Marine Auto Logistics Drive Port Activity
Marine Transportaion Auto Logistics Drive Port Activity Two trends within the automobile import trade are driving port activity levels. The emergence of a small number [...]
Marine Transportaion Auto Logistics Drive Port Activity Two trends within the automobile import trade are driving port activity levels. The emergence of a small number [...]
Green technology use in maritime transport is having an impact. The Paris Agreement on Climate Change was signed by 175 countries in April 2016. The IMO Marine Environment [...]
Ensuring the Vancouver Gateway's logistic infrastructure is future ready was a timely keynote addresss to the 2016 BCIT International Business Management Program (IBMP) Showcase. It [...]
Canada’s cruise advantages for ports is witnessed by nearly 2 million passengers per year. The country has a variety of cruise regions including the Pacific [...]
Trade agreements lift cool cargo volume. As a visit to Granville Island Market demonstrates the world’s hunger for fresh fruit, meat and perishable foods has [...]
Authors Philip Davies, Principal, Davies Transportation Consulting Inc. and Michael E Kieran Transportation Consulting Principal IBI Group presented a paper on “Port Congestion and Drayage [...]
The ability for British Columbia’s ports to handle project logistics will be a key contributor to the economic development of Western Canada. According to the [...]
The trucking drayage sector is vital to the cargo fluidity of Canada’s dominant container trade served by Port of Vancouver as the conduit through the [...]
Current public interest in the marine oil spill hazard is high. Transport Canada recently initiated a national review of the ship-sourced oil spill regime, and [...]
The Gulf Cooperation Council rail logistics opportunities will come from a network that is intended to enhance connectivity. The network would effectively bring businesses closer [...]
On March 18, 2013, the Canadian federal government announced the creation of the Tanker Safety Expert Panel. Captain Gordon Houston was Chair of the Tanker [...]
Overseas natural gas liquids are now on the horizon for Canada’s energy trade mix. Natural Resources Canada indicates that raw natural gas is mostly comprised [...]
A Inland terminal can drive gateway growth. Economist Phil Davies observed, “Total North American Pacific Coast container traffic reached 24.7 million TEU’s in 2014, finally [...]
Marine Environmental Response – Canada’s Ship-Source Oil Pollution Regime An effective marine environmental response is a need for many coastal nations where the transportation of [...]
The Port of Prince Rupert trade & learning gateway supports the increased demand for effective logistics solutions. Total West Coast container traffic reached 24.7 million [...]
On February 20, Bill C-52, the Safe and Accountable Rail Act was introduced into Parliament. The proposed oil by rail transport legislation offers amendments to both The Canada Transportation [...]
Port congestion and drayage efficiency issues have re-emerged as significant challenges for North American container ports with the recovery of container traffic to previous peaks. [...]
Commercial and regulatory changes are fuelling improvements in ship emissions. In this April 2015, BC Shipping News Fuelling Improvements in Ship Emissions Darryl Anderson explores global and local [...]
The Canadian Minister of Transport announced the creation of the Emergency Response Task Force under the Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate (TDG Directorate) on April 23, [...]
At Cargo Logistics Canada 2015 BC Shipping News and Wave Point Consulting presented the results of the Surface Transportation Annual Review at the Gateway Logistics Performance & Challenges session. [...]
In keeping with Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transportation North Americas’ (CILTNA) goals of educating its members and promoting professionalism in the logistics and transportation [...]
BC Shipping News has teamed up with Wave Point Consulting to undertake the second Surface Transportation Annual Review (STA) Survey. The survey provides vital information on [...]
Pacific Coast marine traffic is increasing as Canada relies heavily on a competitive international shipping industry to transport its trade with countries other than the [...]
Ocean shipping matters to Canada. New international markets are becoming increasingly important to our economic future. However, geopolitical risk is a potential threat to Canada’s [...]
Canada is seeking to be an LNG exporter. Canada’s moving LNG target presents some obstacles that need to be overcome before this can happen. The [...]
Implementing trade compliance best practice is required to seize the opportunities associated with Canada’s renewed trade policy agenda. Competitiveness depends on shifting the topic of trade compliance [...]
On June 25, 2014, the federal Transport Minister launched a review of the transportation economic and associated regulations in Canada. The study provides a once [...]
Is the present state of Canadian Arctic shipping infrastructure sufficient? No, Canadian Arctic freight shipping and cruise tourism infrastructure are underdeveloped. The International Chamber of [...]
The impact of the Panama Canal expansion project on global supply chains has been a subject of intense interest in the shipping sector. Panama Canal [...]
The topic of port trucking strikes has generated considerable interest from freight shippers. The Surface Annual Transportation Annual Review survey results revealed that problems at marine container [...]