by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 30, 2022 | Keith Norbury, Ports and Terminals
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 | 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 | 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, 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...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Alex Binkley, Ports and Terminals
By Alex Binkley, A persistent pandemic, supply chain woes and devastating weather events left their marks on Canada’s Port Authorities in 2021 with eleven reporting increases in cargo tonnage, while six saw lower volumes than the year before. Port of Vancouver was on...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Alex Binkley, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
by Alex Binkley, The Chamber of Marine Commerce (CMC) has urged politicians and government officials “to work in partnership with industry to ensure the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River transportation corridor remains a resilient supply chain and at the forefront of...
