by Canadian Sailings Admin | Oct 2, 2022 | Brian Dunn, Featured
Whenever you walk into a federal government Canadian Corps of Commissionaires was formed in 1925 with the opening of offices in in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. A national organization was created by 1950 and today Commissionaires employs over 23,000 people with...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Oct 2, 2022 | Brian Dunn, Featured
Moving to a new city for work can be daunting, especially when family is involved. But for Chris Hall, appointed President and CEO of the Shipping Federation of Canada on February 14, replacing Michael Broad who retired after 18 years at the helm, it was an easy...
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,...
