by CanadianSailings | Dec 8, 2020 | Gateways and Corridors, Other, Other Stories, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes, Supply Chain and Logistics
In an otherwise dreary landscape of significantly lower volumes passing through the St. Lawrence Seaway, Canadian grain shipments topped 6.2 million tonnes at the end of September, maintaining its 20 per cent increase over the 2019 season. Overall Seaway cargo...
by CanadianSailings | Dec 8, 2020 | Featured, Mark Cardwell, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By MARK CARDWELL When the Pointe-aux-Basques terminal was built by the federal government in Sept-Îles in 1950, it was designed primarily to support the new iron ore mining operations that were then being launched in and around the Labrador Trough, 600 kilometres...
by CanadianSailings | Nov 8, 2020 | Gateways and Corridors, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
The Port of Montreal is reinventing itself to perform even better, one project at a time. “The investments that we are making are directly related to infrastructure expansion and development and improving the flow of goods through the port and will accommodate traffic...
by CanadianSailings | Sep 30, 2020 | Other, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes, Supply Chain and Logistics
August year-to-date Seaway shipments (from April 1 to August 30) totalled 19.3 million metric tonnes. During the same time period of 2019, Seaway volumes were 21.1 million tonnes, which were down from 21.6 million tonnes in 2018. Year-to-date shipments were down in...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 29, 2020 | Alex Binkley, Gateways and Corridors, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Alex Binkley The delay in opening the St. Lawrence Seaway system this spring because of high water levels in the Great Lakes has generated understandable frustration among shipping lines and their customers. It also presents an opportunity for the waterway to test...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 29, 2020 | Alex Binkley, Gateways and Corridors, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Alex Binkley While it doesn’t yet attract the attention that ocean tours on massive floating hotels do, cruising on the Great Lakes has been gaining popularity during the last two decades, and could become even more fashionable during the next few years as other...
