Transportation

A Superior Court judge declares Port of Algoma 'insolvent'

The cause behind the broken bolts that closed the Nipigon Bridge to cross-Canada traffic last January is being attributed to an “overloading” of those connections, rather than any flaws in the bolts themselves.

Canadian airship manufacturer Solar Ship has announced an agreement to sell four aircraft to Manaf Freighters for disaster relief in Africa.

For the second year in a row, Gin-Cor Industries has made the PROFIT 500 list of Canada’s fastest growing companies. The Mattawa-based heavy truck upgrader placed 370 th in the rankings, which slot businesses by their five-year revenue growth.

Todd Trip is the new CEO of the Greater Sudbury Airport. After a national search to find a successor to the retiring Bob Johnston, the Sudbury Airport Community Development Corporation announced Tripp’s appointment on Sept. 15.

Bearskin Airlines announced it is increasing frequency of service between Thunder Bay, Sault Ste Marie and Sudbury, effective September 19.

When a 2013 market feasibility study prepared for the MS Chi-Cheemaun showed a steady decline in the ferry’s ridership, the ship’s operator, the Owen Sound Transportation Company (OSTC), sat up and took notice.

Canada’s trucking industry is speeding towards a driver shortage more rapidly than previously thought. The shortage is already being felt in Northern Ontario, and industry groups are working to combat the shortage, pressuring government for support.

A U.K. company, Hybrid Air Vehicles , has announced its Airlander dirigible has successfully completed its first flight. During the Aug.

Tallman Group of Mississauga announced Aug. 2 it has completed the acquisition of Tru-Nor Truck Centres, effective Aug. 1.