by CanadianSailings | Mar 29, 2020 | Bruce Striegler, Environment, Featured, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other
By R. Bruce Striegler Around the world, owners of fleets of container ships, tankers, dry bulk carriers and ferries have been coping with the uncertainties surrounding the introduction of the International Maritime Organization’s new low-sulphur fuel regulations (IMO...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 29, 2020 | Bruce Striegler, Environment, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other, Other Stories
By R. Bruce Striegler It’s been more than a decade in the making, but the new rule mandated by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), lowering sulphur emissions from fuels used by the international shipping industry, went into effect on January 1, 2020. The...
by CanadianSailings | Nov 18, 2019 | Bruce Striegler, Other
By R. Bruce Striegler After tolerating the dubious distinction of being the only major location in North America where ridesharing services like Uber or Lyft have been prevented from operating, residents and visitors to British Columbia will soon have the option of...
by CanadianSailings | Oct 22, 2019 | Bruce Striegler, Gateways and Corridors, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other
By R. Bruce Striegler A critical transportation link between Prince Rupert and Ketchikan, Alaska, has been suspended over a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requirement that Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) secure Canadian law enforcement presence to...
by CanadianSailings | Jun 10, 2019 | Bruce Striegler, Business and Economy, Gateways and Corridors, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other, Ports and Terminals
By R. Bruce Striegler Volumes of containers handled at the port of Vancouver’s terminals have grown substantially through past decades, increasing at an average rate of ten percent annually since 1995. Projections of growth up to the year 2040 are now predicted at...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 26, 2019 | Bruce Striegler, Government and Regulation, Ocean, Other, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes, Supply Chain and Logistics
By R. Bruce Striegler As we reported in a June 2015 issue of Canadian Sailings, the mission of the federal government’s Ports Asset Transfer Program (PATP) was to expedite the transfer of Transport Canada-administrated port facilities across the country to other...
