Tag Archive: Transportation and Logistics


Trans Mountain pipeline running at full for November…

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November 5, 2020
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The Trans mountain pipeline that has run from Edmonton to Burnaby is to run at full for November according to the company.

Expansion to be done in 2022

The Burnaby tank farms are under construction to be ready for the bigger volumes of bitumen rich crude.

Stay safe the world is beyond martyrs.

Thanks to all those that gave their time and talent to a process that will give many a better quality of life. Everyone’s view point is worth something at some level , most often when it is timely, productive and without malice. The dead are dead for ever sometimes our words live on a long time so choose them wisely and carefully they can wreak lives past your experience. Or grow in maturity beyond you.

On this Day: November 5th 1983

Diving bell from Norway accident kills five injures one.

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110 go home

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July 9, 2013

A CN service truck driver was asked how fast he used his white service truck on the the train tracks when he lowered the train wheels and followed the tracks ” twenty-five Kilometers and hour he said . He also said that he is in contact with the dispatcher when on the tracks. However he is in GPS control on the highway ” If we go over 110 kilometers an hour it is sent by satellite to the office and we are sent home.’

Today in history: July 9 1922

Johnny Weissmuller breaks the  minute barrier in the 100 meter freestyle swim and the world record  at 58.6 seconds.

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24 haulage jobs

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May 28, 2013

A source says that there are 24 haulage jobs posted at the Highland Valley copper mine. The multiple hundred ton trucks are driven off road in the mining pits and the source says that they are an entry level position.

In the past

haulage jobs were posted for bid by seniority by mill labourers the source that works there said they are both entry level jobs. This is not confirmed.

The website shows one haulage job advertised the source may not be current or the jobs are posted internally.

http://www.infomine.com/careers/jobs/job914836/pit.utility.haul.truck.driver.aspx

Highland Valley copper is undergoing a major upgrade two buses are currently picking up iron workers from the parking lot behind the Merritt Desert Inn on Voght street daily.

Today in History: May 28th 1937

The German auto manufacturer Volkswagen is established.

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Falling rocks

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December 22, 2011

Country road in the Yorkshire Dales

Image by freefotouk via Flickr

 A truck was parked at the Desert inn  in Merritt this AM and its side window was smashed out. The hotel owner reported that there had been a rock come down from off the bank  and go through the passengers widow. The truck minus its side widow is there as a testimony to its story. and we can confirm that in the past when freezing a thawing occurs on roads with high mountain or hilly dispositions rocks do fall ,and they have caused at least one fatality as a decapitation. Our advice is to be defensive especially when both lanes are full and there is little wiggle room. In some instances ducking beneath the dash ( passenger especially) may be the thing that will help. To do this effectively you need to can the sidehill for tracks and moving stones.

Today in History, December 22,1965

A 70 Kilometer speed limit is applied to all rural roads in the UK ,before there was none.

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