by CanadianSailings | Dec 8, 2019 | Featured, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
Over the past decade, Port of Trois-Rivières and its partners have invested $ 132 million to modernize existing infrastructure. Although these investments have resulted in a 40 per cent increase in port terminal capacity, these facilities are now almost fully...
by CanadianSailings | Dec 8, 2019 | Corporate events & profiles, Featured, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
One of the flagship projects of On Course for 2030 is the development of the waterfront. Indeed, like many ports around the world, Port of Trois-Rivières aims to turn over part of its facilities for commercial, residential and recreational tourism purposes, to...
by CanadianSailings | Nov 18, 2019 | Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
The Port of Sept-Îles has posted its best-ever performance as a cruise ship destination in 2019. Nine cruise ships carrying nearly 19,000 passengers and crew members visited the city on Quebec’s North Shore this year. That is twice the number of passengers and crew...
by CanadianSailings | Nov 18, 2019 | Environment, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
The Bay of Sept-Îles has received an overall good rating in the final report of a major environmental study. But lead researchers in the four-year, three-phase study say more investigation and monitoring is required to ensure the bay’s water, sediments and ecosystem...
by CanadianSailings | Nov 18, 2019 | Other, Rail, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes, Supply Chain and Logistics
During the month of September, Seaway volumes were down 18 per cent from year-ago levels, to 3,991 million tonnes. From March 22 to September 30, cargo shipments totaled 24.8 million tonnes, down 6 per cent from 2018. All cargo categories showed lower volumes, except...
by CanadianSailings | Nov 18, 2019 | Environment, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
In May the Port of Sept-Iles, the Institut Nordique de Recherche en Environnement et en Santé au Travail (INREST) and the City of Sept-Îles, in partnership with the pan-Canadian project CHONe II, played host to the first International Congress on Industrial Port...
