Canadian Sailings articles from November 2005

Canadian Sailings archives from November 2005

Intermodal Horizons.
November 7, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY Bloc Quebecois House Leader Michel Gauthier is one MP who usually sticks to the facts. But in recent remarks Mr. Gauthier let his separatist zeal get ahead of reality. He said Quebecers should take control of the...

Ciffa Goes Virtual: Ocean Dangerous Goods Program Available Via E-Learning.
November 7, 2005... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE Effective October 3, the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) has gone virtual. The Ocean Dangerous Goods Program for the transport of hazardous materials by sea is now available via...

Fesco Agencies North America Hires Norton Lilly International.
November 7, 2005... FESCO Agencies North America (FANA) has hired Norton Lilly International as its sub-agent in North America to handle all of its documentation, logistics, accounting and claims handling functions. FANA President Aspi Rostami said the reason...

Safmarine Expands in Transpacific.
November 7, 2005... Safmarine, a north-south specialist, says it has launched an enhanced transpacific service. The service between Asia and North America marks a new strategic focus for the South African line, a unit of Maersk Sealand. The carrier said...

Adrion Succeeds Miles at Box Club, World Shipping Council.
November 7, 2005... Adolf Adrion, chief executive officer of Hapag-Lloyd Container Line, has been elected chairman of the International Council of Containership Operators, known as the Box Club, and chairman of the World Shipping Council. In both instances he...

Toronto Steamship Association Donates $70,000 to Worthy Causes.
November 7, 2005... TORONTO - The Toronto Steamship Association, which boasts 46 full and associate members, has donated more than $70,000 to worthy causes over the past 11 years. Monies are collected through membership dues and participation at various...

International Logistics Group Looks to Boost Canadian Membership.
November 7, 2005... BYLINE: Mark Wilson VANCOUVER - Membership in the Canadian branch of the international Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) is weak, Chris Holloway, a director of the Ottawa-based division, said in Vancouver recently. ...

B.C. Employers' Boss Confident About Security Agreement.
November 7, 2005... BYLINE: Mark Wilson VANCOUVER - The president of the British Columbia Maritime Employers' Association is confident that an industry/government agreement on toughened port security measures is imminent. "We seem to be close to an...

Container Shipping on the Seaway: Trucking/warehousing Company Ventures into Marine Shipping.
November 7, 2005... BYLINE: RON SAMSON HAMILTON - A third-generation Hamilton-based trucking/warehousing operation has announced its intention to venture into marine shipping. Mark Johnson, vice-president of Mobile Cartage, surprised a number of people when...

Container Shipping on the Seaway: Conference Generates Good Buzz About Potential for Moving Containers on Seaway.
November 7, 2005... BYLINE: BRENT FREDERICK, Associate Editor MISSISSAUGA - A recent Container Shipping on the Seaway conference produced two significant news stories and generated an overall good buzz about the potential for moving boxes within the St....

World Trade Spotlight on the Benelux Countries: Benefits and Tips.
November 14, 2005... BYLINE: JOCELYNE BLAIS, vice-president, Marchand, Fairchild, Blais Financial Services Inc. The Netherlands, or Holland, is a unique country when you think that every person has a bicycle and there are twice as many bikes as cars. You will...

Port of Halifax Welcomes First China Shipping Call.
November 14, 2005... HALIFAX - China Shipping Container Lines' CSCL New York sailed into the South End Container Terminal on its inaugural visit to the Port of Halifax on October 3. Calling weekly in its new round-the-world service, China Shipping will have 10...

Mixed Reaction on East Coast to Pilotage Amendments.
November 14, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS and CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS HALIFAX and SAINT JOHN - A decision by Transport Minister Jean Lapierre to amend pilotage regulations and add Canadian-registered offshore oil and gas industry supply vessels of 5,000 gross tons...

No Pon Government Hopper Cars.
November 14, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - There is still no final agreement between the federal government and the Farmer Rail Car Coalition (FRCC) on the takeover of the 12,400 government grain hopper cars, Transport Minister Jean Lapierre said in...

Acpa Hosts Governance Seminar for National Port System.
November 14, 2005... OTTAWA - The Association of Canadian Port Authorities (ACPA) is hosting a governance seminar on November 28 and 29 at the Radisson-Admiral Harbourfront in Toronto. The session will bring together key people in Canada's port system,...

Pacific Gateway Strategy Critical for Capturing Asia-Pacific Trade: Vancouver Port Authority.
November 14, 2005... VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Port Authority says the Pacific Gateway Strategy recently announced by Transport Minister Jean Lapierre is crucial to the continued success of the Port of Vancouver. "The federal government's announcement of $600...

