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Canada stuck in middle of elephantine clash of civilizations

by CanadianSailings | March 26, 2019 | Business and Economy, Gateways and Corridors, Government and Regulation, Keith Norbury, Other, Top Stories | 0 Comments

By Keith Norbury When two elephants fight, it’s the grass that suffers. Jia Wang, Deputy Director of the China Institute at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, invokes that African proverb to...

B.C.’s Carbon Engineering Ltd positioned to commercialize technology that creates clean fuel from air, and attracts world-class investors

by CanadianSailings | March 26, 2019 | Bruce Striegler, Business and Economy, Environment, Other, Top Stories | 0 Comments

By R. Bruce Striegler The reports continue to mount, outlining what scientists around the world define as the dire, life-threatening effects of climate change. But in Canada, the federal government...

Seaway optimistic its 60th anniversary will be a year of strong results

by CanadianSailings | March 25, 2019 | Alex Binkley, Business and Economy, Other, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes, Top Stories | 0 Comments

By Alex Binkley Having posted its best results in a decade last year, St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) is hoping to better that performance in 2019 as its marks its 60th...

Seaway’s 60th anniversary has deep roots

by CanadianSailings | March 25, 2019 | Alex Binkley, Business and Economy, Gateways and Corridors, Other, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes, Top Stories | 0 Comments

By Alex Binkley While the Seaway marks its 60th anniversary this year, the idea for a deep draft waterway between the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River has deep historical roots. The Seaway was...

March 26, 2019

Canada-China relations the worst since Tiananmen

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By Keith Norbury The trade relationship between Canada and China is the worst it’s been in decades, according to experts who have studied the machinations

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March 26, 2019

Opinion – Let’s think carefully about the future of Canada’s Defence industries

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Theo van de Kletersteeg Prime Minister Trudeau is trying to pull Canada out of a multi-billion dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia, he said on

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March 26, 2019

Seaway examining new traffic growth ideas

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By Alex Binkley The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) and its shipper and shipping partners are looking at old and new possibilities for growing

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March 26, 2019

Extending the Welland Canal season would generate more marine traffic, shippers say

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By Alex Binkley Keeping the Welland Canal open until mid-January would allow shipping lines to generate more business and ease highway congestion in southwestern Ontario,

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March 25, 2019

Pilotage costs and reforms remain sore points for Great Lakes transportation

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By Alex Binkley It doesn’t take long for an interview about shipping on the Great Lakes Seaway system to turn to the cost of marine

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Research “ping” points bridge-crossing delays

by CanadianSailings | Mar 26, 2019

By Keith Norbury Most of the goods traded between Canada and the U.S., still one of the world’s leading trading partnerships, crosses the border in trucks. And most of those trucks pass over three bridges straddling two rivers connecting the Great Lakes of Huron,...

Lion Electric launches all-electric Class 8 urban truck

by CanadianSailings | Mar 26, 2019

The Lion Electric Co. (Lion) unveiled its first all-electric Class 8 urban truck in Mirabel, Quebec on March 11. The Lion8 will be commercialized this Fall when its first vehicle will be delivered to Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ). Lion’s ambassador, Laurent...

Ports Asset Transfer Program reduces number of Transport Canada-administrated marine facilities

by CanadianSailings | Mar 26, 2019

By R. Bruce Striegler As we reported in a June 2015 issue of Canadian Sailings, the mission of the federal government’s Ports Asset Transfer Program (PATP) was to expedite the transfer of Transport Canada-administrated port facilities across the country to other...

More tenants move into Dartmouth, N.S. COVE facility

by CanadianSailings | Mar 26, 2019

Jim Hanlon, CEO of The Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE) announced that RBR, Precise Design and Nova Scotia Boatbuilders Association (NSBA) have moved into COVE. “RBR is one of Canada’s well-established ocean instrumentation companies headquartered...

For Port of Toronto 2018 was another record-breaking year

by CanadianSailings | Mar 26, 2019

Port of Toronto moved approximately 2.2 million metric tonnes of cargo in 2018, and 178 ships visited the port, bringing sugar, road salt, cement, aggregate and steel directly into the heart of the city. Overall the port moved 2,179,795 metric tonnes of cargo in 2018,...

Port Windsor Harbour Master awarded commendation by U.S. Coast Guard

by CanadianSailings | Mar 26, 2019

The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded Port Windsor Harbour Master Peter Berry a Public Service Commendation in recognition of notable services that have assisted greatly in the furthering of the aims and functions of the Coast Guard. It was presented by Senior Commander...

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