At the last Surface Transportation Summit which took place in mid-October, the panelists have considered the question of the effectiveness of outsourcing to a third party to carry out transport logistics. The kickoff of the session was given by sharing the results of the annual survey published in Canadian Shipper about Canadian third party logistics …
The Premier of Québec, Philippe Couillard, accompanied by Minister of Transport and Minister responsible for the Montreal region, Robert Poëti and several other ministers, unveiled its new action plan for transportation electrification on October 9. The Plan d’action en électrification des transports 2015-2020 has a budget of over $ 420 million and has the following objectives: …
Clearpath Robotics, a global designer of field and service robotics, has built a self-driving warehouse robot: OTTO. OTTO is designed for intelligent heavy-load transport in industrial environments and is intended to deliver improved throughput and decreased operating costs. Modern factories and warehouses need to be reconfigurable, responsive and efficient to meet the growing demand for …
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The ports of Antwerp and Montreal have renewed their collaboration agreement for another three years. The announcement was made jointly by both port authorities during the visit of Jean D’Amour, Minister of Transport of Quebec and the implementation of maritime strategy. The collaboration agreement was signed between Antwerp and Montreal in 2013. The agreement now …
The weakness of the Canadian dollar will have various implications for the industry of the manufacture of food products in the coming years, according to a recent report on Canada’s Food Manufacturing Industry published by the Conference Board of Canada. A weak dollar should benefit the food industry exporters, the report said. The Canadian dollar …