Logistec Snapshot
Ports are of great import (as well as export) for Logistec Corporation. Through its Logistec Stevedoring subsidiary, the company offers stevedoring (the loading and unloading of ships) and other services at more than 20 ports in Canada, the Northeastern US, and the Great Lakes region. Other services from Logistec include agency assistance for foreign ships in Canada, marine transportation services for the Arctic coast, as well as such non-marine services as PCB management, environmental remediation, risk assessment, and repairing underground pipes and aqueducts. Roger Paquin founded the company in 1952 as Quebec Terminals. CEO Madeleine Paquin is his daughter; she runs the company with her two sisters.