by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 30, 2022 | Ports and Terminals, Theo van de Kletersteeg, Top Stories
By Theo van de Kletersteeg Canadian Sailings has recently completed another annual study comparing financial and other performance data related to federally- operated Canadian Port Authorities from 2019 to 2020 (Data for 2021 will not be available until July or...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 30, 2022 | Alex Binkley, Ports and Terminals, Top Stories
By Alex Binkley Modernizing governance of the 17 Canadian Port Authorities has been under review for four years and Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has been instructed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to bring it to a conclusion. When that might happen and whether...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 30, 2022 | Keith Norbury, Ports and Terminals, Top Stories
By Keith Norbury Prince Rupert Port Authority and terminal operator DP World have entered into a two-year agreement to assess the feasibility of a new container terminal. The proposed project would add up to two million TEUs of annual capacity at Prince Rupert, the...
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 | Alex Binkley, Other Stories, Ports and Terminals
By Alex Binkley, After two postponements, the Hwy H2O Conference will be held this fall in Toronto to take an in-depth look at issues and trends in marine shipping on the Seaway-Great Lakes system. The 2021 event was moved to the spring of 2022 because of the Covid-19...