February 26, 2020
Port of Québec alive with new plans and activities
February 26, 2020
Year-end review of St. Lawrence River ports
February 26, 2020
Great Lakes ports generally upbeat going into 2020 even with high water and other challenges
February 26, 2020
West coast ports pursue major expansion projects
February 25, 2020
Federal Port Review, 2017-2018
OPINION – A proposal to make the carbon tax less onerous to corporate taxpayers, and more effective to reduce GHGs
By Theo van de Kletersteeg Since April of 2019, Canada has imposed the implementation of a carbon tax in the four “backstop” provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick in an effort to reduce Canada’s ever-increasing releases of greenhouse gases...
Teck and CN announce significant rail shipping agreement
CN and Teck Resources Limited announced a long-term rail agreement for shipping of steelmaking coal from Teck’s four B.C. operations between Kamloops and Neptune Terminals, and other west coast ports. The agreement runs from April 2021 to December 2026, and will...
Cando Rail Services begins construction on new Sturgeon Terminal
Cando Rail Services has started construction of the Cando Sturgeon Terminal in Sturgeon County, Alberta. Phase 1 of the terminal will provide additional rail capacity to Alberta’s Industrial Heartland and utilize a loop-track system to enable storage of up to 1900...
Now this is what you need to know if you’re thinking of operating drones
By Brian Dunn Remotely piloted aircraft or drones could become valuable, cost-effective tools for the shipping industry, according to a study prepared by law firm BLG. Drones offer a myriad of uses, including capture of aerial images of difficult passages, improving...
Proceedings of BLG’s 31st Annual Maritime Law Seminar
By Brian Dunn The issue of abandoned and mislabelled cargo was brought to the attention of Canadians last year by the well-publicized case of garbage being labelled as recyclable plastics, and shipped to the Philippines in 2013 for “recycling”. For the past six years,...
Port of Montreal awards 181st Gold-Headed Cane
Montreal Port Authority President and CEO Sylvie Vachon awarded the famous Gold-Headed Cane to Captain Qin Xiao Fei, a Chinese national, Master of Exeborg, the first ocean-going vessel to reach the port of Montreal without a stopover in 2020. Exeborg left the Port of...