(Saint John) A strong resurgence of lumber exports to the Port of Saint John has attracted another new shipping line which is looking to call on a regular basis. Nirint Shipping, based in the Netherlands, makes its inaugural entry into the Port of Saint John on Friday, August 17, 2007 with the M\/V Nirint Pride. <\/p>\n
“Nirint is very interested in the Port of Saint John, and the new business this relationship creates,” said Elias Hage, director of NIRINT. Mr. Hage visited Port of Saint John facilities early this year with Nirint representatives and recognized the marine and road transportation advantages in the region. “We are looking to call the Port of Saint John on a regular basis, and will be announcing more scheduled calls soon.”<\/p>\n
The Nirint Pride is docking at Lower Cove Terminal where Furncan Marine stevedores and the ships’ cranes carefully maneuvered 6,000-cubic-meters of European construction grade lumber. “We are quite happy with this new business,” commented Murray Gorodensky, Executive Vice President of Empire Stevedoring, the parent company of Furncan Marine in Saint John. “The ship has its own gear and is boxed shaped for this type of cargo so it’s good for the longshoremen and the Port of Saint John”.<\/p>\n
The ship will arrive in Saint John for forest products from the Caribbean via Halifax. “We are very pleased to have secured another four ships to export between four and six thousand cubic-metres-per-vessel to Bellview Port in Waterford, Ireland just outside of Dublin”, explains Todd Pickard, of NB wholesale lumber company Drakcip Inc. Earlier this year, Mr. Pickard, with the help of other transportation partners, began exporting lumber through Saint John for the first time since 1993. “That separate traffic is continuing through the Port of Saint John as well,” he noted. “There is another shipment in September taking lumber to the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Pickard says contacts to establish sales of the Irish destined cargo were initiated by the Business New Brunswick and the Canadian Consulate in Ireland. “The product from New Brunswick mills, road transportation by General Freight and the people at Furncan Marine are all working hard in a very challenging forest products market to meet the needs of our niche customers overseas,” says Mr. Pickard who is now prospecting for additional exports to the Middle East.<\/p>\n
Newcomers to Saint John, Nirint operates a European service as well as a Caribbean Service that sails from the ports of Montreal and Halifax to the Dominican Republic and Cuba, as well as Central American and Caribbean destinations on inducement. Nirint Shipping is a member of the Netherlands-based Fondel Group which is active in metal trading, shipping, retail and environmental services. <\/p>\n
“Despite strong global competition in the forest products sector and a slowdown in housing starts in the U.S., we are delighted to welcome another European shipping line for NB lumber,” said Captain Al Soppitt, President and CEO of the Saint John Port Authority. “We are proving once again that our strategic location and cargo handling expertise offers significant advantages to our transportation partners.”<\/p>\n
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