{"id":1992,"date":"2024-03-19T08:17:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/?post_type=newsletter&#038;p=1992"},"modified":"2024-03-19T08:17:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:17:38","slug":"a-word-from-the-president","status":"publish","type":"newsletter","link":"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/en\/publications\/a-word-from-the-president\/","title":{"rendered":"A Word from the President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The MEA is celebrating its 55<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary this year. The MEA, its members and employees have played a key role in the maritime industry since 1969. We\u2019ve come a long way since then.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were the first to use computers to dispatch port employees on the docks and we\u2019re progressing through constant innovation. We recently launched a port employee portal in addition to the AI Galileo project. We\u2019ve also reviewed our mission and our values and established a Shared Services Centre to better serve our members and our employees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ports of Hamilton, Trois-Rivi\u00e8res and B\u00e9cancour are growing rapidly and we recently signed a six-year agreement with Port of Montr\u00e9al checkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, we\u2019re still facing challenges. The 24% cumulative drop in container volume since 2022 at the Port of Montr\u00e9al is concerning. While the mediation process with the Montr\u00e9al longshoremen\u2019s union is not going as planned, reaching a negotiated settlement remains a priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, we are staying on top of the economic and geopolitical situation in order to ensure supply for the people of Qu\u00e9bec and Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":69,"template":"","newsletter-category":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletter\/1992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/newsletter"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newsletter-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletter-category?post=1992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}