BC SHIPPING
Contents
NEWS
June 2016 Volume 6 Issue 5
Cover Story
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Editor’s note
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In brief
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By Jane McIvor
Industry traffic and news briefs
Industry insight
The journey to success Ron Brinkhurst, President, Tidal Transport & Trading Ltd. The journey from superintendent to president has been fraught with “sleepness nights and hair falling out” but as Ron describes, it starts with one piece of business, and then another, and then another...
Vancouver’s first grain elevator turns 100 By Lea Edgar
21 Terminals
Sustained container growth has terminals in a scramble By Ray Dykes
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History lesson
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Container ships A race to the bottom By Syd Heal
Ship recycling
State of the art: Global ship recycling By Jeffrey Smith
Spill response
B.C. company finds international success with oil spill response equipment
50 Environment
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Ports
PAPA recognized as economic engine
Clear Seas
Clear Seas workshop promotes collaboration By Colin Laughlan
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Setting the pace for green technology use in maritime transport By Darryl Anderson
Legal affairs
What’s in a word? Security interests in fishing licences and fishery quota entitlements By Roger Tangry
Green Marine
Expanding verification: New Green Marine verifiers By Françoise Quintas
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Air quality
Port of Vancouver’s Emissions Inventory By Colin Laughlan
On the cover: The MSC Fabienne at Deltaport (photo: BC Shipping News); above: Nanaimo’st Duke Point (photo: David Mailloux, Nanaimo Port Authority); right: Example of ship recycling (photo source: www.isranetwork.com); left: Ron Brinkhurst, President, Tidal Transport & Trading Ltd. (photo: Dave Roels)
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