Protect and promote the economic interests of the St. Lawrence maritime community from a sustainable development perspective
The latest MIS newsletter is now on line. This 8th Maritime Information System (MIS) newsletter features a summary of the tonnages handled in Québec CPAs in 2017 and an analysis of the loading rates for certain foreign ships that operated on the St. Lawrence and Saguenay over the past three years.
The St. Lawrence Economic Development Council (SODES) is pleased to announce that, in 2018, the 5th edition of its event SODES Rendez-vous will be held under the banner Energy Transition and Shipping: More Green than Blue.
SODES welcomes: The Quebec Gatineau Railway, la Société du port ferroviaire de Baie-Comeau-Hauterive (SOPOR) and Amundsen Science.
Increasingly successful with each year, the contest reaches out to some 1500 young people divided over 57 schools, 23 school boards and 13 Québec regions.
No one could have predicted that what started as a Paquin-family owned and operated business in Québec City, QC in 1952, focusing on stevedoring and cargo handling along the shores of the St. Lawrence River, would one day become one of Canada’s most successful business stories.
Personne n’aurait pu prédire que l’entreprise fondée par la famille Paquin à Québec (Québec) en 1952, laquelle se consacrait à l’arrimage et à la manutention de cargaison sur les rives du fleuve Saint-Laurent, deviendrait l’une des sociétés les plus prospères du Canada.
Composed of representatives of the marine industry, environmental stakeholders, governments and the general public, the Navigation Coordination Committee was set up in 1998 after studies conducted by various St. Lawrence Plan stakeholders showed that commercial navigation and recreational boating had environmental impacts.
The 2018 budget announced yesterday by the Federal Government is based on equality and aim at giving a place to some disadvantaged groups. For science, Government injects an important sum via funds. With this approach, the 2018-2019 budget plans to invest almost $4 billion in the country scientific research system.
The February 2018 edition, featuring Maurice Richard, Société du parc industriel et portuaire de Bécancour, President and CEO, is now online!
Québec-Océan is a group of scientists and their partners involved in oceanographic research. More than 200 members from six Québec universities, various government departments and NGOs collaborate to develop oceanography, train students and transfer knowledge.