August 4th, 2016

New Executive Appointments
at the BCMEA
July 29, 2016 – The Board of Directors of the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (the
“BCMEA”) are pleased to announce two Executive appointments which are effective immediately.
Mr. Terry Duggan
Mr. Duggan has been promoted from Vice President Finance and Acting CEO to the role of President and CEO of
the BCMEA. Reporting to the Board of Directors, Mr. Duggan will assume overall responsibility for organizational
strategy and leadership of the BCMEA. One of the immediate priorities will be a renewed focus on Government
and Stakeholder Relations.
Mr. Duggan is a Finance Executive who brings nearly 30 years of industry experience to the role from many
facets of BCMEA operations, including: overseeing the organization’s financial reporting activities, Corporate
Secretary duties to the Board of Directors as well as responsibility for the IT Department.
In addition, he possesses a wealth of experience in working with the industry Pension and Health
and Welfare Plans with the ILWU and has also been a longstanding member of the BCMEA bargaining
committees for both longshore and foremen Collective Agreement negotiations.
Mr. Mike Leonard
Mr. Leonard has been promoted from Vice President Labour Relations to the role of Senior Vice President
Employee Relations, Dispatch & Corporate Secretary. Reporting to the President and CEO, Mr. Leonard
will continue to have responsibility for Labour Relations and Dispatch functions and will also assume
responsibility for the duties of Corporate Secretary to the BCMEA Board of Directors.
Mr. Leonard is an Industrial Relations Executive with over 25 years of experience, 15 of which were
gained in the industry where he has been an active participant in industry bargaining since 2002 and
spokesperson since 2008. He provides strategic and tactical advice to members of the Executive Team,
Board of Directors, internal customers and external customers of the organization on a broad range of
topics including government relations as it relates to labour relations matters.
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“These appointments bring depth and stability to
the organization in the near term” said Richard
Chappell, Chair of the Board. “The BCMEA’s senior
management team continues to demonstrate
to the BCMEA Board and all of its stakeholders
considerable capacity to lead this organization into
the future. The industry has benefited greatly from
the current senior management team since October
2015 and with these appointments the BCMEA is
well-positioned for the future.”
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The BCMEA Bulletin
August 4th, 2016
Radar Investment Reinforces Marine Safety At Port
Of Prince Rupert
www.rupertport.com
The Port of Prince Rupert today announced that a
federal investment will enable a shore-based radar
regime designed to accommodate growth in vessel
traffic occurring because of historic levels of trade
between Canada and Asia-Pacific markets.
Shore-based radar will continue to build on the
existing vessel traffic service that provides active
vessel monitoring and navigational information to
vessels at the Port of Prince Rupert. Shore-based
radar will improve the capability of the organizations
responsible for vessel monitoring and management
to prevent vessel incidents in the harbour, expedite
ship movements and increase transportation system
efficiency. This important electronic navigation
system is expected to be operational by Fall 2016,
Chart illustrating anticipated coverage of Prince with three tower sites on BC’s north coast providing
coverage ranging from the northeast of Haida Gwaii
Rupert’s shore-based radar solution.
to the Alaskan border.
Today’s announcement confirmed an investment by Western Economic Diversification Canada of $2 million in
the project, which is estimated to carry a total capital cost of $5 million. Ongoing operation and maintenance
of the radar system will be provided by the Canadian Coast Guard (Fisheries and Oceans Canada).
“This project will result in a new and foundational piece of our marine safety and security network at the Port
of Prince Rupert, providing an additional layer to the maritime picture we use to keep our harbour safe and
ensure a diverse range of cargoes continue to flow securely through our trade gateway,” said Don Krusel,
President and CEO of the Port of Prince Rupert. “Our local partnerships enable improvements like this to
make a safe port even safer, and matching investments from senior government organizations allow us to
carry forward our long term development vision in a safe, responsible and sustainable manner.” All commercial vessel traffic is currently required to report in to Canadian Coast Guard’s Marine
Communications and Traffic Services [MCTS] at specific positions in their approach and exit, and are provided
with accurate, complete and current navigational safety information. In addition, commercial watercraft in
excess of 500 tonnes other than fishing vessels are required to employ the Automatic Identification System.