Vancouver Operator Concerned Environmental Approval Delays Could Jeopardize Box Terminal Expansion.
November 14, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - There is concern that a delay in securing environmental approvals may jeopardize a needed boost to container-handling capacity in the Port of Vancouver. Work needs to start next year on a $300-million...

Pacific Gateway Council Bill Vaults Ahead of Other Transport Legislation.
November 14, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - A bill to create a Pacific Gateway Council has vaulted ahead of the federal government's other long-standing transportation legislation. Debate began on second reading of the bill at the end of October,...

World Trade Spotlight on the Benelux Countries: Region Strategic Hub for Transport of Goods Between Canada and Markets Abroad.
November 14, 2005... BYLINE: JIM HYNES When it comes to gauging the importance of the Benelux region, the members of Canada's transportation and logistics community look far more to its key geographic location and highly evolved transportation infrastructure...

Port of Quebec Feature: Port Has Big Plans to Celebrate Quebec's 400th Birthday.
November 14, 2005... The Port of Quebec is ready to help Quebec City celebrate its 400th birthday in a big way. Asked by the federal government to play a prominent role in the festivities planned for 2008, the Quebec Port Authority has offered to give up...

Winds from Saint John.
November 14, 2005... BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Port of Saint John delegates get warm welcome in China Andrew Dixon, vice-president of trade and operations for the Saint John Port Authority, and Curtis Doiron, commercial manager at Forterm, spent...

Ottawa Beacon.
November 14, 2005... BYLINE: WILBROD LECLERC Bordeaux, of course, evokes wine. A trip to Bordeaux in September is a trip to an area with the best wines on earth as the grapes are being gathered and all the talk is about the new harvest. The city is surrounded...

Port of Quebec Feature: Quebec Enjoying Huge Success in Cargo, Cruise Sectors.
November 14, 2005... BYLINE: Stories by MARK CARDWELL Geography is destiny, you might say. So if you stop to consider the geographic location and physical attributes of the Port of Quebec, it seems hardly surprising that it has evolved into a hub for the...

Port of Quebec Feature: Record Year for Imtt-Quebec.
November 14, 2005... It's been a year to write home about for IMTT-Quebec, Canada's largest public liquid bulk terminal. "We're on track to beat our throughput record of 1.7 million tonnes in 2002," said Marc Dulude, executive vice-president and chief...

Port of Quebec Feature: Quebec Welcomes Two New Gantry Cranes.
November 14, 2005... The Port of Quebec received a significant boost in productivity this summer thanks to the arrival of two new gantry cranes. Purchased in Martinique by St. Lawrence Stevedoring, a division of Quebec Stevedoring Company Ltd., the largest...

Port of Quebec Feature: New Pilot Training Centre Opens.
November 14, 2005... Canada's most modern training centre for maritime navigation was officially opened at the Port of Quebec on August 30. Owned and operated by the Corporation of Lower St. Lawrence Pilots, the new centre's main element is a multidisciplinary...

Port of Quebec Feature: Quebec's Cruise Ship Business Sailing Smoothly.
November 14, 2005... Old-world charm and first-class port and tourism services helped Quebec City solidify its ranking as one of Canada's largest and most-loved cruise ship ports in 2005. "We've had another excellent season," said Ross Gaudreault, president...

Tanker Fined $70,000.
November 14, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS The Norwegian-registered tanker Nordic Fighter, formerly the Front Fighter, caught discharging a pollutant in Canadian waters, has been fined $70,000 in provincial court in St. John's. The vessel, which was owned at...

Port of Montreal Feature: New Faces at Board Level.
November 21, 2005... The Montreal Port Authority board of directors is made up of seven businesspeople from the Montreal area. Each of the three levels of government - federal, provincial and municipal - names a director. The federal transport minister, on the...

Ship Fined for Discharging Oily Substance.
November 21, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS A cargo ship registered in the Marshall Islands, located toward the North Pacific, has been fined $22,000 in a Quebec court for illegally discharging an oily substance into Canadian waters. Judge Marc Renaud of...

Vancouver Endorses Task Force Report on Container Movement Issues.
November 21, 2005... VANCOUVER - The release of a task force final report on issues related to the movement of containers at British Columbia ports is being met with support from the Vancouver Port Authority, which says it is already well under way with...

Cp Ships Profits Soar.
November 21, 2005... BYLINE: PETER T. LEACH, The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE CP Ships, in its last full quarter as a publicly traded company, said third-quarter profits surged to US$55 million from $31 million in the same period a year ago. Revenue rose...

