DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY SITE FOR MARINE CENTRE

Dalhousie University has been selected as the site for Canada's first marine transportation centre, a facility modelled after one at Queen's University in Kingston that specializes in rail transportation. The Halifax centre, financed by Canadian National Railways, the Transport Canada Research and Development Centre, the Nova Scotia Government and the university will be run by Graham Day, former head of CN's legal department and a one-time chief executive officer of Cammell Laird Shipbuilders Ltd. of Britain. Shipbuilding, fishery-related matters, Arctic shipping, port development, legal and safety regulations on Canadian vessels and development of a Canadian merchant marine are some of the areas the centre will examine. Part of the reason for establishment of the centre in Halifax is the fact that the university employs about 200 marine researchers in departments of law, business, chemistry, physics, fisheries and the environment, among others. The general aim of the centre will be to improve the future of the Canadian shipping industry and to develop precise information on the patterns of shipping, both through imports and exports.

• Corporate Authors:

  CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION

  573 KING STREET EAST, SUITE 202
  TORONTO, ONTARIO  Canada  M5A 1M5
• Publication Date: 1977-11

Media Info

• Serial:
  • CITT News
  • Publisher: CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Curricula; Development; Education; Foreign; Maritime industry; Port operations; Ports; Regulation; Shipbuilding; Shipping; Statistics; Transportation; Water transportation
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions
• Old TRIS Terms: Arctic shipping; Foreign maritime development; Shipping statistics; Transportation education
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Education and Training; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172696
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Development News
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM