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All those unfilled positions …

2013-06-11

By Brian Dunn

The trucking and rail industries face a similar dilemma as the shipping industry with an ageing workforce and a lot of unfilled positions. The Canadian Trucking Human...

Shipowners find crewing a challenge

2013-06-11

By Brian Dunn

The difficulty of attracting and retaining young workers for operational positions continues to challenge shipowners, according to Canfornav, which operates a fleet of...

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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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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,...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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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