by CanadianSailings | Feb 26, 2020 | Other
QSL, the Quebec-based terminal operator and stevedoring company, is expanding its geographic footprint in the US with the addition of a marine terminal in Houston, Texas, at the South Central Cement dock with draft of 11.9 metres. QSL Texas Terminals will now be...
by CanadianSailings | Feb 26, 2020 | Other, Ports and Terminals
The port of Saguenay welcomed its first ocean-going vessel of the year with M/V Jaeger Arrow docking at the Marcel-Dionne wharf in Grande-Anse at 8 pm on January 1, 2020. Saguenay Port Authority, represented by its President and CEO, Carl Laberge, and the Director of...
by CanadianSailings | Feb 26, 2020 | Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals
M/V Whistler was the first vessel to call the port of Trois-Rivières in 2020, docking on January 5 at 8 p.m. after a 19-day crossing of the Atlantic. With its 20 crew members from mainly the Philippines, but also from Montenegro, Croatia, Greece and Ukraine, the...
by CanadianSailings | Feb 26, 2020 | Keith Norbury, Other, Ports and Terminals, Supply Chain and Logistics
By KEITH NORBURY Port of Vancouver has set a target date of 2022 to begin construction of its long-proposed multi-billion-dollar Terminal 2 on Roberts Bank with the first phase of the container terminal opening in 2028. “That is, of course subject to permitting...
by CanadianSailings | Feb 26, 2020 | Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, Tom Peters
By Tom Peters A major modernization project at Port Saint John continues to move forward on schedule, says Jim Quinn, President and CEO, Saint John Port Authority (SJPA). Port Saint John, along with the federal and provincial governments, entered into an agreement in...