AIS continuously transponds ship name, classification, and provides the ability to plot location, course, speed
and other information.
Radar is a useful tool that provides more specific information related to distance and direction, and is
employed on board hundreds of commercial vessels visiting the Port of Prince Rupert, giving ships’ masters
a complete representation of the waters around them. The addition of shore-based radar to the current AIS
technology creates an enhanced, real-time visual network for MCTS to monitor and manage vessel traffic
movement in the Prince Rupert Harbour regardless of size, AIS capability, or whether they are required to
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“Our Government is committed to ensuring Western Canada has the infrastructure to thrive in a tradedriven global economy,” said the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic
Diversification. “This project will bolster and facilitate the ease of international trade traffic, which will result
in the creation of jobs and growth and long-term prosperity.”
“This investment in shore-based radar coverage of the British Columbia northern coastline around Prince
Rupert is an important contribution to Canada’s public safety and the strategic priorities of the RCMP,” said
Chief Superintendent Sean Bourrie, the head of the RCMP’s Federal Policing in BC. “This tool will help us
gather and analyse intelligence at the port and from the surrounding maritime environment in support of our
law enforcement initiatives.”
“The addition of shore-based radar to the Port of Prince Rupert will further enhance the safety of the area by
ensuring that the smaller vessels not utilizing the AIS system or participating in the MCTS system will now be
tracked and reported upon, as will vessels at anchor,” said Kevin Obermeyer, President of the Pacific Pilotage
Authority. “This is great example of the Port of Prince Rupert identifying a safety need and acting upon it
for the benefit of all the port users. It is initiatives such as this that ensures the Port and its partners can
accommodate the growth of this Canadian trade gateway.”
The Port of Prince Rupert stewards 35,000 acres of tidal water between its inner and outer harbour, which
includes 30 commercial vessel anchorages for the roughly 500 ships calling on its terminals each year. Six cargo
and passenger terminals see roughly 20 million tonnes of bulk, container and project cargo shipped through
the Port annually, directly employing 3,220 jobs and generating $390 million in gross domestic product (GDP).
Installation of the new radar system towers and equipment will begin in the upcoming weeks, and the project
is expected to be completed and commissioned as early as the fall of 2016. www.rupertport.com/news/releases/radar-investment
Container weight verification is for safety, not surcharges,
say shippers
splash247.com
The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has blasted shipping lines, forwarders and terminal operators using the
mandatory container weight verification process as an excuse to add more surcharges.
The GSF, which aims to stop container shipping surcharges within five years, said one of its members reported
a $25 surcharge being imposed by one terminal in East Asia for just accepting a verified gross mass (VGM)
declaration. If the practice of “unjustified” fees charged for the provision of VGM data has not ended by the
end of the year, the GSF said it intends to call on the IMO to review the implementation of the new regulation.
“Global shippers are angry at the way the new SOLAS requirement is being implemented by some carriers,
forwarders and terminals around the world,” Chris Welsh, the GSF’s secretary-general, said in a release.
“The shipping industry campaigned vigorously for the introduction of this new requirement on safety
grounds. It is therefore regrettable that many in the maritime supply chain, including some carriers, are
using the opportunity of the new rules to levy unjustified and arbitrary surcharges on shippers. As part of
GSF’s campaign to rid world trade of Surcharges by 2020 this practice has got to stop now!” he continued.
Welsh said the excessive surcharges are damaging the shipping industry’s reputation and its efforts to
uphold safety standards.
“The wider shipping community including carriers, forwarders and terminals needs to remember that SOLAS
stands for Safety of Life at Sea, not Serial Opportunities for Levying Additional Surcharges,” he quipped.
http://splash247.com/container-weight-verification-is-for-safety-not-surcharges-say-shippers/
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Cosco Pacific June volumes up 4.5% to 8m TEU
seatrade-maritime.com
Cosco Pacific continued to see container throughput rise in June with overall volumes rising 4.5% to 7.96m
teu, led by good growth in its overseas terminals and the rapidly growing Southwest Coast and Southeast
Coast ports, but dragged down however by the mature ports in the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta.
Overseas terminals saw a 31.1% rise in throughput to 1.09m teu while the sole port in the Southwest cluster
for now, Guangxi Qinzhou International Container Terminal saw volumes rise 61% to 87,700 teu. On the
Southeast Coast, throughput rose 25.2% to 394,600 teu.
At the key Bohai Rim region, throughput rose a steady 5.7% to 2.84m teu. In the Yangtze River Delta however,
volumes fell once again by 3.1% to 1.56m teu and the Pearl River Delta also continued its anaemic trend,
with volumes sliding 6.4% to 1.99m teu.
For the first half of the year, Cosco Pacific managed to perform creditably against its peers, still managing to
turn in a 3.5% growth in throughput to 46.03m teu whereas some other operators have growth sliding into
the negative for the year-to-date.
Meanwhile the port of Hong Kong cotinued to see throughput slide in June although at a slower rate with
volume at the main Kwai Tsing terminals sliding 4.9% to 1.27m teu while overall throughput fell 8.6% to
1.61m teu. The non-Kwai Tsing terminals saw volume slide 20.2% to 340,000 teu. For the first half of the
year overall volume fell 10.5% to 9.16m teu.
http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/asia/cosco-pacific-june-volumes-up-45-to-8m-teu.html
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Industry News Links
Crystal Serenity’s Inaugural Call to Nanaimo on Friday August 5, offers summer visit for Central Vancouver
Island.
http://www.bcshippingnews.com/shipping/cruise/crystal-serenitys-inaugural-call-nanaimo-friday-august-5offers-summer-visit-central
CP latest railroad to report intermodal drop as profit sinks
http://www.joc.com/rail-intermodal/class-i-railroads/canadian-pacific-railway/cp-latest-report-intermodaldrop-profit-sinks_20160720.html
The A to Zs of all things maritime in Canada: Second edition of Canadian Maritime Law now available.
http://www.bcshippingnews.com/home/industry-news/zs-all-things-maritime-canada
Port of Los Angeles First Half Volumes Up
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/197197/port-of-los-angeles-first-half-volumes-up/
Panama Canal Authority: 55 Vessels Through New Locks in First Month
https://gcaptain.com/55-vessels-through-panama-canals-new-locks-in-first-month/
Criminals using 3D printing present growing threat to global shipping
http://splash247.com/criminals-using-3d-printing-present-growing-threat-to-global-shipping/
VIDEO: Port of Prince Rupert: Making a Safe Port Even Safer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1PDRa_897M
Drewry: Bad Time to Own Old Boxships
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/197298/drewry-bad-time-to-own-old-boxships/
Hapag-Lloyd Announces UASC Merger
http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/hapag-lloyd-announces-uasc-merger
Port of Oakland cargo up 6 percent from a year ago
http://www.portofoakland.com/press-releases/port-oakland-cargo-6-percent-year-ago/
Cosco Pacific June volumes up 4.5% to 8m teu
http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/asia/cosco-pacific-june-volumes-up-45-to-8m-teu.html
‘Smart’ and sustainable ports
http://www.onthemosway.eu/smart-and-sustainable-ports/
To boldly go where no cruise ship has gone before
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/197234/to-boldly-go-where-no-cruise-ship-has-gone-before/
Hanjin Group chairman urged to cough up to help ailing shipping line
http://splash247.com/hanjin-group-chairman-urged-to-cough-up-to-help-ailing-shipping-line/
DP World to operate Saint John’s container terminal
http://container-mag.com/2016/08/02/dp-world-operate-saint-johns-container-terminal/
VIDEO: Robert Lewis-Manning - Is Shipping In BC Safe?
https://vimeo.com/174046938
Sqomish Forestry to re-use historical log sort and booming area near Squamish
http://www.woodfibrelng.ca/sqomish-forestry-to-re-use-historical-log-sort-and-booming-area-near-squamish/
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Industry Events Calendar
September 19-23, 2016
OCEANS16
Monterey Conference Center
Monterey, CA USA
http://www.oceans16mtsieeemonterey.org/
September 26-29, 2016
Breakbulk Americas
George R. Brown Convention Centre
Houston, TX USA
October 3-6, 2016
Maritime Security Challenges
Fairmont Empress Hotel
Victoria, BC
http://www.breakbulk.com/events/breakbulk-americas/
americas-2016/
http://www.mscconference.com/
November 30-December 2, National Workers’ Compensation and Disability
2016Conference
New Orlean, LA USA
http://www.wcconference.com/
February 8-9, 2017
Cargo Logistics Canada
Vancouver Convention Centre
Vancouver, BC
http://cargologisticscanada.com/
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The BCMEA Bulletin
August 4th, 2016
Dispatch Shortage Statistics
For the Period Sunday July 24th, 2016 to Saturday July 30th, 2016
JOB
Jobs cut prior
to dispatch
(unable to fill)
40 TON & RACK
BULK OPERATOR
CHECKER (DOCK)
DOCK GANTRY
DRIVER
DUMPER OPERATOR
ELECTRICIAN
F.E.L.
H.D. MECHANIC
1
HATCH TENDER
HEAD CHKR
HT SIGNALS
KINDER MORGAN LIQUID
KOMATSU OP
LIQUID BULK
LOCIE ENGINEER
MEN
MEN - DOW
MILLWRIGHT
MOBILE CRANE OP
PLUMBER
PUSHER
RACK & S/HOIST
RED DOG CRANE
RUBBER TIRE GTY
SHIP GANTRY
SHIP LOADER
SWITCHMAN
TRAC.TRAIL. (S)
TRACKMAN
TRACTOR TRAILER
WINCH DRIVER
TOTAL
1
Jobs filled thru
employee
extensions
Jobs filled by
employee
double shifting
10
19
2
Jobs filled by
local 502
employees
Jobs filled by
transferring
employees
2
6
2
12
5
1
1
2
Jobs left
unfilled after
dispatch
TOTAL
3
5
1
1
2
1
4
6
1
1
2
4
3
2
2
3
1
3
1
1
1
2
2
1
10
9
1
6
1
3
2
1
26
34
9
1
1
1
80
20
2
16
2
31
5
1
6
2
6
5
8
3
3
2
2
6
1
3
14
4
1
2
2
1
10
2
1
15
1
1
1
2
161
How were shortages handled by Dispatch?
Jobs filled by transferring employees, 80,
1.43%
Jobs filled by hall employees, 5453, 97.13%
Jobs left unfilled after dispatch, 20, 0.36%
Other, 161, 2.87%
Jobs cut prior to dispatch (unable to fill), 1,
0.02%
Jobs filled thru employee extensions, 26,
0.46%
Jobs filled by employee double shifting, 34,
0.61%
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Vancouver Casual Employee
% Dispatched per Dispatch Board
120%
Last 7 Days
Last 30 Days
100%
Last 365 Days
80%
60%
40%
20%
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Future BCMEA Meeting Dates:
Finance & Audit Committee
Meeting
September 15th, 2016
8:30am - 11:00am
5th Floor Boardroom
349 Railway Street
Board of Directors Meeting
September 27th, 2016
8:30am - 11:00am
5th Floor Boardroom
349 Railway Street
Finance & Audit Committee
Meeting
October 18th, 2016
8:30am - 11:00am
5th Floor Boardroom
349 Railway Street
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