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Of cause it supports common features of DotNetNuke module such as localization, portable interface, search, Syndication etc. en-US Copyright © 2010 - Canadian Sailings admin@canadiansailings.ca By JULIE GEDEON March 2, 2009 While it’s technically ­possible to navigate Arctic waters year-round, maritime ex­perts doubt it’ll happen on a regular commercial basis any time soon. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16443/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:49:15 GMT By DERMOT LOUGHNANE March 2, 2009 When we think of the shipping required for a new resource development in the high Arctic, the image that it conjures up is of a new ship with lots of steel and lots of horsepower crashing through very large pieces of ice. The challenge would then appear to be how to get the ship the distance from A to B and the torturous ice conditions that are in between. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16380/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:25:34 GMT By JULIE GEDEON March 2, 2009 The sinking of the M/S Explorer in the Antarctic in November 2007 should be sounding alarms for all polar mariners, says Alan Kessel, legal advisor for the federal Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16379/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:17:01 GMT By JULIE GEDEON March 2, 2009 Shallow depths, high tides, strong winds and a lack of marine infrastructure can make transferring cargo a drawn-out challenge in the Arctic. With only a few months of open water being certain, the last thing anyone wants is delays. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16378/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:09:37 GMT By JULIE GEDEON March 2, 2009 Wintertime shipping was out of the question for years after one of the world’s largest depos­its of nickel ore was discovered in Voisey’s Bay along Labrador’s east coast in 1993. Local Inuit vehemently objected to a ship breaking up the ice they crossed to hunt or to go to other communities. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16377/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:49:17 GMT By JULIE GEDEON March 2, 2009 Northern communities now expect to benefit directly from shipping activities in their region, according to Suzanne Paquin, president of Transport Nanuk Inc. and vice-president of Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping Inc. (NEAS). http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16375/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:23:04 GMT January 19, 2009 Morley Strachan, executive vice-president of TSI Terminal Systems, operator of Vancouver’s two largest container terminals, said it best as he stepped up to the microphone. “Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen,” he said. “Is anybody not depressed yet?” http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16445/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:01:23 GMT They said it … January 19, 2009 Ruth Sol, WESTAC president, pointing out that three years ago the conference theme was Planning for Success: “Frankly, if we had to do it all over again, I would call it, What do we do now?” http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16330/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:17:17 GMT Delegation to Asia returns with optimistic message January 19, 2009 A two-week Port Metro Vancouver delegation to Asia – Canada’s biggest offshore market – has returned with an optimistic message despite the current worldwide financial crisis. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16329/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:07:09 GMT By JACK KOHANE January 12, 2009 Today’s Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway marine transportation sector needs to chug even harder against a headwind of strong competition to stay afloat. That was the core message of the keynote address by Robert Ballantyne, president of the Canadian Industrial Transportation Association, at the fourth annual Highway H2O Conference held in Toronto. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16439/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:18:33 GMT By JACK KOHANE January 12, 2009 Today’s Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway marine transportation sector needs to chug even harder against a headwind of strong competition to stay afloat. That was the core message of the keynote address by Robert Ballantyne, president of the Canadian Industrial Transportation Association, at the fourth annual Highway H2O Conference held in Toronto. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16326/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:06:59 GMT By Jack Kohane December 29, 2008 Stock market shock, credit crunch, fluctuating fuel costs and concerns about the security of global supply chains was the sombre back story of the 77th Annual I.E.Canada (Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters) Conference held recently in Mississauga, Ont. With headlines booming the bad economic news, most delegates to this year’s event also voiced their alarm about future prospects for international trade. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16441/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:33:45 GMT By MARK WILSON December 15, 2008 Half-strength productivity at Canadian and U.S. container ports and the dismal returns container lines are getting from their fleets cannot persist, senior shipping executive Peter Keller told the third annual Canada Maritime Conference, in Vancouver. