by CS | Oct 25, 2021 | Mark Cardwell, Ports and Terminals
by Mark Cardwell As a veteran short-line railway executive who now heads a company with only 34 km of track, Louis Gravel knows that size doesn’t matter when it comes to the big role that small railways can play in the lives and dreams of entire industries and...
by CS | Oct 25, 2021 | Mark Cardwell, Ports and Terminals
by Mark Cardwell A critical lifeline for mining operations and communities in northeastern Quebec and the North Shore region is set to reopen at the Port of Sept-Îles. “All the work is finished, we’ve got just a few details to take care of,” Paul Leblanc, a civil...
by CS | Oct 25, 2021 | Mark Cardwell, Ports and Terminals
by Mark Cardwell Of the multiple community projects that the Port of Sept-Îles was involved with again this year, the biggest was a partnership with the city to redevelop and revitalize a cherished public park. “Parc Aylmer-Whittom is one of our region’s real natural...
by CS | Oct 25, 2021 | Mark Cardwell, Ports and Terminals
By MARK CARDWELL After years of flirting with its all-time annual tonnage mark, the Port of Sept-Îles is on pace to register a new record high for volume handled in 2021. And with several new mining and transportation projects coming to fruition, port officials expect...
by CanadianSailings | Dec 8, 2020 | Gateways and Corridors, Mark Cardwell, Other
By MARK CARDWELL Major investments by the Port of Sept-Îles and its partners in and around the multiuser dock at the Pointe-Noire sector are helping to speed up and improve loading operations at North America’s deepest dock and biggest bulk handling facility. Work is...
by CanadianSailings | Dec 8, 2020 | Mark Cardwell, Other, Ports and Terminals
By MARK CARDWELL For many places and industries, the unfortunate impacts of Covid-19 have made this a year to forget. But for the Port of Sept-Îles and its mining partners on Quebec’s rugged North Shore, strong demand for steel, bullish prices for iron ore and an...
