by CanadianSailings | Apr 30, 2014 | Business and Economy, Education, Keith Norbury, Other, Ports and Terminals
By Keith Norbury A 20-tonne dock gantry crane will be added to the equipment in 2015 at a new training centre for unionized B.C. longshore workers that began operations last fall. The German-designed Kocks crane, also known as a container crane, will train operators...
by CanadianSailings | Apr 28, 2014 | Business and Economy, Corporate events & profiles, Other
By Peter G. Hall, Vice-President and Chief Economist The most recent merchandise trade figures were pretty impressive, all things considered. Weather has wracked a lot of January and February indicators, but so far, you can count out Canadian trade. Were we just...
by CanadianSailings | Apr 28, 2014 | Corporate events & profiles, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other
Lloyd’s Register (LR) is honoured to be the classification society of choice for Mercy Ships’ latest endeavour, a new 36,600 GRT hospital ship, the world’s largest, scheduled for completion by July of 2017. “LR Marine’s global team – spanning the Americas,...
by CanadianSailings | Apr 28, 2014 | Business and Economy, Other, Ports and Terminals, Supply Chain and Logistics
Alderon Iron Ore Corp. is pleased to announce that it has commenced preliminary work for the Pointe-Noire Terminal facility at the port of Sept-Îles, Quebec. This is the product handling facility for the Kami Iron Ore Project (“Kami Project”) with mining and...
by CanadianSailings | Apr 28, 2014 | Business and Economy, Other, Shipbuilding and Repair, Tom Peters
By Tom Peters Irving Pulp & Paper will invest over $500 million to modernize and expand its New Brunswick operations. The projects are expected to create over 100 full-time new mill jobs, several hundred direct and indirect construction jobs, plus over 100 new...
