by CanadianSailings | Oct 26, 2012 | Ports and Terminals
The Prince Rupert Harbour Debris Society announced the successful completion of an extensive harbour cleanup, its second in as many years. The Harbour Debris Society was incorporated as a non-profit group in 1983, with the objective of controlling and reducing the...
by CanadianSailings | Oct 26, 2012 | Bruce Striegler, Business and Economy, Other, Ports and Terminals
By R. Bruce Striegler Neptune Bulk Terminals (Canada) Ltd., the largest multi-bulk terminal in North America, handling five per cent of Canadian off-shore exports, has embarked on $400 million worth of capacity improvements, all to be completed by 2015. The first of...
by CanadianSailings | Oct 26, 2012 | Business and Economy, Keith Norbury, Other
By Keith Norbury Production from what could become North America’s largest potash mine, being developed by the Canadian subsidiary of Australia-based mining giant BHP Billiton, is still expected to leave the continent via a U.S. port. Exactly when production might...
by CanadianSailings | Oct 26, 2012 | Corporate events & profiles, Other
Fednav Limited, Canada’s largest international dry-bulk maritime transport group, recently marked the first visit of its ship, Federal Sable, to the Lantic Sugar Terminal at the port of Montreal on October 16 with a cargo of 32,500 tonnes of raw sugar from Brazil....
by CanadianSailings | Oct 26, 2012 | Environment, Government and Regulation, Other
By Theo van de Kletersteeg As a non-resident of British Columbia, I can afford to take a rather dispassionate view of the heated emotions in that province over additional pipelines, expansions of existing pipelines, and the increased tanker traffic that the pipelines...