Kanha Joins Cp Ships Fleet.
November 21, 2005... CP Ships recently held a naming ceremony for the CP Kanha, the first of nine 4,250-TEU ships ordered two years ago, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Container Terminal in Nhava Sheva, India. The ship is named for one of India's national parks. ...

Cma Cgm Upgrades Asia-Europe Trade.
November 21, 2005... CMA CGM says it will upgrade service connecting Asia to Europe by deploying new 8,500-TEU ships in its FAL (French Asia Line) trade. The CMA CGM Otello will be the first of eight similar-sized vessels operating on FAL, and is scheduled to...

Transport Minister Tells Cn to Improve Safety.
November 21, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - An audit of Canadian National Railway by Transport Canada has found some undisclosed safety deficiencies that Transport Minister Jean Lapierre wants cleared up. Irene Marcheterre, the minister's...

Ottawa Orders Cn to Shorten B.C. Trains.
November 21, 2005... BYLINE: MARK WILSON VANCOUVER - The federal government has ordered Canadian National Railway to almost halve the maximum length of lightly loaded freight trains it can move over the rugged southernmost section of the former BC Rail...

Users Still Questioning Cn Reservation System.
November 21, 2005... BYLINE: KATHLYN HORIBE Several users of Canadian National Railway's online IMX system say their ability to book reservations has gone from bad to worse. Gordon Quinn, land operations manager for Zim Integrated Shipping Services...

Eastern Canada Towing Names New Tug.
November 21, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Eastern Canada Towing Limited (ECTUG) in Halifax has added a new tug to its fleet. The $7.5-million Svitzer Bedford was christened by Karen Oldfield, president and chief executive officer of the Halifax...

I.E.CANADA Annual Conference: Speakers Examine Supply Chain Issues, Voice Concern over Regulatory Curtain Between Canada, U.S.
November 21, 2005... BYLINE: JACK KOHANE TORONTO - It was a potent mix of anxiety, angst and apprehension that drew dozens of delegates from across the spectrum of the import/export industry to the recent Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters'...

Port of Montreal Feature: Capital Investments for Clients' Needs.
November 21, 2005... The Montreal Port Authority is wrapping up one busy year in terms of capital investments, with projects topping $25 million. Berth repair and reinforcement cost some $8.9 million, while investments of $8 million went towards the...

Port of Montreal Feature: Port of Montreal Sails Toward Another Excellent Year.
November 21, 2005... Total traffic handled at the Port of Montreal increased by 6.1 per cent, or more than one million tonnes, to reach 18.2 million tonnes in the first nine months of this year. All traffic categories recorded increases, with the exception of...

Port of Montreal Feature: Top Shipping Lines Choose Montreal.
November 21, 2005... If there is something the Port of Montreal is proud of, besides its unbeatable location and first-rate facilities, it is the major shipping lines that call the port regularly. CP Ships is one of the port's oldest clients, with a Montreal...

Port of Montreal Feature: Labour Peace a Constant.
November 21, 2005... The Port of Montreal has enjoyed uninterrupted labour peace for 10 consecutive years. In addition, the Maritime Employers Association (MEA) that employs longshoremen and checkers at the Port of Montreal this summer signed a new collective...

Port of Montreal Feature: New Termont Equipment Dazzles.
November 21, 2005... Termont Terminal Inc., which operates the Port of Montreal's Maisonneuve Terminal in east-end Montreal, has invested heavily in the most modern, up-to-date equipment available, and now boasts the port's largest and newest dockside gantry crane....

Port of Montreal Feature: Msc Celebrates 20 Years in U.S.
November 21, 2005... The Montreal Port Authority wishes a happy 20th anniversary in the U.S. to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). Having made its entrance in Montreal with a service to North Europe in 2001, MSC has been progressively increasing its presence...

Port of Montreal Feature: Busy End to Cruise Season.
November 21, 2005... This year's cruise passengers to Montreal enjoyed a sensationally warm summer and a gorgeous, colour-soaked autumn. Not to mention magnificent cruise ships! Holland America's Maasdam got an early start to the season at the end of May. The...

Port of Montreal Feature: 175 Years Celebrated in Style, with Great Results.
November 21, 2005... The port's 175th anniversary in 2005 gave the MPA an opportunity for more media coverage, client appreciation and public information than ever before - and all within a strict budget. To begin with, the annual Gold-Headed Cane ceremony took...

