by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 30, 2022 | Alex Binkley, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Alex Binkley More than 38 million tonnes of cargo passed through the St. Lawrence Seaway during 2021, up about one per cent from its 2020 results even though grain shipments dropped by 20 per cent compared to the previous year, The St. Lawrence Seaway Management...
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...
by CS | Oct 25, 2021 | Brian Dunn, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Brian Dunn According to CargoM, the Logistics and Transportation Cluster of Metropolitan Montreal, last year was the worst in its eight -year history. This year may even be tougher, said CargoM Executive Director Mathieu Charbonneau. “We had a second (longshoremen)...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Alex Binkley, Ocean, Other, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Alex Binkley Robin Silvester, President and CEO of Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, probably spoke for many in the marine sector when he reflected on the past year. “In many ways, these last twelve months have felt as eventful as the last twelve years. 2020 has...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Brian Dunn, Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Brian Dunn Port of Montreal When the pandemic hit last March, any hope by anyone connected with the port of Montreal that it could surpass the records of 1.75 million TEUs and 40.6 million tonnes of total cargo that it set in 2019 evaporated. The pandemic, coupled...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Brian Dunn, Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes
By Brian Dunn An ambitious $775 million expansion project at the port of Quebec is facing a lot of push back from several organizations. The project, backed by CN, is a deep-water container terminal known as Laurentia terminal. It is being reviewed by the federal...