Protect and promote the economic interests of the St. Lawrence maritime community from a sustainable development perspective
Cargo shipments to ports on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River waterway generate CDN$60 billion worth of economic activity and 328,500 jobs in Canada and the U.S. That breaks down to 181,000 jobs and CDN$26 billion in economic activity in Ontario and Quebec.
The Montreal Port Authority (the MPA) and the Fonds de solidarité FTQ (the Fonds) announced today that they have signed an agreement to create the Partenariat de financement logistique Fonds de solidarité FTQ – Port de Montréal, making $100 million available to companies with a development project in Greater Montreal connected with the Port’s logistics chain.
On June 14, at its luncheon conference at Aquarium du Québec, SODES welcomed Québec Premier Philippe Couillard and Minister for Maritime Affairs Jean D’Amour.
The SODES scholarship recipient is Armand Raoul Nkouamou Nanda, a Marine Mechanical Engineering Techniques student.
The Port accommodated 168 vessels, including 12 cruise ships and handled 2.6 million metric tonnes (MMT) of cargo in 2017.
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.
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.
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.
Ce jeudi 8 février, la Sodes participe à une rencontre du Comité maritime de l’Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ).