The Port of Halifax is positioned to become one of the key network ports in the international trade world. So writes Deborah Rent in this article for the Halifax Daily News. Her feature article explains how the Halifax Port Authority turned to AIMS for help to make it happen.
Get details on an AIMS Luncheon with ADQ Leader Mario Dumont, a fresh voice from Quebec. Read an op-ed in the Toronto Star that draws on AIMS' work on equalization to point out the federal transfer system is failing both the givers and the receivers. Hear what the influential Council of State Governments were told about Atlantica. And view an in-depth interview about AIMS first ten years.
Atlantica is one possible destination for containers that will soon no longer be able to be unloaded at the traditional west coast ports. But Atlantica is by no means the only option, and others are moving quickly to seize the opening that burgeoning trade and creaking infrastructure creates. Mexico’s Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas is a good example, and is investing big time right now in both Mexico and the US to secure a big share of the Asian trade thanks to its rail connections to the US heartland.
American journalist Robert Kaplan opened the 2005-06 series on "America in the Middle East", with a talk about the American Military as NGO.
Progress magazine turned its attention to AIMS in its September edition. In an indepth interview AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley reviewed the institute's first 10 years; its work, its successes and its future.
Mario Dumont is considered one of the freshest faces on the Québec political scene today. AIMS is bringing him to Atlantic Canada for two events; a luncheon in Halifax on September 20th and one in Moncton on the 21st. Read this edition of the Beacon for more details.
In this story, carried by the national news wire service, The Canadian Press, reporter Murray Brewster examines the call by consumers to lower the tax on gasoline. Among the experts he turned to was AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley.
The Halifax Chamber of Commerce’s magazine Business Voice features the first of a two part series on education in its September edition and it turned first to AIMS for insight on education in the region. “Most people have this intuitive sense that our education system isn’t delivering the goods. And the data supports that belief.” AIMS vice president Charles Cirtwill told the magazine.
Progress magazine publisher Neville Gilfoy dedicates his September column to Atlantica and how the recent election of a US businessman to the executive of the Atlantic Provinces Chambers of Commerce is a step in the right direction.
The Port of Halifax is the front door to Atlantica. In the post-Panamax era, Halifax can be the first port of call for the mega container ships using the Suez Canal route from Asia to North America. But the back door of the port is just as important to Atlantica. Short sea shipping will move the containers to the major North American markets & to Atlantica ports. This article from Investors Digest examines one home-grown company that is a short sea shipping success.