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Transera’s Marr named to list of Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year
Rosemary Marr, president and CEO of 3PL services provider Transera Group of Companies has been honored with a 2001 Rotman Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the export category. Her Calgary- based company handles all types of cargo…
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Aliana to launch new east coast South America – US. Gulf project cargo/breakbulk service
Aliana Navegacao & Logistica Ltda. announced today that it will commence a new service at the beginning of November, focusing on the needs of breakbulk, project and rolling cargo shippers and operating between key ports of East Coast South America,…
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Economic activity slumps in June
Economic activity receded 0.2% in June, largely erasing a 0.3% gain in May, reports Statistics Canada. It was the economy’s largest monthly decline in more than a year and reflective of second quarter GDP growth that came in at a…
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Call goes out for trade mission to Turkey and Greece
Canadian companies are being invited to participate in a trade mission to explore and develop commercial opportunities in the markets of Greece and Turkey. The tour, organized by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and led by International…
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Trimac shuffles its management ranks
Trimac Transportation, recently privatized and reorganized to focus exclusively on its bulk trucking and third party logistics services, is now announcing a shuffling of its senior management ranks. Jeff McCaig has assumed the position of President and CEO. of Trimac…
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Rising costs more of a threat to motor carrier profitability than declining freight volumes
The threat of economic recession is still more a media-manufactured phenomenon than a statistical reality, the latest economic figures show. What’s hurting motor carriers more than a recession-driven slowdown in freight volumes is rising costs. Manufacturing shipments in rose 0.3…
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What recession? Most economic sectors post modest gains in January
Never mind all the economic doom and gloom in the media, the Canadian economy is still chugging along with enough strength to ward off recession. Gross domestic product rose 0.3% in January, the same pace as in December. Most sectors…
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December records marginal growth in GDP but transportation and warehousing do well
Continued weakness in manufacturing held the gross domestic product to a 0.2 percent gain in December, according to Statistics Canada. Although that’s meagre growth, it’s still growth, which means that for at least another month the hounds of recession have…