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Statistics Canada
Canada's exports rose 1.3 percent in April, due mainly to higher exports of gold. Imports decreased 1.4%, mostly on lower imports of aircraft. As a result, Canada's merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed from $2.3 billion in March to $966 million in April, the lowest deficit since October 2018.
In real (or volume) terms, exports were up 2.0 percent and imports fell 1.9 percent.
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Successful Farming
Canada has shipped the most wheat to China in 14 years, contrasting a sudden halt in canola trade amid a diplomatic dispute between the countries, as Chinese buyers shunned the United States.
China bought 1.5 million tonnes of wheat from Canada from August 2018 through April 2019, nearly double the pace a year earlier and the most since 2004-05, according to Canadian Grain Commission data.
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World Cargo News
The Container Owners Association (COA), the international organisation representing the common interests of freight container owners, has announced that its Telematics/Track Trace Work Group plans to launch "an open standard (at the application layer level) to permit interoperability of telematics device data from the various solution providers in the maritime shipping sector," a move it described as "unprecedented."
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Valuepart Worldwide
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At Valuepart, we know the importance of providing you with fast availability of our quality undercarriage and repair parts inventory. This is why we maintain one of the largest North American networks of Depots and Warehouse facilities in the industry.
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AAR
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 8, 2019.
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 513,099 carloads and intermodal units, down 8.5 percent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending June 8 were 246,758 carloads, down 9.1 percent compared with the same week in 2018, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 266,341 containers and trailers, down 8.0 percent compared to 2018.
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Canadian Shipper
CN proudly marked its 100th anniversary. CN was created by an Act of Parliament in Canada on June 6, 1919, and has since contributed continuously to Canada's economy and prosperity. CN’s anniversary will be marked in the Parliament of Canada through member statements in the House of Commons and in the Senate.
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Canadian Shipper
Canadian Pacific is using its strategic land holdings to support sustainable, profitable growth and alleviate capacity and congestion issues for automakers shipping to and from Vancouver with the opening of its new Vancouver Automotive Compound (VAC).
The VAC is in a prime location to handle vehicles made in North America for distribution in British Columbia, northern Washington State and parts of Alberta, as well as vehicles imported through the Port of Vancouver.
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Government of Canada
The Government of Canada is committed to improving road safety in order to keep all Canadian road users safe. Commercial driver fatigue is a long-standing road safety issue, and that's why the Government is taking new measures to address this issue.
Today, the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, is mandating the use of electronic logging devices by federally regulated commercial truck and bus operators.
This new requirement will come into force on June 12, 2021, and will replace paper-based daily logbooks. This requirement builds on the regulatory proposal that was published in Canada Gazette, Part I on December 16, 2017.
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Canadian Shipper
The federal government and the province of Manitoba announced funding to improve the fuel efficiency of heavy-duty vehicles.
This funding will provide truck drivers or trucking companies with incentives for fuel‑saving devices and retrofitting on heavy-duty freight trucks. This is a practical program that supports Manitoba’s trucking sector to reduce carbon pollution, increase economic competitiveness, and save money on fuel.
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Supply Chain Quarterly
Fast-changing customer needs require digitally networked and autonomous supply chains, but just a quarter of supply chains currently have such advanced capabilities, according to a recent Supply Chain Reinvention Survey by consulting firm EY Americas.
Digitally networked supply chains connect suppliers and customers via the cloud or by directly integrating data, with end-to-end visibility up and down the supply chain, according to the study's authors.
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Canadian Shipper
Lufthansa Cargo is now offering its customers wide-ranging, digital cargo acceptance and delivery services as part of its eFreight initiative. Valuable time can be saved through the use of self-service terminals and related apps for mobile devices as well as the digital transfer of shipment data and status updates between the airline and customers. Before delivery, the PreCheck service verifies the completeness and consistency of the data transferred.
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Air Cargo Week
WestJet has renewed its ULD management partnership with Jettainer for another five-years, extending the contract two years before expiring.
The Canadian airline has grown significantly since the partnership started in 2015, including taking delivery of the first of 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in January.
The number of containers and pallets to be controlled has been increased from around 350 to 2,000 units.
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By Matt Falcus
 A new governing structure over the way airport slots are allocated and managed has been agreed upon by three industry associations. It is hoped that this arrangement will benefit passengers as air travel increases and more airports feel the pressure of demand. The agreement came at a meeting in Seoul, South Korea, and sees Airports Council International (ACI) World, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and the Worldwide Airport Coordinators Group (WWACG) agreeing to the new structure for the Worldwide Slot Guidelines (WSG) — a set of standards published by IATA for the management of airport slots.
