by Leo Ryan May 07, 2019
Quebec’s Desgagnés Group innovates with polar class dual fuel tankers
Based at the Port of Quebec on the St. Lawrence River, the privately-owned Desgagnés Group has been steadily raising its profile not only in North America but on various shipping lanes around the globe. Attracting industry attention especially has been the introduction of the world’s first polar class dual fuel oil/chemical tankers.
Leading Canadian East Coast container ports mapping future
Canadian ports of Montreal and Halifax investing for the future.
Red flag raised on Canada’s west coast port breakbulk capabilities
Jan-Ludwig Beringer, CEO of Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada Inc., says Canada’s west coast ports aren’t up to the task of handling project cargos.
Regulatory logjam has cost C$100 billion in cancelled resource projects
A freshly-released think-tank report shows billions of dollars in planned spending on resource projects in Canada has rapidly evaporated, and a further drop should be expected unless there are substantial amendments to the federal government’s planned regulatory overhaul in controversial legislation presently being considered by parliament.
Vanterm terminal reopening
An Evergreen ship, the Ever Summit, that struck a gantry crane at the GCT Vanterm container facility in the Port of Vancouver on January 28 has been freed through recovery operations and is expected to depart on Thursday morning, announced GCT spokesperson Louanne Wong.
Delayed progress of recovery operations at Vanterm
Recovery work is continuing at the GCT Vanterm container facility in the Port of Vancouver where all cargo-handling has ceased since the collapse last Monday of a gantry crane struck by an Evergreen ship, the Ever Summit.
Recovery operations progress after crane collapse at Vancouver container terminal
There appears to have been some shipping delays but no major cargo diversions as a result of the collapse of a gantry crane struck by Evergreen’s 7,000-TEU Ever Summit vessel berthing last Monday at one of the four container terminals at the Port of Vancouver.
Record massive load mesmerizes Albertans
Inter Pipeline’s Alberta petrochemical project boasts heaviest road movement in the history of the western Canadian province.
EU Commission lauds CETA benefits for European exporters
For the European Commission, the verdict is clear: the EU-Canada free trade agreement has been a success well before entering its second year this past fall.
Canada-EU free trade agreement boosts maritime cargo
While tariff issues with the U.S. are dominating the headlines, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the EU has quietly eliminated 95% of all the tariffs on maritime trade.
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