by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Featured, Keith Norbury, Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals
By Keith Norbury Port of Nanaimo and terminal operator DP World signed a 50-year lease agreement in February that marks a major step in an estimated $105 million container terminal expansion. Design work can begin immediately on expanding the port’s Duke Point...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Brian Dunn, Featured, Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Brian Dunn An ambitious $775 million expansion project at the port of Quebec is facing a lot of push back from several organizations. The project, backed by CN, is a deep-water container terminal known as Laurentia terminal. It is being reviewed by the federal...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
Atlantic Spirit was the first ocean-going vessel of 2021 to cross the port of Montreal’s downstream limit at Sorel without a stopover on January 1. True to a tradition dating back over 180 years, Montreal Port Authority (MPA) is awarding the Gold-Headed Cane to her...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
Flying the flag of the Netherlands, M/V Erasmusgracht arriving from Lake Charles, Louisiana, was the first ship of 2021, with arrival at 3:30 p.m. on January 2. The ship was in ballast and will be leaving today for Barranquilla, Colombia with a cargo of 10,500 tonnes...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
Federal Kushiro was the first vessel to dock at the port of Trois-Rivières in 2021. The vessel, with its crew of 23 crew Indian nationals, left Alcoa’s calcined petroleum coke plant located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on December 19, 2020. Its cargo was destined for...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Environment, Ocean, Other
Ballard Power Systems announced that it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Global Energy Ventures (GEV), an Australian provider of integrated compressed shipping solutions for the transportation of energy to regional markets, for the development...
