MARITIME COMMUNITY

The maritime community in eastern Canada, more specific in Saint Lawrence River is where we are going to start our voyage of discovery. This part of the voyage into the Great Lakes is very active since there is a lot of traffic on the Saint Lawrence River that doesn’t go any further up river than Montreal. Many of the ships are simply to large to enter the Seaway locks system and go further into the Great Lakes. This is by no stretch of the imagination the only place where there are ships. There are many more ports on the east coast of Canada. You also have ships coming and going on Canada’s west coast in places like Vancouver Island and the main land coast. We will get back to the various locations later in another post.

Having a lot of ships moving around in the local waters means that there has to be a very active and well-organized maritime community that can offer the back up and service that these vessels will need. There is always need for repairs and supply of just about anything available under the sun. The service people in the maritime community have to be available on relative short notice. It’s not like in the industrial sector where all stops at days end. Ships continue to move around the clock.
People live onboard these ships and they have to make sure that the ship can continue to operate around the clock. That is their job. Engineer will look after the engines and other mechanical work that has to be done. The navigation officers will make sure that they move safely from port to port loading and unloading the cargo they be hired to transport.
In Montreal, the demand on fast service is very common as this is the place where you have the first lock entering into the Saint Lawrence Seaway and things tend to happen very fast. Ships that enter into the Seaway for the first time might have some problems that are usually ironed out very fast. The demand for continues movement while in the Seaway is quiet high.

This light introduction to the demand for service speed in Montreal is just the beginning of a series of articles under way covering the Maritime Community in USA and Canada.

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