by Canadian Sailings Admin | Oct 2, 2022 | Alex Binkley, Featured
The traffic mix on the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes was long considered to be dominated by a staple regime of outbound grain and inbound iron ore. However, in recent years breakbulk and project cargo has shown steady growth as ports from Thunder Bay to...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Oct 2, 2022 | Alex Binkley, Featured
The Association of Canadian Port Authorities held its first in person Annual Conference in two years this summer with a program focused on what the future might bring and how to prepare for it. Sponsored by Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority and Port of Windsor, it...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 30, 2022 | Alex Binkley, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Alex Binkley More than 38 million tonnes of cargo passed through the St. Lawrence Seaway during 2021, up about one per cent from its 2020 results even though grain shipments dropped by 20 per cent compared to the previous year, The St. Lawrence Seaway Management...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 30, 2022 | Alex Binkley, Ports and Terminals
By Alex Binkley Modernizing governance of the 17 Canadian Port Authorities has been under review for four years and Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has been instructed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to bring it to a conclusion. When that might happen and whether...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Alex Binkley, Ports and Terminals
By Alex Binkley, After two postponements, the Hwy H2O Conference will be held this fall in Toronto to take an in-depth look at issues and trends in marine shipping on the Seaway-Great Lakes system. The 2021 event was moved to the spring of 2022 because of the Covid-19...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Alex Binkley, Ports and Terminals
By Alex Binkley, A persistent pandemic, supply chain woes and devastating weather events left their marks on Canada’s Port Authorities in 2021 with eleven reporting increases in cargo tonnage, while six saw lower volumes than the year before. Port of Vancouver was on...
