Presentations, papers and articles that have been written by Mariport may be accessed through the following list. Please note, not all are available in electronic format, but hard copies can be provided on request. For most recent papers, both the paper and the presentation may be downloaded as a pdf document.

Note: Presentations do not have an accompanying paper. For papers, click on the title to download the pdf. For the accompanying presentation click on (Power Point Presentation) for the pdf file.

A Study of Large Self-Unloading Vessels
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, New York – 1972 (co-author)

Large Tug Barge Systems – An Overview
1st North American Tug Conference Vancouver – 1973

On the Horizon
Coaltrans 82, Paris, France

Speed versus Cost: The Self-Discharging Ship Option
Graintrans 82, London, England

Determination of the Technical and Economic Viability of Year-Round Access into Lake Melville
POAC 83, Helsinki, Finland (co-author)

Bulk Shipping: Is There a Future?
5th Bulk Transport and Handling Conference, London, England – May 1985

Technical and Economic Evaluation of High Speed Ferries and Routes
11th Annual Conference, International Marine Transit Association, Vancouver – October 1986

Operation and Cost of High-Speed Craft
Eastern Canadian Section of Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, Toronto – March 1988

Delivered Cost Benefits with Self-Unloading Vessels
Bulktrans 89, Amsterdam – June 1989 (co-author)

Tug–Barge Systems Into the 1990’s
11th International Tug Convention, Halifax – September 1990

Optimizing Bulk Transport: A Systematic Approach
BHTC 91, Hamburg – May 1991

Getting Coal to Market
39th Canadian Conference on Coal, Banff – September 1991

Self-Unloading Vessels for Intra-European Bulk Trades
Research Round Table on Short Sea Shipping, Delft – November 1992

Self-Unloaders and Tug–Barge Systems – An Analysis of Systems and Costs
Trends in Bulk Shipping Conference, Adelaide – February 1993

Barging Options
C.I.T./B.I.M.C.O. International Chartering Conference, Tauranga, New Zealand – September 1994

Ice Navigation – Managing the Risk
CMAC Northern, Edmonton – September 1996

The Great Lakes – An Old/New Cruise Destination
NASTO 1997, Quebec City – June 1997

Marine Transportation Costs via Churchill
Canada Grains Council Annual Meeting, Winnipeg - February 1997

Breaking Institute Warranty Limits – The Canadian Experience
CBMU semi annual meeting – May 1999

Tug Barge Options
Strategy for Canadian Shipping, Toronto – October 2000

Transportation Fuels of the Arctic
Arctic Navigation, The Canadian Experience (Power Point Presentation)
POAC 2001, Ottawa – August 2001

Great Northern Navigation: Design Process for a Great Lakes Cruise Ship (Power Point Presentation)
Society of Naval Architects and Engineers, Eastern Section, Burlington - April 2002

Ferries Across the Great Lakes –What does the Future Hold? (Power Point Presentation)
SNAME Great Lakes/Great Rivers, Cleveland – January 2003

Developing a private, passenger-only ferry service (Power Point Presentation)
Marine Log Ferries Conference Delray Beach - November 2004

Short Sea Shipping Opportunities on the Great Lakes (Power Point Presentation)
26th Annual Interferry Conference Grand Bahama - November 2004

Short Sea Shipping and the Supply Chain (Power Point Presentation)
40th Annual Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Hamilton - May 2005

Is there room for more Great Lakes Ferry services? (Power Point Presentation)
Marine Log Ferries Conference Delray Beach - November 2005

Breaking Through the Cost Barrier
(Cost of sub-arctic navigation) Bulk Systems, May 1983

Deep Water Ports – Still a Panacea?
(Comparative port infrastructure of transportation costs in VLBC’s) Bulk Systems, December 1983

Terminal Expansion Continues Apace and New Growth Yields Tonnage Upturn
(Great Lakes and Seaway) Bulk Systems, May 1984

Self-Unloading Vessels in Intra-European Bulk Trades
Bulk Solids Handling, February 1990

Self-Unloading Ships – Understanding the Economics
IBJ, August 1990

Will Big Ships Swamp the Economies of Scale?
(Impact on total costs of very large container ships) Portfolio, Winter 1990

The More Things Change...
(The decline of the Canadian Great Lakes bulker trade) Transport, Fall/Winter 1990

International Trade – What Future for the Great Lakes and Seaway
IBJ, August 1992

What Will It Take to Revive the Great Lakes Cruise Industry
Seaway Review, January–March 1995

Mariport works with many clients and the vast majority of the reports produced are confidential to the client and may not be released to third parties. Some, that have been either posted by the client, or released publicly, may be accessed through this page. Please click on the title for a pdf version of the report.

Evaluating the Port of Toronto: Markets and Impacts on the GTA
Toronto Port Authority – December 1999

Arctic Dry Cargo Re-Supply Programme
(Executive summary only)
Government of Nunavut – December 2005

How to Sealift
Government of Nunavut – March 2006

Marine Transportation in Ontario – Main Report (Power Point Presentation)
OMTF and Ontario Ministry of Transportation – December 2006

Preliminary Analysis of Northern Delivery Route to the Alberta Oil Sands
Government of North West Territories – April 2007

Digby to Saint John Ferry Impact Study
Bay of Fundy Transportation Coalition – July 2007

Over the Top Delivery Route to the Alberta Oil Sands – Final Update
Government of North West Territories – October 2007

(1) Most papers included a separate illustrated presentation. In general, those prior to 2000 were slide presentations. Power Point Presentations are available for most of the later papers.

(2) For Transport Canada, Ontario office