by Steven-Kenneth | Mar 28, 2022 | Ports and Terminals, Tom Peters
By Tom Peters, Craig Bell Estabrooks, Saint John Port Authority’s new President and CEO who moved into the organization’s top job in November, inherited a port that was been on a bit of a high in 2021. Bell Estabrooks was appointed to the position following the...
by CS | Mar 24, 2021 | Environment, Other, Tom Peters
By Tom Peters The federal government’s ban on cruise ships entering the country’s ports for the second straight year indicates an obvious need for diversification of revenue streams for some ports in Atlantic Canada, especially those that depend heavily on dollars...
by CanadianSailings | Nov 8, 2020 | Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, Tom Peters
By Tom Peters Major infrastructure investments at the south end container terminal in the Port of Halifax have bolstered the port’s competitive position and strengthened its claim as an international gateway for container cargo to central Canada and the U.S. Midwest....
by CanadianSailings | Mar 29, 2020 | Other, Supply Chain and Logistics, Tom Peters
By Tom Peters Maritime World Logistics, Inc. (MWL) is “just one link in the supply chain,” says Managing Director Serge DiPenta, and for more than 20 years, the Halifax-based company has grown to be a vital link in that chain, specifically in the breakbulk and project...
by CanadianSailings | Feb 26, 2020 | Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, Tom Peters
By Tom Peters A major modernization project at Port Saint John continues to move forward on schedule, says Jim Quinn, President and CEO, Saint John Port Authority (SJPA). Port Saint John, along with the federal and provincial governments, entered into an agreement in...
by CanadianSailings | Feb 26, 2020 | Other, Ports and Terminals, St. Lawrence, Seaway and Great Lakes, Tom Peters
By Tom Peters Port of Québec posted an increase in tonnage for the fourth year in a row handling approximately 28 million metric tonnes of cargo in 2019. The Port said that helping to boost that number was cargo related to the energy, steel, transportation and mining...