Port of Montreal Feature: 25 Years in the Legal Field.
November 21, 2005... As much as Jean Mongeau is fond of the port's clients, they try to deal with him as little as possible. "If they come to see me, it's usually because there's a legal problem," he says. The Montreal Port Authority's vice-president,...

Waves from Halifax.
November 21, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS The inconsistency of air cargo capacity out of Halifax, especially if you are an exporter of large quantities of fish and lobster, must be, at times, a very frustrating part of the job. It has been inconsistent for a...

Port of Trois-Rivieares Feature: Dismar Operation Continues to Grow.
November 28, 2005... Dismar is another good news short-sea shipping initiative this year in Trois-Rivie'res. The company transports commodities on Mississippi-type barges to Canadian and U.S. ports along the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence...

Port of Trois-Rivie'res Feature: Section 19-20 Upgrade Now Complete.
November 28, 2005... A two-year, $20-million project to upgrade Sections 19 and 20 of the Port of Trois-Rivie'res is now complete. "We finished within budget and ahead of schedule," said Robert Masson, president and chief executive officer of the...

Port of Trois-Rivieres: Strong Year for Port of Trois-Rivieres.
November 28, 2005... BYLINE: Stories by KATHLYN HORIBE Two new initiatives have put the Port of Trois-Rivieres on the short-sea shipping map. In April, Aluminerie Alouette started transporting aluminum once a week by barge and tugboat from Sept-Iles to...

Take Softwood Lumber Issue to the People.
November 28, 2005... BYLINE: PETER MALKOVSKY STOUFFVILLE, Ont. - The Canadian Logistics Skills Committee (CLSC) has completed its national Strategic Human Resources Study of the Supply Chain Sector. A summary report is now available and the full final report...

Logistics Skills Committee Completes National Study of Supply Chain Sector.
November 28, 2005... STOUFFVILLE, Ont. - The Canadian Logistics Skills Committee (CLSC) has completed its national Strategic Human Resources Study of the Supply Chain Sector. A summary report is now available and the full final report will be released in December....

Versacold to Acquire P&O Cold Logistics.
November 28, 2005... VANCOUVER - Versacold Income Fund says its Versacold Holdings Corp. subsidiary is acquiring the public refrigerated warehousing and distribution (PRW) business P&O Cold Logistics (POCL) for about $382 million. POCL is a subsidiary of the...

Hamilton, Yingkou Sign Sister-Port Agreement.
November 28, 2005... BYLINE: RON SAMSON HAMILTON - Hamilton recently played host to a special delegation from Yingkou, China, with the intention to develop a long-term relationship with the Hamilton Port Authority. The seed for the relationship was planted...

Bay Ferries to Operate High-Speed Ferry to Portland.
November 28, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - The City of Portland, Me., has accepted a deal with Bay Ferries of Charlottetown to operate a high-speed seasonal ferry service between Portland and Yarmouth, N.S. The service will operate three days a...

Marine Atlantic to Keep Drop-Trailer Service.
November 28, 2005... BYLINE: TOM PETERS HALIFAX - Transport Canada says Marine Atlantic will not lose its drop-trailer service, ending serious concern that many of the company's workers would be put out of work and that the trucking industry would have to...

New Toll Structure for P.E.I. Bridge.
November 28, 2005... BYLINE: y TOM PETERS Transport Minister Jean Lapierre has approved a new toll structure for the Confederation Bridge that links Prince Edward Island with New Brunswick. One of the fundamental changes in the revised structure, proposed...

Logistec Profit Climbs in Third Quarter.
November 28, 2005... MONTREAL - Logistec Corp. said its third-quarter profit increased 16.1 per cent to $3.6 million from $3.1 million during the same period a year ago. Consolidated revenue totalled $52 million during the third quarter compared with $50.8...

Halterm Posts Improved Earnings.
November 28, 2005... HALIFAX - The Halterm Income Fund has reported third-quarter earnings of $1 million before non-recurring items, an increase of $400,000 from the year-ago period. Net income for the quarter was $4.5 million, including $3.5 million in...

Earnings Increase for Algoma Central Corporation.
November 28, 2005... Algoma Central Corporation reports that net earnings for the three months ended September 30 increased to $9.97 million from $5.35 million during the same period in 2004. For the first nine months of 2005, net earnings totalled $24.53...

Transport Canada, Dockworkers Edging Toward Security Clearanc Agreement.
November 28, 2005... BYLINE: ALEX BINKLEY OTTAWA - Transport Canada and unions representing dockworkers are edging toward an agreement on a security clearance program and they plan to test their proposals in a pilot project that will debut soon in Vancouver,...