by CanadianSailings | Jul 20, 2013 | Business and Economy, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
Armstrong & Associates, Inc., a supply chain management market research and consulting firm, recently published “Slow Dance – 2012 3PL market analysis and 2013 predictions”, which revealed that U.S. third-‐party logistics (3PL) market revenues increased modestly...
by CanadianSailings | Jul 20, 2013 | Other, Trucking
Did you think that last year’s Perimeter Vision Action Plan agreed to by the United States and Canada might signal an end to the nickel and diming of cross-‐border commerce between the world’s two major bilateral trade partners? Think again, says the Canadian...
by CanadianSailings | Jul 20, 2013 | Mark Cardwell, Other, Ports and Terminals, Shipbuilding and Repair
By Mark Cardwell Champagne, smiles and sunshine were the order of the day for the christening of the Laurentian Pilotage Authority’s new pilot boat and the inauguration of its new pilotage station in the port of Quebec on the last day of May. “This day have been a...
by CanadianSailings | Jul 20, 2013 | Brian Dunn, Ocean, Other, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Brian Dunn Fulvio Fracassi, the new CEO of Laurentian Pilotage Authority (LPA), said it took him a while to adjust to his new position in Montreal after 21 years in Ottawa where he began his career in 1991 with the Department of Justice. “But it was harder on my...
by CanadianSailings | Jul 20, 2013 | Bruce Striegler, Business and Economy, Other
By R. Bruce Striegler Coal production internationally • Coal is mined commercially in over 50 countries and used in over 70. Estimates show over 984 billion t of proven coal reserves worldwide, the largest in the U.S., Russia, China and India. This means that there is...