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16444/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:55:59 GMT By MARK WILSON December 15, 2008 Hunter Harrison, president and CEO of Canadian National, has a grand plan for North American railways. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16440/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:27:31 GMT By MARK WILSON December 15, 2008 A new container terminal at the Port of Prince Rupert, B.C., exceeded 50 per cent of its initial design throughput capacity within its first 11 months of operation, the Canada Maritime Conference in Vancouver was told. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16291/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:44:14 GMT By MARK WILSON December 15, 2008 Andrew Smith, president and CEO of the B.C. Maritime Employers Association, told the Canada Maritime Conference that shipowner criticisms of productivity levels at West Coast ports “carry the ring of truth.” http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16290/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:24:42 GMT By MARK WILSON December 15, 2008 Much has changed since Yuen Pau Woo, president of the Asia Pacific Foundation, spoke at the first Canada Maritime Conference in 2006 and his luncheon address at the third annual event in Vancouver, on Sept. 30. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16289/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:18:03 GMT By MARK WILSON December 15, 2008 Rome called home the legions but a financially ailing U.S. is not going to respond to ocean freight costs by summoning back manufacturing outsourced to China, David Fung, chairman of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, told the Canada Maritime Conference in Vancouver. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16288/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:08:03 GMT By TOM PETERS December 8, 2008 A streamlined supply chain is vital to the efficiency of a global economy, says a senior official with UPS. “A streamlined supply chain means that raw materials can be transformed into finished products quicker, leading to faster cash receipts and higher profitability,” said Ray de Rose, global LCL manager for UPS. “Improvements in efficiency can lower inventory requirements, economize transportation and other distribution costs, accelerate cash flow and strengthen receivables.” http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16446/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:15:46 GMT By TOM PETERS December 8, 2008 Refrigerated container cargo requires more attention and care than traditional box cargo but the additional time and cost involved produces a higher value for shipping lines, delegates to Halifax Port Days were told. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16283/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:18:55 GMT By TOM PETERS December 8, 2008 The challenge of a seaport is to facilitate trade in an increasingly secure world while operating in a financially, environmentally and socially sustainable manner. And that is no easy feat, says the president and CEO of the American Association of Port Authorities. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16282/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:37:06 GMT By MARK WILSON November 24, 2008 Montreal-based William Gottlieb, president of FIATA, the global umbrella organization for associations of freight forwarders in 98 countries, believes that members can adapt if customers reduce their reliance on manufacturing in distant countries with low labour costs. The partial retreat from offshore suppliers would be due to fuel surcharges driving up the cost of ocean shipping. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16285/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:03:12 GMT By KATHLYN HORIBE November 17, 2008 In October, the board of directors of the Montreal Port Authority approved the MPA’s five-year business plan for the period 2009-2013. “We can now commit the necessary funds to carry out Phase 1 and 2 of Vision 2020, our major expansion project,” said Patrice M. Pelletier, president and CEO of the MPA. “It is the port’s first expansion in decades.” http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16442/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:38:15 GMT November 17, 2008 Sustainable development is taking centre stage at the port as a result of Vision 2020, the Montreal Port Authority’s 12-year strategic development plan. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16246/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:27:04 GMT November 17, 2008 The Port of Montreal is once again chalking up record growth. In the first nine months of 2008, container tonnage was up 10.1 per cent over the same period in 2007. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16245/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:20:52 GMT By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS October 27, 2008 The Saint John Port Authority recently hosted the Association of Canadian Port Authorities’ 50th Annual General Meeting and Conference, celebrating the milestone golden anniversary of the ports group. This year’s theme, Ports – The Canadian Advantage, featured high-profile speakers including Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon, networking opportunities and Maritime fun. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16292/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:11:43 GMT CANADA-U.S. TRADE SPECIAL REPORT No shortage of challenges for cross-border trade By KATHLYN HORIBE June 30, 2008 The North American Free Trade Agreement, which marks its 15th anniversary in October, was in the news recently but not because of the celebrations. To garner votes in Pennsylvania, Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton blamed NAFTA for job losses and vowed to “fix” the agreement for American workers. When the campaigns shifted to Montana and South Dakota, which benefits from NAFTA agriculture exports, their strategies changed. