Thurs May 17th – Women In Supply Chain Dinner / CSI – Forensic Work on Supply Chain
Women In Supply Chain (WISC) would like to invite you to their inaugural dinner event on Thursday May 17th, 2012 at Eagle Creek in Burnaby.
Women and Men are welcome, so register now as we will take a “look at how businesses do forensic work on product supply, sourcing, buying, assembly, work conditions, wholesaler alternatives, transportation alternatives, and sustainable agreements for global marketing” and “how do companies re-direct their Target Market Segmentation, to focus on Markets with a green perspective. Target Market Segmentation takes on a new direction.”
Thurs Mar 29th, 2012 – Safety In The Warehousing Subsector
Attend to find out how you can achieve your cash back incentive each year for being a safe company through COR.
WorkSafeBC is partnering with FIOSA-MIOSA Safety Alliance of BC and the CMHDS to present a free half-day training session designed specifically for the warehousing sector. The session will focus on providing the leaders of your organization with tools they can use to improve safety performance in your workplace.
Why attend?
Between 2006 and 2010, injured workers in the warehousing subsector accounted for:
- More than 1650 time-loss claims
- Almost 55,000 days lost from work
- More than $12 million in claims costs
Thurs Feb 23rd – Breakfast Meeting – Putting The Brakes On Lift Truck Accidents
Join us on Thursday February 23, 2012 for “Putting the Brakes on Lift Truck Accidents” a discussion forum & breakfast meeting.
Warehousing leads all other subsectors in B.C. with 7 out of every 100 workers being injured annually; almost double the rate of any other industry subsector.
Two of the top three injury types are lift-truck related injuries or what WorkSafeBC classifies as “Struck By” and “Lower Extremity Injuries”.
Join us at this breakfast meeting where we will be discussing causes, effects, experiences, challenges and sharing best practices.
March 3rd – Logistics For Breakfast: Forklift Rally Seminar
Join us on Wednesday March 3rd as we present Logistics For Breakfast: How To Stage Your Own In-Company Forklift Rally.
Hosted & presented by the team that stages the BC Championship Forklift Rally each year, this breakfast seminar will cover all of the aspects that go into staging a forklift competition. Whether you are looking to promote safety within your company in a fun way, prepare for competition in the upcoming BC Championship Forklift Rally or just want to find out what goes into staging a forklift competition, you will find this seminar of value. All stages from inital planning to staging and scoring the event will be covered.
Deltaport hosts one of the World’s Largest Container Ships
The first of many visits by the shipping giant began on Sunday, August 23rd.
TSI Terminal Systems Inc. reports that the ZIM Djibouti, one of the largest container ships operating in the world, was docked at the Deltaport terminal from August 23rd until August 26th. At over 16,000 square metres (about the size of three football fields), the Djibouti has a cargo capacity in excess of 10,000 TEU, meaning it can hold over 10,000 twenty-foot shipping containers.
