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Courtesy Canaport LNGHandling of LNG tankers,such as this onebeing berthed at the newCanaport LNG facility atSaint John, N.B., Canada,has become a growingsource of new business forthe tugboat industry. Tugsat work here are those ofAtlantic Reyser, built inCanada specifically forthis purpose.For the first quarter U.S.imports were up 19 percentwith exports increasing by11.6 percent, according tothe Journal of Commerce.Reflecting these numbers,many North American portsare reporting increasedvolumes of container traffic.In addition to most of thebig West Coast ports, othercontainer destinationsaround the country werealso reporting increased“The marketsare gettingstronger withthe economyas a whole,and certainlyour view ofthe future is apositive one.But how longit will takefor things toget back tosome of thehigher marketconditionsthat we had afew years backis anyone’sguess.”- John Witte,Executive Vice PresidentDonjon MarineAmerican Tugboat Review 2011 5