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Government of Canada
Ballast water, which is important for the safety and stability of vessels, can also introduce and spread aquatic invasive species like the zebra mussel in Canada. Generally irreversible, these invasions can harm plants and animals, contribute to algal blooms, degrade beaches, impair fisheries and disrupt infrastructure. To further protect Canadian waters from the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species, the Government is proposing new Ballast Water Regulations.
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Lloyd's Loading List
The US-China trade war is prompting major shifts in goods flows, impacting all modes of transport, according to a number of new studies into the impact of trade tariffs.
As reported in Lloyd’s Loading List, Europe has multiple opportunities to benefit from the conflict even as it suffers from lower growth forecasts, not least by negotiating better trade arrangements and economic access with China.
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The Maritime Executive
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) has announced that Hands-Free Mooring (HFM) technology is fully deployed throughout the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The new technology revolutionizes the method for locking vessels through the Seaway and is the most important technological advance since the Seaway's opening in 1959.
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Canadian Shipper
DP World announced it will run ports that Russia plans to build along the northern sea route (NSR) in the Arctic to shorten shipping times between the east and west.
The Russian Direct Investment Fund — being an investment fund of the Russian Federation, investing together with foreign investors in Russian assets; ROSATOM — the infrastructure operator of the NSR; Norilsk Nickel — the world leader in the production of palladium and high-quality nickel, and DP World have agreed to jointly implement a project for the integrated development of the NSR.
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Daily Commercial News
The Quebec Port Authority (QPA) has signed a long-term commercial agreement with Hutchison Ports and Canadian National Railway, to build and operate the new container terminal, known as project Laurentia.
Hutchison Ports was selected after a competitive process in which QPA invited the leading international port operators to provide proposals to participate in the project.
The agreement stipulates that Hutchison Ports will build the most environmentally and technologically advanced cargo-handling facility in North America, indicates a release.
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Chamber of Marine Commerce
After ice blocked many ships from reaching ports in April, the latest numbers show that cargo shipments via the St. Lawrence Seaway rebounded following a busy May. According to The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, shipments from March 22 to May 31 totaled 8.3 million metric tons, equaling last year's strong performance.
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The Loadstar
Shippers and forwarders that The Loadstar spoke to at Transport Logistic in Munich this week expressed concerns over the decreasing circle of carrier options open to them on tradelanes around the world.
A number were also confused over the bunker surcharge policy of container lines in respect to the IMO 2020 low-sulphur regulations.
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MarineLink
Around 80 percent of global trade is carried by sea. With more than 125,000 commercial and naval vessels operating around the world, ship-engine emissions are projected to rise by 250 percent by 2050 unless controls are imposed. Pollution from ship engines is so significant that in 2016 the International Maritime Organization (IMO) issued "IMO 2020 Rule" to cut fuel sulfur content 86 percent by the year 2020.
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Canadian Shipper
The Port of Halifax is providing additional visibility on expected container vessel arrival times. A Vessel Forecast Summary (VFS) application is now live on the Port of Halifax Operations Centre; cargo owners and port service providers including terminal operators, pilots, tug operators, truckers and CN Rail now have access to an accurate estimate of container vessel arrivals at the Port of Halifax.
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ENR
A planned expansion by the Prince Rupert Port Authority may propel the northern British Columbia, Canada, port into the second busiest in Canada.
A recently announced terminal master plan showcases the sequencing of development at the Port of Prince Rupert with the long-term potential to develop six to seven million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit) of capacity through the development of multiple terminals at the port site located just south of the Alaska border.
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CIFFA
CIFFA was in attendance at the Journal of Commerce Canada Trade Conference from June 3 to 5 in Toronto.
Public Affairs Manager Julia Kuzeljevich spoke on a panel that discussed the regulatory landscape for ports, forwarders and shippers.
Panelists, who also included Bob Ballantyne, President, Freight Management Association of Canada, Dr. Mary Brooks, Professor Emerita, Rowe School of Business, Dalhousie University, Robert Lewis-Manning, President, Chamber of Shipping, and Cathy Toxopeus, Assistant Director, Canada Border Services Agency, discussed the top issues dominating the regulatory landscape, including the IMO's 2020 date for ships to comply with the low-sulphur fuel oil requirement, CBSA container examinations and plans for more metrics around the process, requirements for cleanliness standards in marine containers, preclearance initiatives such as eManifest and Single Window, and the ongoing ports modernization consultation process initiated by Transport Canada.
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