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Trade

  • Portland's waterfront gets renewed interest

    James McCarthy February 24, 2014

    From east to west and everything in between, Portland's waterfront is changing.

    James McCarthy February 24, 2014
  • MDOT supports Searsport harbor dredging

    January 30, 2014

    Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt told a nonprofit economic development group on Wednesday that dredging Searsport’s harbor is essential to Maine’s capturing a greater share of the growing trade potential along the Ea

    January 30, 2014
  • MM&A deal for $15.9M heads for approval

    January 23, 2014

    A $15.9 million bid from Railroad Acquisitions LLC for the assets of the bankrupt Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway will go before a bankruptcy judge today.

    January 23, 2014
  • N.Y. investment firm wins bid for MM&A assets

    January 22, 2014

    A subsidiary of the New York-based Fortress Investment Group has won a bid for the assets of the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, according to the trade publication Atlantic Northeast Rails & Ports.

    January 22, 2014
  • N.Y. investment firm wins bid for MM&A assets

    January 21, 2014

    A subsidiary of the New York-based Fortress Investment Group has won a bid for the assets of the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, according to the trade publication Atlantic Northeast Rails & Ports.

    January 21, 2014
  • Lincoln millworkers to receive federal job retraining aid

    January 17, 2014

    The U.S. Department of Labor will allow approximately 200 millworkers who were laid off from Lincoln Paper & Tissue in December to receive job retraining assistance from the federal government.

    January 17, 2014
  • Maine's liquor and lottery chief to resign

    January 15, 2014

    Gerry Reid, director of the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations, is resigning his post.

    January 15, 2014
  • New trade office names chief

    January 14, 2014

    Dana Eidsness, a former director of international business for the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, has been hired by the state to run the newly established Maine North Atlantic Development Office.

    January 14, 2014
  • Maine Fair Trade Lobster to expand operations in Gouldsboro

    January 13, 2014

    Maine Fair Trade Lobster, the company that took over lobster-processing operations at the shuttered former Live Lobster plant in Prospect Harbor last summer, plans to increase the plant’s capacity by 50%.

    January 13, 2014
  • Brunswick inns continue naming battle in court

    January 10, 2014

    Lawyers on both sides of a trademark battle between The Brunswick Inn and the Inn at Brunswick Station are continuing to fight after a jury ruled in favor of the older The Brunswick Inn.

    January 10, 2014
  • Regulators say oil in recent accidents may be more dangerous to move by rail

    January 6, 2014

    Federal regulators believe the oil involved in the July 2012 Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway explosion in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, may be more dangerous to move by rail than other varieties.

    January 6, 2014
  • Trade talks hold uncertain impact for Maine firms

    December 30, 2013

    As secret negotiations over a new international free trade agreement are set to resume in January, Maine companies are divided over the potential economic impact of the pending deal.

    December 30, 2013
  • New Brunswick official touts potential for regional tourism

    October 4, 2013

    New Brunswick’s minister of tourism, heritage and culture told Maine chamber of commerce officials attending a two-day conference on Campobello Island that the state and the Canadian province could reap greater tourism dollars by working together

    October 4, 2013
  • Travel delay bumps LePage from Alberta trade mission

    September 24, 2013

    Gov. Paul LePage has canceled his trade mission visit to western Canada, which his office said was the result of a travel delay.

    September 24, 2013
  • S. Korean trade officials scout Maine yachts

    September 16, 2013

    Two trade officials from South Korea toured Midcoast boatyards last week, scouting out yachts for which they said there is a growing market in that country’s coastal provinces.

    September 16, 2013
  • Railroad to stop oil shipments after Quebec tragedy

    August 7, 2013

    The Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway plans to stop transporting oil after one of its crude-oil-carrying trains crashed in the Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic on July 6, an accident that killed 47 people.

    August 7, 2013

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