by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Brian Dunn, Ports and Terminals
By Brian Dunn, PORT OF MONTREAL Considering some of the challenges it faced last year, including the continuing impact of COVID-19 and a dockworkers’ strike, cargo volumes handled at the port of Montreal remained relatively stable. Preliminary results show 33.9...
by CS | Oct 25, 2021 | Brian Dunn, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Brian Dunn According to CargoM, the Logistics and Transportation Cluster of Metropolitan Montreal, last year was the worst in its eight -year history. This year may even be tougher, said CargoM Executive Director Mathieu Charbonneau. “We had a second (longshoremen)...
by CS | Oct 25, 2021 | Brian Dunn, Ocean Carriers
By Brian Dunn Steve Felder has only been President of ZIM Canada for less than three months, but is no stranger to this country. He has been travelling to Canada for decades, has close family here and in fact used to have a house in Toronto. In 1995, the 46-year-old...
by CS | Oct 4, 2021 | Brian Dunn, Ports and Terminals
BY BRIAN DUNN For most people, Groupe Somavrac, a major player in the Canadian maritime industry, has been flying under the radar for almost 60 years. But it’s been around since 1963 and specializes in stevedoring, warehousing, handling and transformation,...
by CS | Sep 6, 2021 | Brian Dunn, Ocean, Ports and Terminals
BY BRIAN DUNN Almost from the time it was announced six years ago, the Laurentia project at the Port of Quebec faced a ground swell of opposition, mostly from environmental groups, but also from politicians and academia. The same can be said for another major...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Brian Dunn, Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Brian Dunn Port of Montreal When the pandemic hit last March, any hope by anyone connected with the port of Montreal that it could surpass the records of 1.75 million TEUs and 40.6 million tonnes of total cargo that it set in 2019 evaporated. The pandemic, coupled...
