by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Featured, Ports and Terminals
By Daniel-Robert Gooch, My first few weeks as President and CEO of the Association of Canadian Port Authorities (ACPA) have been spent meeting with our member ports and learning about the importance of Port Authorities to trade and tourism in Canada. I have come to...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Featured, Keith Norbury, Ports and Terminals
By Keith Norbury, Cargo volumes at the port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest, likely increased in 2021, according to Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. “Generally speaking, the pandemic did not appear to have a significant direct impact on total cargo volumes,” said a...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Featured, Keith Norbury, Ports and Terminals
By Keith Norbury, The port of Port Alberni on the west side of Vancouver Island is working with forestry company San Group to take over stevedoring operations at the port’s Berth 3. “San Group is in the process of setting up the operation,” Zoran Knezevic, CEO of Port...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Featured, Ian Putzger, Ports and Terminals
By Ian Putzger, Potash has been a tremendous fuel for growth at the port of Saint John; the New Brunswick port clocked up 11 per cent higher tonnage last year than in 2020. Its dry bulk traffic was on fire, surging a whopping 123 per cent, with potash the main driver...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Featured, Ports and Terminals, Tom Peters
By Tom Peters, Craig Bell Estabrooks, Saint John Port Authority’s new President and CEO who moved into the organization’s top job in November, inherited a port that was been on a bit of a high in 2021. Bell Estabrooks was appointed to the position following the...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Featured, Keith Norbury, Ports and Terminals
By Keith Norbury, The Duke Point terminal at Nanaimo on Vancouver Island passed a test of its container-handling capability in December when it unloaded damaged cargo from MV Zim Kingston. The container ship made headlines in late October when it anchored off the...
