by CanadianSailings | Sep 30, 2020 | Education, Environment, Other
HOPA Ports has partnered with Heddle Shipyards and City School by Mohawk College to deliver a brand-new Ship Repair and Fabrication course that is now open for enrollment and will begin online in October. The 9-week, online program will introduce participants to core...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 29, 2020 | Business and Economy, Education, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
By Guy M. Tombs Growing a shipping company is helped by seeing its potential in global terms, especially because shipping is an international business. How can we go from thinking locally and small to developing a global vision? This is not a presumptuous, or even...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 29, 2020 | Corporate events & profiles, Education, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other
Thanks to a donation from Canada Steamship Lines, students in Georgian’s marine programs, cadets and working mariners will have access to a new state-of-the art simulator and upgraded on-site systems at the Owen Sound Campus. Canada Steamship Lines contributed...
by CanadianSailings | Dec 8, 2019 | Corporate events & profiles, Education, Keith Norbury, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
By Keith Norbury Leading up to his appointment as Executive Director of Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association, Bruce Rodgers decided to get some schooling in his longtime profession. So, he enrolled in all four of CIFFA’s educational programs “because...
by CanadianSailings | Dec 8, 2019 | Corporate events & profiles, Education, Keith Norbury, Ocean, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
by Keith Norbury Canada’s freight forwarders are looking forward to the future — the year 2030 to be more specific. The Board of Directors of Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association at a meeting in September agreed upon three priority goals for the next...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 26, 2019 | Business and Economy, Education, Ocean, Other
Jim Hanlon, CEO of The Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE) announced that RBR, Precise Design and Nova Scotia Boatbuilders Association (NSBA) have moved into COVE. “RBR is one of Canada’s well-established ocean instrumentation companies headquartered...
