by Canadian Sailings | Sep 27, 2017 | Bruce Striegler, Business and Economy, Education, Other
R. Bruce Striegler Michael Delage, Chief Technology Officer at Burnaby, B.C.’s General Fusion Inc. explains that the founder, Dr. Michel Laberge is, “a scientist, an engineer and a physicist who had a passion about fusion.” After nine years with Vancouver-based CREO...
by Canadian Sailings | Jul 11, 2017 | Business and Economy, Corporate events & profiles, Education, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
By Guy M. Tombs I recently stayed at the Rex Hotel in central Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, attending the excellent CLC Projects Logistics Conference. It was a time to take stock, not only of the vast changes in the world since April 30 1975, when the U.S....
by Canadian Sailings | Jul 11, 2017 | Education, Ocean, Other, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes, Tom Peters
By Tom Peters Part of Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), the Nautical Institute, originally started in Halifax in 1872 as the Halifax Marine School, is located in Port Hawkesbury on the Strait of Canso and draws students from all over the world. The face of the...
by Canadian Sailings | Jul 11, 2017 | Alex Binkley, Business and Economy, Education, Other
By Alex Binkley A wide variety of training and professional upgrading courses have long been a cornerstone of the services Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association has offered its members. In keeping up with the times, and taking advantage of modern...
by Canadian Sailings | May 22, 2017 | Education, Other
Master Mariners of Canada is pleased to announce that new model training courses for ice navigation certification have been approved by International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s Maritime Safety Committee, and will become mandatory components of the Polar Code. The...
by CanadianSailings | Oct 31, 2016 | Corporate events & profiles, Education, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other
The new Algoma Central Corporation Marine Emergency Duties (MED) Centre has been officially opened at the Owen Sound Campus of Georgian College. The $7.5 million, 13,600-square-foot facility is a key part of the college’s Centre for Marine Training and Research. It...
