by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Brian Dunn, Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Brian Dunn An ambitious $775 million expansion project at the port of Quebec is facing a lot of push back from several organizations. The project, backed by CN, is a deep-water container terminal known as Laurentia terminal. It is being reviewed by the federal...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Brian Dunn, Ocean, Other, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Brian Dunn It’s a long way from Vancouver to Isle-aux-Coudres, QC and back again if you follow the origins and growth of Groupe Océan, one of the largest integrated marine service companies in Canada which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022. Originally called...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Brian Dunn, Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals
By Brian Dunn During pandemic-stricken 2020, traffic through the Seaway declined by less than two per cent, with the corridor handling 37.7 million tonnes in 2020, compared to 38.7 million handled in 2019. “Considering the impact of the worldwide pandemic, we are very...
by CanadianSailings | Nov 8, 2020 | Brian Dunn, Business and Economy, Other, Ports and Terminals, Supply Chain and Logistics
By Brian Dunn This year will be remembered as one of the worst on record for the global economy due to Covid-19. For CargoM, the Logistics and Transportation Cluster of Metropolitan Montreal, it was only one of three events that impacted business. “Not only were we...
by CanadianSailings | Nov 8, 2020 | Brian Dunn, Ports and Terminals
By Brian Dunn During a speech to the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations last December, Sylvie Vachon, President and CEO, Montreal Port Authority, reamed off one impressive figure after another related to the port’s activities and importance to the local economy....
by CanadianSailings | Feb 26, 2020 | Brian Dunn, Business and Economy, Other, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Brian Dunn Montreal The port of Montreal reached an historic milestone in 2019 by surpassing the 40 million tonnes mark. The actual figure of 40.5 million tonnes was up 4.1 per cent from 2018 and marks the sixth consecutive year total tonnage has surpassed the...
