Saint John, NB, Canada / Country 94
Jun 1, 2021 | 5:22 PM
The Hapag-Lloyd vessel Detroit Express carrying international containers bound for locations across North America sits at Port Saint John. (Image: Port Saint John/Twitter)
Port Saint John’s CEO says 2020 was a successful year, despite challenges created by the pandemic.
Revenue fell by more than 30 per cent to $16.5 million as the cruise ship industry came to a standstill last year.
According to the
port’s annual report, it was the first year since 1988 that Saint John did not have any cruise visits.
But Jim Quinn said the port was also able to reduce costs, allowing it to keep a full workforce and forge ahead with projects.
Minister Richardson meets with Customs Department to discuss improving operations sintmaartengov.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sintmaartengov.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Published: 24 May 2021
PHILIPSBURG: - The Honorable Minister of Justice, Ms. Anna E. Richardson, recently met with Head of Customs, Mr. Anthony Doran, and members of the Management team; Mr. Franklin Bernadina & Mr. Otto de Vries, to discuss the operations of the Customs departments, along with the yearly planning to get an overview of the team’s executions and the financial statistics. This meeting was requested by the minister as a way to build a stronger working relationship through information exchange and open dialogue to identify ways in which the ministry can be of support. The Minister has scheduled meetings with all department heads in the coming weeks to further discuss their operations and gain more insight as to how they can be facilitated in optimizing their duties.
Part of the Saltchuk family of companies, Tropical Shipping operates facilities in selected seaside ports to meet customers’ freight-shipping needs to and from the Caribbean and the Bahamas. Tropical Shipping operates.
Image 1: Kalmar Straddle Carrier Image 1: Kalmar Straddle Carrier Image 2: Kalmar Reachstacker Image 2: Kalmar Reachstacker CARGOTEC CORPORATION, PRESS RELEASE, 24 MAY 2021 AT 3 PM (EEST)Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has concluded agreements to supply American cargo and logistics operator Tropical Shipping with two Kalmar Gloria reachstackers and three Kalmar diesel-electric straddle carriers. The orders were booked in Cargotec's 2021 Q2 order intake, and the delivery of all units is scheduled to be completed in Q4 2021. Part of the Saltchuk family of companies, Tropical Shipping is a leader in quality, on-time transportation solutions. From Canada to South Florida, the company operates state-of-the-art facilities in selected seaside ports to meet the customers’ freight-shipping needs to and from the Caribbean and the Bahamas. Tropical Shipping operates a large fleet of Kalmar equipment. The new reachstackers will be operated at the company’s terminals in St. Thomas and