OEC Group & OEP closed the year in true style, with two successful freighter operations out of Halifax. The Boeing 747 F-400 cargo aircrafts departed on December 20th and 27th, respectively, loaded at full capacity with perishable cargo exceeding approximately 200 metric tons destined for Europe.
The holidays have come and gone at typical whirlwind speed. I hope everyone enjoyed some quality time with family and friends, and are now rested and revitalized. The New Year inherently brings about reflection of the past and infuses us with a fresh outlook for the future. That being said, I would like to wish everyone a happy, healthy, prosperous, and peaceful 2009.
It has been a little while since our last update but I have been travelling quite a bit these days. Anyways, you should have a much more frequent update over the next couple of weeks. Hope you are all enjoying your summer! Happy Canada Day
Dinner in the Sky. Hit the jump to get the full story.
As we all know, the Beijing Olympics are approaching quickly and are not approaching without controversy. I thought that it would be a good idea to find some interesting articles that had to do more with the business or political side of the Olympics.
This is an article that i found on a branding website and it is explaining a little bit of what China really has to do to have a successful Olympics.
You can find the original artical at http://www.brandchannel.com/start1.asp?fa_id=422
It's playoff time again! Yes it has been two years and, yes we haven't really had much to brag about in a little while when it comes to our Habs but finally we are looking more and more like the Habs of old. With our dominating Eastern Conference leading point total of 104 points and the best power-play in the NHL we really have a lot to be proud of.
Now the first series is over and I'll say it was a close one. I'm pretty sure that most of the city was sweating before Game 7 started but nothing to fear Montreal came through victorious and now we await the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round of the playoffs.
Should be an exciting series hope that we can make it through to the next round!
Seems like a popular topic this year but again the weather is playing a factor in our lives. This time it's not so much the Great White North making the news but instead its the Great Red East.
Shanghai has had record snowfalls in the past week almost completely halting all types of transportation. It could not have come at a worse time either. The Chinese Lunar Year Festival or the Chinese New Year is just around the corner and along with it comes for a huge demand of transportation needs. Both Cargo and Passenger operations have been affected and are taking time to regain their fluidity.
Some reports say that after the snow storm that came on Friday and Saturday in Shanghai only 41 of a scheduled 521 airplanes took off from Shanghai's domestic airport and Pudong airport was closed temporarily at 11am Shanghai local time.
I have attached a picture of the Chinese army shoveling snow of one of Shanghai's four major bridges, it seems like nothing in comparison with the dumping of snow we received in Montreal yesterday but apparently 10cm in the wrong part of the world can really slow things down.
That's all for now.
Happy New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai!
Marc
So it seems that we have been hit by our first major snowfall. Personally I was trying to fly from Toronto to Montreal when it started. Not the best time to be flying i would say. So it looks like we got 30 + cm and it doesn't look like its going to end anytime soon. With the holiday season in full swing I don't think we could ask for a more pleasant setting.
Although this snow is nice to look at it is not always the best case scenario for us in the transport industry. Because of last weeks snow storms there have already been 3 snow slides in British-Columbia in the past 2 days. This is affecting some freight. Right now there are at least 24 hour delays in between Vancouver and Edmonton and again on another line between Vancouver and Lollooet BC.
With further high volumes of freezing rain expected the delays may become longer.
