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Education programs galore
2013-06-11
By Brian Dunn For the transportation and logistics sectors, there is no shortage of education programs provided by trade groups, colleges, universities and marine schools across the...
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Cornwall, Ontario college to offer logistics and supply chain management program
2013-06-11
By Brian Dunn Cornwall, an important logistics and distribution center in eastern Ontario, recently exhibited at a two-day conference and tradeshow organized by SCL Canada, as a way...
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Kamloops/Thompson School District and BCTA partner to offer professional driver training
2013-06-11
School District 73 (Kamloops/Thompson) and the BC Trucking Association (BCTA) announced they will partner to develop and deliver a Professional Driver Training Program through NorKam Secondary...
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MacDonnell Group partners with IMQ
2013-06-11
Institut maritime du Québec (IMQ) of Rimouski, Quebec has signed a partnership agreement with MacDonnell Group of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The agreement will allow both Institutions ™ to offer...
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CN to open training centres in Winnipeg and Chicago in 2014
2013-06-11
CN will be revitalizing its company-wide employee training program to meet the learning needs of CN’s current and future railroaders. The initiative will be anchored by the construction of two...
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Forwarding your Education
2013-06-11
Contribution from CIFFA The increased emphasis on meeting compliance, regulatory, and service standards has seen a rush by freight forwarders to get their employees trained and...
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Learn more about the customs brokerage
2013-06-11
Contribution from CBSA For more than twenty years, the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers (CSCB) has provided educational programs to those already employed, or seeking employment,...
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New security cameras at Montreal Gateway Terminals exceed ISPS standards
2013-06-11
By Mark Cardwell As the General Manager of Risk Management at Montreal Gateway Terminals Partnership (MGT), Frederic Provost leads the team that is in charge of constantly...
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MOL (Canada) to serve Canadian liner market directly
2013-06-11
MOL (America) Inc. and Montship, Inc. jointly announced that their liner agent agreement will expire on July 31, 2013. Accordingly, effective August 1, 2013, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. will begin...
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Davie to build two dual-fuel LNG ferries
2013-06-11
Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (“Davie”) announced it has entered into a contract with La Société des traversiers du Québec (“STQ”) to construct two new dual-fuel LNG ferries. The two...
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CN accelerating upgrade of Wisconsin branch line to accommodate ramped up frac sand production
2013-06-11
CN announced it is accelerating work on the US$33-million upgrading of its Whitehall Subdivision in Wisconsin to increase carloading capacity and train velocity for the growing frac sand supply...
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Port of Montreal open to post-Panamax ships
2013-06-11
Montreal Port Authority (MPA) is delighted with a Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) decision authorizing the passage of vessels up to 44 metres wide in the Quebec-Montreal section of the St. Lawrence...
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Slow start to Seaway season no cause for alarm
2013-06-11
By Mark Cardwell Double-digit declines in both the total amount of cargo and the number of vessels that passed through the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway system in the first full...
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CSA anniversary reception draws a political crowd
2013-06-11
By Alex Binkley Cabinet ministers and MPs along with government and transportation industry officials turned out for a reception at the Château Laurier to mark the 110th...
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Trois-Rivières inaugurates Hector-Louis Langevin Park
2013-06-11
On May 14, the new Hector-Louis-Langevin Park was inaugurated in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, named after the Member of Parliament for Trois-Rivières and Minister of Public Works of Canada, who, on...
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ZIM ranked first in Lloyds List’s Asian Shipper Sentiment Survey
2013-06-11
Lloyds List reports a “seismic shift in carriers’ performance” in the 2013 Shipper Sentiment Survey, published May 3rd, with ZIM receiving above average scores in most categories in 2013....
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Maiden voyage begins for the Thunder Bay, CSL’s third Trillium Class laker
2013-06-11
Canada Steamship Lines’ (CSL) third of four Trillium Class™ self-unloading lakers, the Thunder Bay, has set sail on its maiden voyage. At noon local time on May 29, 2013, it departed Chengxi...
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ZIM ends its first quarter with improved results
2013-06-11
ZIM ended the first quarter ending March 31 with an improvement in all operational parameters compared with the same quarter last year, and an EBITDA loss of $6 million. Despite difficult market...
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Canada’s trade surplus falls into deficit on rising imports
2013-06-11
Exports edge down after three months of solid gains - Exports edged down in April, falling 0.2 per cent mainly because of declining prices, while export volumes actually rose by 0.7 per cent a...
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Fednav increases its Great Lakes fleet
2013-06-11
Fednav Limited, the largest international maritime bulk carrier in Canada, announced the addition of six new vessels to its fleet. Ordered with Sumitomo Corporation and Oshima Shipyard, the...
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Music studio receives noteworthy contribution from Prince Rupert Port Authority
2013-06-11
Prince Rupert and Region Music Society is the latest beneficiary of Prince Rupert Port Authority’s Community Investment Fund. Following a nautical anthem performed by 40 band students, Don...
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Port of Quebec renews focus on social responsibilities
2013-06-11
Quebec Port Authority (QPA) has entrusted the development of a sustainable development strategy to Johanne Gélinas of the firm Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton. Gélinas has previously held the...
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Harper government delivers on promise affecting rail clients
2013-06-11
Delivering on a previous promise, the Harper government passed the Fair Rail Freight Service Act Bill by the House of Commons on May 30. Once adopted, the Act will encourage shippers and railways...
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