Timothy Renshaw
Castanet
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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B.C. liquefied natural gas project helping to decarbonize West Coast tug and barge sector
The liquefied natural gas set to flow through LNG Canada’s Kitimat export terminal has accelerated the greening of West Coast tug and barge operations. → Read More
BC Chamber of Commerce blasts cost, complications of doing business in the province
The volume in the pre-budget call for action to stem the rising tide of costs and complications of doing business in B.C. is getting louder. → Read More
Dockworkers urge Trudeau to sink port’s $3.5B Terminal 2 expansion project
The union representing Port of Vancouver dockworkers has delivered a strong thumbs-down to the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s (VFPA) proposed multibillion-dollar container terminal expansion project at Roberts Bank. → Read More
Surrey business group pushes provincial tax system review
City of Surrey's board of trade says financial, red tape and debt burdens are burying business innovation and enterprise → Read More
GVBOT workforce report targets B.C.'s labour market challenges
Greater Vancouver Board of Trade rolls out road map to address B.C.’s rapidly rising skills deficit and labour shortage → Read More
Supply chain relief on the horizon for importers, exporters
Retailers and other businesses that depend on transpacific imports and exports could soon be swapping loses for wins in the supply chain waiting game. → Read More
Takeover bid targets parent company of Vancouver’s Seaspan Corp.
A consortium that includes the world's sixth largest maritime container shipping company wants to take over the parent company of Vancouver-based Seaspan, the world’s largest lessor of container ships. → Read More
Takeover bid targets parent company of Vancouver’s Seaspan Corp.
A consortium that includes the world's sixth largest maritime container shipping company wants to take over the parent company of Vancouver-based Seaspan, the world’s largest lessor of container ships. → Read More
Why electrification is the road less travelled for commercial truck fleets in North America
Trucks, truckers and trucking companies are going to play a significant role in greening the supply chain in B.C. and elsewhere in North America. But how soon will they be ready, willing and able to embrace electrification and ditch diesel? → Read More
Why electrification is the road less travelled for commercial truck fleets in North America
Trucks, truckers and trucking companies are going to play a significant role in greening the supply chain in B.C. and elsewhere in North America. But how soon will they be ready, willing and able to embrace electrification and ditch diesel? → Read More
BC at the bottom of global port efficiency index
In the world cup of port efficiency, the west coast of North America is hovering around relegation status. → Read More
Cargo congestion easing, but port deliveries still below pre-pandemic level
Containerized cargo congestion on the transpacific trade loop appears to be easing, but maritime freight delivery efficiency and reliability are still far below pre-pandemic standards. → Read More
No relief in sight for global supply chain congestion, say experts
The weather is getting brighter, but the outlook for containerized goods arrival times is not. → Read More
Global marine container cargo considerations for 2021
Marine cargo carriers and terminals navigated 2020’s pandemic storm better than predicted. But the COVID-19 disruption that blindsided the world’s economy exposed the sector’s supply chain deficiencies and accelerated technology overhaul priorities. → Read More
Shipping’s new imperative: continual crisis management
Analysis | Earnings up in turbulent times for Vancouver’s Seaspan Corp. and other major marine cargo players → Read More
2020 economic outlook grim for global container cargo shipping sector
It will be all hands on deck to keep container shipping companies in B.C. and elsewhere around the world from taking on water in the COVID-19 storm. → Read More
Rough road ahead for West Coast container cargo truckers
No washrooms, no diners, no one in warehouse receiving departments at the end of the road. Truckers working North America’s West Coast hit a lot of speed bumps when the COVID-19 curtain fell on the North American economy in March. → Read More
B.C.'s container terminal operators brace for virus impact
COVID-19’s rapid erosion of world travel and trade has yet to significantly disrupt operations at B.C.’s largest container cargo terminals. But increased border closures and travel restrictions and global economic stagnation will inevitably slow goods demand and freight flow around the world. → Read More
Seaspan makes more asset management makeover moves
Vancouver-based Seaspan Corp. (NYSE:SSW) has finalized the US$380 million purchase of six container ships in a deal that underscores the ship owner’s expansion and diversification ambitions in the volatile global marine cargo sector. → Read More
LNG to power BC Ferries to a lower-carbon future
Steering a fleet of passenger ferries to greener waters requires a different set of charts than the one global freight carriers use. → Read More