by CanadianSailings | Jan 28, 2014 | Gateways and Corridors, Government and Regulation, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other
The Canadian Shipowners Association (CSA) has formally sought a legal review in the United States of the implementation dates found in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Vessel General Permit (VGP). The VGP imposes requirements that are currently impossible, making this review critical to ensuring fairness and predictability for CSA’s members’ operations in the U.S. waters of the Great Lakes; a vital link in the continental supply chain. Currently, there are two federal ballast water discharge regimes; one imposed by the EPA and another by the United States Coast Guard (USCG).
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by CanadianSailings | Jan 28, 2014 | Corporate events & profiles, Other
The Board of Directors of CITA announced that the Association has changed its name from the Canadian Industrial Transportation Association to the Freight Management Association of Canada (FMA) | Association Canadienne de Gestion du Fret (AGF).
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by CanadianSailings | Jan 28, 2014 | Corporate events & profiles, Other, Rail
Canadian Pacific announced that Bart Demosky has been appointed Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer effective December 28, 2013, to replace Brian Grassby, would retired as the company’s Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer at year-end.
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by CanadianSailings | Jan 28, 2014 | Government and Regulation, Other, Rail, Safety and Security
The Tanker Safety Expert Panel, an independent panel appointed to review Canada’s current tanker safety system and to propose measures to strengthen it, released its report, A Review of Canada’s Ship-Source Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Regime—Setting the Course for the Future on December 3. The report aims to improve Canada’s system for ship-source oil spill preparedness and response in order to better protect the public and the environment.
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by CanadianSailings | Jan 28, 2014 | Government and Regulation, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
Prime Minister Harper participated in a groundbreaking ceremony marking the beginning of construction of the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk highway in the Northwest Territories, effectively extending the Dempster Highway through to the Arctic coast. He was accompanied by Bob McLeod, Premier of the Northwest Territories, Nellie Cournoyea, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Inuvialuit Regional Corporation as well as Robert Alexie Jr., President of the Gwich’in Tribal Council.
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