b'16American Journal of Transportation ajot.comVessel takes on pulp at Vancouvers Lynnterm terminal.(Photo Vancouver Fraser Port Authority)(ROBUSTcontinued from page 11) PrecisionSpecializedlastedseveral they work to reduce GHG emissionsdays. The modules were then loaded from their electricity grids.ontotheBBCEagleatFederal MarineTerminalsHamiltonport b ullisht RenDs ons t . l AWRence facility before departing for France.s eAWAy HOPA and its partners are look-Regarding project cargo and winding forward to more heavy lift ship-shipments in 2021 on the St. Lawrencements in 2021, with new capacity in Seaway, Bruce Hodgson, director ofHOPAs extended network in Oshawa market development of Canadas St.andNiagara,saidLarissaFenn, Lawrence Seaway Management Cor- director of public affairs. A newly-poration sees a robust trend continu- expanded facility at FMT in Hamilton ingafterthisgrowingnichecargooffersimproveddockingandaddi-doubledto200,000metrictonsintional laydown area to accommodate 2020 from the previous year. more project cargo.The 2020 season, he said, witnessedLate in 2020, the Port of Toronto equipment shipped not just within thewastherecipientofanotherstrik-Great Lakes region, but in some cases,ingprojectmove:thedeliveryof much farther inland than the systemsthefirstoffournewbridgespansBreakbulk cargo is handled through(DITCHcontinued from page 12)3,700-kilometermarinehighway.thatwillconnectVilliersIslandtoone of two terminals at the port whichthataclimatedefinedbyretaliatory Summing up, Hodgson noted: Thun- TorontoandtherevitalizedPortoffercompetitiveserviceforprojectthreats creates a climate of uncertainty. derBayhandledvesselsofwindLands.ManufacturedbyCherubinicargo destined for western CanadianAcross-the-board tariffs, she argued, are equipment for wind projects in West- steel fabricators, the 57-metre, 340- resourceprojects.DPWorldFraseran inadequate long-term solution, and ern Canada, one arriving with equip- tonne bridge was transported on itsSurreyisamulti-purposetermi- represent a blunt-force response to a far ment from Germany and another fromlong journey from Dartmouth, Novanalhandlingcontainersandvariousmore complex problem, namely, excess Spain.Duluth,alongwithOgdens- Scotia aboard McKeil Marines tugbreakbulk commodities. Lynnterm insteel production capacity in China. (See burg, Buffalo, Erie, Monroe, Bay City,and barge, the Louis M and Glover- North Vancouver is the consolidationsidebar on page 12)Burns Harbor, Chicago and Menomi- town Spirit. Three more bridge loadscentre for forest products and steel. Ultimately, tariffs reform may be nee also handled wind project cargoare due to be completed during theTheportofferseasyaccesstopushedalongbybothdomesticand shipmentswhichoriginatedfrom2021 Seaway navigation season. extensive road connections, as well asinternationalpoliticalconsiderations. Spain, South Korea and Germany. establishedcorridorsforoverweightInmid-Marchabipartisangroupof AmongCanadianGreatLakeso nc AnADAsW estc oAst and over dimensional project cargoes. senatorsintroducedtheTradeSecu-ports,abigmovehandledbytheThe Port of Vancouver serves asCNandCPrailwaysservicerity Act, which would amend Section HamiltonOshawaPortAuthority(thePacificNorthwestsmajorcon- on-dockrailfacilitiesatall29ter- 232byrequiringtheDepartmentof HOPA) in 2020 was the shipment ofsolidation centre for breakbulk cargominalsandprovideservicetokeyDefensetojustifythenationalsecu-a set of oversized power generationsuchasforestproducts,steelanddestinationsacrossNorthAmerica.rity basis for new tariffs and increasing modules,manufacturedinsouthernmachinery. In 2020,breakbulk trafficBNSF and Southern Railway of Brit- congressional oversight of the process. Ontario. A spectacular convoy jour- at Canadas largest port amounted toishColumbia(SRY)linksfurtherOntheinternationalfront,the ney to the Port of Hamilton led by17 million metric tons. enhance these networks. European Union is set to increase the dutiesonanarrayofU.S.imports rangingfromsteeltowhiskeyfrom 25% to 50% on June 1, unless the U.S. rescindstheSection232tariffson imports from the EU. European lead-ers are especially enraged because the Section 232 tariffs were imposed on national security grounds. Given the presidents foreign policy background and his emphasis on the importance of theNorth AtlanticTreatyOrganiza-tion (NATO), the administration may be eager to seek an accommodation.Some experts expect that to come in the form of a move from tariffs to quotas, as occurred with South Korea, Argentina, and Brazil in June 2018. But quotas represent yet another trade restrictionandmaynotmollifyEU leaders.Thereisalsosometalkof kicking the can down the road, with the U.S. and EU agreeing to suspend tariffs for six months as negotiations continue. Either way, a reckoning will eventuallycome,andtimewilltell whether President Biden makes good on his campaign message and his pro-fessed approach to trade and interna-tional relations.'