by Canadian Sailings Admin | Jun 3, 2022 | Keith Norbury, Rail
Canadian Pacific Railway’s pending acquisition of Kansas City Southern Railway will enhance competitiveness in the North America supply chain, says University of Manitoba professor Dr. Barry Prentice. “First of all, I think it’s a really good thing because it does...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Jun 3, 2022 | Keith Norbury, Rail
Canada’s two Class 1 railways got off to a rough start in 2022. But in first quarter 2022 earnings calls, representatives of both Canadian National and Canadian Pacific expressed optimism that their fortunes would turn around during the rest of the year. That...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Jun 3, 2022 | Keith Norbury
Five Canadian-based companies are among the world’s top 25 largest temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics providers, according to the most recent rankings from the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses. Leading the Canadian contingent is...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Jun 3, 2022 | Keith Norbury
Air Canada has opened a new $16 million cold chain handling facility at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. The facility’s inauguration, announced in March, will “expand and enhance” the airline’s handling of fresh food, pharmaceuticals, and other perishable...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Jun 3, 2022 | Keith Norbury
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused prices for refrigerated shipping containers to spike, says the partner of a Canadian company that buys, sells and rents new and used shipping containers. Before the pandemic, for example, Containers Unlimited could buy a 40- foot...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Jun 3, 2022 | Keith Norbury, Ports and Terminals
Port Saint John recently completed an expansion project that will expand its capacity to handle cool cargoes. “We actually last year invested in additional reefer stacks, or reefer plugins, to support that ability to have a secure cold chain,” said Shannon Blanchard,...
