by CanadianSailings | Mar 22, 2016 | Bruce Striegler, Government and Regulation, Other
By R. Bruce Striegler Toronto’s General Manager of Transportation Services, Steve Buckley, says he has enthusiastically followed autonomous vehicle (AV) technology since his graduate days in the nineties. “At that time there were pilot projects going on in California,...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 22, 2016 | Bruce Striegler, Government and Regulation, Other
By R. Bruce Striegler “Automated vehicles are going to have a big and disruptive impact on many different departments of all three levels of government and many different businesses. Unfortunately in Canada, we are dead last of the G7 nations in our preparation for...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 22, 2016 | Business and Economy, Gateways and Corridors, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
By Peter G Hall, Vice-President and Chief Economist In all the turbulence swirling around us, a moment of bliss. Canada’s merchandise exports ended a volatile 2015 with a 3.9 per cent monthly surge that cut the trade deficit by almost two-thirds. The December gift...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 22, 2016 | Corporate events & profiles, Other
Overseas Express Consolidators Canada Inc. (OEC Group), a global logistics and transportation provider, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Ryder CRSA Logistics in Canada and its affiliated interests in Hong Kong and Shanghai. The purchase reflects OEC Group’s...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 22, 2016 | Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other
By Gavin van Marle The crisis gripping the container shipping industry is likely to present opportunities for forwarders and 3PLs as shippers struggle to manage the continuing freight rate volatility and increasing workloads. On the sidelines of the TPM conference in...
