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Strong demand drives container growth at Vancouver
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Developments at East Coast Ports
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Nanaimo prepares to expand container trade
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2021 Review of St. Lawrence ports
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Hwy H20 Conference a go for this fall
By Alex Binkley, After two postponements, the Hwy H2O Conference will be held this fall in Toronto to take an in-depth look at issues and trends in marine shipping on the Seaway-Great Lakes system. The 2021 event was moved to the spring of 2022 because of the Covid-19...
A year of mixed results for Canadian ports due to the pandemic and weather
By Alex Binkley, A persistent pandemic, supply chain woes and devastating weather events left their marks on Canada’s Port Authorities in 2021 with eleven reporting increases in cargo tonnage, while six saw lower volumes than the year before. Port of Vancouver was on...
Canadian Ports Recap 2021
by CS , Historical ACPA port tonnages… CPA 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Vancouver 101,887,824 118,450,134 122,499,631 123,875,996 135,008,952 139,628,826 138,227,872 Montreal 24,524,139 25,919,667 28,534,264 28,422,003 28,156,971 30,445,984 32,028,741 Saint...
CMC advocating for close cooperation between all stakeholders to enable the Seaway-Great Lakes to perform even better
by Alex Binkley, The Chamber of Marine Commerce (CMC) has urged politicians and government officials “to work in partnership with industry to ensure the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River transportation corridor remains a resilient supply chain and at the forefront of...
So how are we going to repay the accumulated debt?
By Theo van de Kletersteeg, The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental economic organization of 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. Notably, and regrettably, China is not a...
Five major shipyards compete to build five 13,000 TEU ships for ONE
By Martina Li, Major shipbuilders in China, South Korea and Japan have told The Loadstar they will bid to construct five 13,000 TEU ships for ONE. Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding, South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine...