Financial performance Ag Transport Coalition releases performance measurement update on grain February 4, 2015 WINNIPEG, Man.– The Ag Transport Coalition has released the performance measurement update for Grain Week 23 (Feb. 3). The weekly report details railway performance across a range of key indicators including…
Transportation Unifor truckers ratify new agreements February 1, 2015 MONTREAL, Que.–Members of four Unifor locals across Ontario and Quebec, after bargaining as a team, have ratified a new three-year collective agreement that includes…
Transportation Rail cars arrive at Ceres’ Northgate hub January 12, 2015 TORONTO, Ont.–Ceres Global Ag Corp. announced that 63 rail hopper cars from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway have arrived at the Corporation’s commodity logistics hub in Northgate, …
Transportation WWL vehicle services Americas expands in Mexico January 8, 2015 LYSAKER, Norway– Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has expanded its Mexico operations with the acquisition of integrated logistics provider Carlogistics. The expansion adds two facilities and nearly 100 employees to WWL’s…
Health & Safety TSB releases report into 2013 CP train derailment near White River, Ont. December 11, 2014 TORONTO, Ont.– In its investigation report (R13T0060) released today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) determined that a rail fracture caused by the impact of a broken wheel led to the…
Transportation Saint John-Digby ferry service arrives in Saint John December 3, 2014 SAINT JOHN, N.B.– The replacement vessel for the MV Princess of Acadia, which serves the Saint John, New Brunswick to Digby, Nova Scotia ferry route, has safely arrived in Saint John. The announcement was made by the Honourable…
Transportation Canada to maintain minimum grain volume requirements for railways November 30, 2014 OTTAWA, Ont.–Transport Minister Lisa Raitt and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced Saturday that minimum grain volume requirements will be extended until March 28, 2015. This measure was initially introduced in March…
Business Operations Norfolk Southern to acquire 283 miles of CP’s Delaware & Hudson track November 25, 2014 NORFOLK, Va.–Norfolk Southern Corp. (NS) has agreed to acquire 283 miles of track from Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) subsidiary, Delaware & Hudson Railway’s (D&H) between Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and Schenectady, New…
Sustainability SCAM ALERT: ADVISORY to CanadianShipper.com readers of ongoing web scam November 13, 2014 TORONTO, Ont.–CanadianShipper.com’s publishers and editors have become aware of a scam indirectly affecting our web publication. A company called Norvis International (http://www.norvislog.eu/) has been…
Sustainability Replacement vessel purchased or Saint John-Digby ferry service October 28, 2014 OTTAWA, Ont.–The Government of Canada has entered into an agreement for the purchase of a ferry vessel to replace the MV Princess of Acadia, which serves the…