... BYLINE: By MARK WILSON One of Vancouver''s two paid-circulation daily newspapers, one with doubtful claim to being a journal of record, recently matched the inventiveness of the supermarket trash sheets (my favourite: "Dwarf Trains for...

Ottawa Hands Out $12.5 Million for Marine Security.
May 28, 2007... The federal government is doling out $12.5 million to 22 ports and domestic ferry services across the country in the latest round of funding under its Marine Security Contribution Program. This round covers 115 projects aimed at enhancing...

New Boss Brings Broad Transportation, Logistics Background to Ciffa.
May 28, 2007... BYLINE: By KATHLYN HORIBE Michael Zozula, the new executive director of the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association, is glad to be back working in the industry after a 10-year absence. Appointed in September, he said the...