Leo Ryan

After barely two months ago suddenly leaving Canada’s second biggest container port as chief commercial officer to take up another post, Paul Bird is returning on June 8 as new president and CEO to notably pursue the advance of the port’s biggest expansion in decades. Such news broke last Friday in the latest development seeking to restore continuaity and stability following a period of corporate upheaval this spring punctuated by the abrupt departure from the helm of Julie Gascon.

For brief period up to the late 1970s and early 1980’s, the Port of Quebec, though focused traditionally on bulk traffic, was handling moderate volumes of container cargo on a regular basis with liner services. But then Manchester Liners withdrew from Great Lakes and Quebec services and CP Ships transitioned its container operations at Wolfe’s Cove terminal and shifted to the Port of Montreal.