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16120/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 01 Jan 0001 06:00:00 GMT BREAKBULK SPECIAL REPORT Capacity, service, rates, containers among big challenges facing breakbulk industry in Canada By KATHLYN HORIBE September 8, 2008 A multitude of challenges is afflicting the breakbulk industry in Canada to the point, freight forwarders say, that frustration is a palpable daily occurrence. Demand is outpacing capacity, there is a real need for better customer service from carriers and railways, rates have soared and customers are moving their cargo over to containers. To top it all off, relationships that were once the backbone of the industry are now adversarial. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16133/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 01 Jan 0001 06:00:00 GMT BREAKBULK SPECIAL REPORT Numerous trends evolving in breakbulk sector By KATHLYN HORIBE September 8, 2008 In the breakbulk industry, a number of trends are evolving despite the myriad challenges currently ongoing in the marketplace. “Definitely a shift of breakbulk cargoes into and onto containers is a trend due to the fact that breakbulk vessels are not available, and freight rates for traditional breakbulk vessels continue to hit new record highs,” said Jan Beringer, president and CEO of Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada Inc. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16134/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 01 Jan 0001 06:00:00 GMT BREAKBULK SPECIAL REPORT Market demands affecting carriers By KATHLYN HORIBE September 8, 2008 Due the cyclical nature of breakbulk commodities such as steel, Canadian carriers, among them Fednav Limited, are reducing capacity. In comparison, shipping companies like BigLift Shipping, which specialize in carrying project cargoes with heavy-lift vessels, are reporting full ships due to strong market conditions. According to the Canadian Steel Producers Association, over half of the steel consumed domestically in Canada is imported. In 2007, steel imports totalled 8 million tonnes, compared to 10 million tonnes the previous year. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16135/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 01 Jan 0001 06:00:00 GMT BREAKBULK SPECIAL REPORT Fewer forest products, less imported steel hurting terminal operators By KATHLYN HORIBE September 8, 2008 Closures of forestry mills, decreased steel imports, a push towards containerization and a lack of vessel capacity are the major challenges afflicting Canada’s terminal operators that handle breakbulk. “In Eastern Canada, we’ve been affected by the fragility of and the closures in the forest products industry,” said Madeleine Paquin, president and CEO of Logistec Corporation. The company’s stevedoring division provides diversified cargo services at some 20 ports in Eastern Canada, the Great Lakes and the U.S. East Coast. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16136/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 01 Jan 0001 06:00:00 GMT BREAKBULK SPECIAL REPORT Cost, planning among biggest challenges to service oil and gas sector By KATHLYN HORIBE September 8, 2008 Many breakbulk transportation specialists service Canada’s oil and gas sector by co-ordinating the inland movement of over-dimensional equipment such as reactors and turbines. Total Canadian crude oil production – conventional, oilsands and Atlantic offshore – is projected to increase from 2.7 million barrels per day in 2007 to almost 4.5 million barrels per day in 2020, according to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. CAPP made this prediction in its annual crude oil production, supply, markets and pipelines outlook for 2008. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16137/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 01 Jan 0001 06:00:00 GMT BREAKBULK SPECIAL REPORT Wind turbines blow through Port of Saint John By CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS September 8, 2008 Saint John is a prominent transportation centre for the energy sector including petroleum, natural gas, nuclear, petroleum coke and limestone for power plant scrubbers. But lately the answer has been blowing in the wind. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16138/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 01 Jan 0001 06:00:00 GMT BREAKBULK SPECIAL REPORT Halifax handles refinery furnace components September 8, 2008 A large shipment of furnace components for the Imperial Oil refinery in Dartmouth, N.S., was completed recently at the Port of Halifax’s Ocean Terminals facility. The http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16139/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 01 Jan 0001 06:00:00 GMT BREAKBULK SPECIAL REPORT The ‘art’ of project cargoes:a forwarder’s perspective By GUY TOMBS September 8, 2008 Heavy equipment and project cargoes make for excellent photographs, and images of them often grace shipping publications. Putting together the logistics for an international door-to-door move of a large truck or military tank or boat certainly gets the adrenaline going … because of the stakes involved. Due to the nature of the risks, careful planning with good information and reliable partners will avoid hair-raising misadventures. http://www.canadiansailings.ca/Archive/tabid/120/selectmoduleid/500/ArticleID/16140/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 01 Jan 0001 06:00:00 GMT