This Winter 2025-2026 edition has much content of interest to Canadian policymakers, shippers, shipping lines, transportation providers, and ports navigating through the continuing geopolitical conflicts and the domino effect on global trade of President Trump’s tariff warfare on many nations, including Canada.
In keeping with annual tradition, there is an in-depth review of cargo trends and infrastructure developments in the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence corridor. Present and future challenges are notably outlined for Canadian and U.S. ports in the vast waterway serving the industrial heartland of North America.
So does this issue contain our annual feature to be found in no other publication which sums up the vital services in 2025 by Canadian carriers to Arctic communities and mining companies. Among other things, journalist Carroll McCormick highlights the advent of a new gold mine and underlines the Arctic region’s significantly increased profile on the federal government’s radar screen for potential “national-building” projects.
Of special interest, too, is an interview of Sean Pierce, CEO of LOGISTEC Corporation, a Montreal-based marine and environmental services giant. Mr. Pierce, who took over the helm of one of the jewels of the Canadian marine industry in 2024, is substantially broadening the company’s footprint beyond existing markets in Canada and the United States – with Latin America as a prime target.
