by CanadianSailings | Dec 29, 2014 | Business and Economy, Corporate events & profiles, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other, Peter Cairns
PETER CAIRNS, President, Shipbuilding Association of Canada In the last several years, much has happened in the shipbuilding industry and as 2014 comes to an end, it is appropriate to take stock and see where the dust has settled. On 26 November the Shipbuilding...
by CanadianSailings | Dec 16, 2013 | Business and Economy, Peter Cairns, Shipbuilding and Repair
PETER CAIRNS, President, SHIPBUILDING ASSOCIATION OF CANADA By the time you read this column, the Auditor General’s report will be published. On November 18 by a quirk of fate, or design, the National Post, reported that the Auditor General’s report will show that the...
by CanadianSailings | May 14, 2013 | Business and Economy, Government and Regulation, Ocean, Other, Peter Cairns, Shipbuilding and Repair
By Peter Cairns, President, Shipbuilding Association of Canada On 11 April 2013, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Rideau Institute released a paper on the government’s procurement of the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), entitled “Titanic Blunder...
