Cassiar Courier February 1981 Page 9 Page 8, February 1981 Cassiar Courier In Cassiar the Assistant Mill Superintend- ent (Shipping) is Ed Thirlwell. He is re- sponsible for the supervision of the ship- ping function - including inventories of packaging materials, liaison with haulage companies and setting priorities for freight. Ed’s section also handles all the paperwork for what fibre goes into which container - especially important for those containers that are shipped di- rect to the customer. Once the Fibre leaves the property of Cassiar it becomes the responsibility of the shipping and marketing department, Vancouver.. This depart- ment is responsible not only for the shipping out of fibre, but also for all goods shipped into Cassiar. Le There are three methods used for the shipping of ED THIRLWELL i fibre from Cassiar to Vancouver. Assistant Mill Superintendent Shipping The main route is via the port of Stewart. The DAVE CARLSEN - Superintendent Shipping Asbestos Wharf - ‘fibre is containerized and trucked by Arrow Transportation to Cassiar facilities at Stewart. It is then transferred onto a barge and shipped to Asbestos Wharf in Vancouver. This is considered the best concept for our needs. It eliminates ex- cessive handling of the fibre, as well as enabling us to utilize the trucks on the “Back Haul’. The trucks on the northbound haul do not only bring in empty containers — they frequently haul con- tainerized dry goods which have been shipped from Vancouver to Stewart by Barge and also they bring in fuel. This aspect of the route is im- .portant because as the trucks are utilized in both - . ASBESTOS WHARF directions a favourable shipping rate can be ob- < ted nN eM Aah 5 tained. : Most of the fibre shipped from Cassiar ends up at Asbestos Wharf, although occasionally it is shipped directly to the customer. When the fibre arrives at Asbestos Wharf it is unloaded and stored in a warehouse until it is shipped to the customers. The wharf is managed by one Cassiar Employee. He in turn has approximately 20 longshoremen working for him on a contract basis. A Bird’s eye view of Cassiar’s dock facility at Stewart. \ The head of the marketing department is John Oughtred and he does the majority of the travel- Bist ling necessary for the marketing of the product. ’ : In addition, in some countries sales agents are contracted to work on Cassiar’s behalf as ‘“‘on the spot people”. These agents act as liaison between Cassiar Resources and the customer. They serve two roles. Sal a) In Growth areas they feed-information back to Cassiar Resources, thus helping the marketing department to assess the viability of future cus- tomers in the area. b) They help take care of our interests, especially in countries where there are different languages or business procedures, e.g. Japan, Brazil, Tai- wan. It is also convenient for the customer to deal with someone who has an understanding of their ways. ee Sy RESO se aS s xe : : ESN ae ES a Se A truck loaded with Cassiar Fibre heads south to Stewart, B.C., British The petroleum stems at Stewart are used to fill the Truck’s petroleum Columbia’s most northerly - and westerly - port. product tanks. At Cassiar the contents are transferred to storage tanks Since Europe is our largest market, we also have | an agent there who acts on our behalf. Even though most of the customers are long term a good deal of travel is still necessary for the ef- ficient running of the marketing department. All the contracts with customers are for a one year period only. Apart from selling the fibre to the Ah. MDE Ie. i sie 3 customer, the marketing personnel have to ensure MARIAN LYALL © JANET STIRLING GERRY VALGARDSEN “ANNE KLYNE LOUISE KRUG that the customer is satisfied with the fulfilling of Personnel Assistant Document Co-ordinator Marketing Sérvices Sales Statistician Document Co-ordinator the contract. Keeping in close touch with the cus- and Secretary Administrator . tomer, any problems which may arise, e.g., qual- . i : Se. ; ; . : : ity of product, can be dealt with swiftly. Our fibre is sold to approximately: 200 customers in 45 countries. The Marketing department is responsible for : —_ finding the customer, arranging a contract for the sale of the fibre, shipping the fibre, dealing with the imports “The Ramp” is the bridge between the fibre storage area and the barge. The barge is almost completely loaded, the last container being stacked and export documentation and billing the customer. The Asbestos industry is a small, highly technical industry ~ The fork lift has just left the ramp and is now turning to position the unee Tater De ey raulicieduipments ati De Bosom Quen is with lots of competition. Having arranged the sale, the marketing department makes the shipping arrangements . container for final placement on the barge. ue er SUSU UMS Ste aL IA LE Sia Alte SANS aad according to the customer’s schedule. Following shipment, applicable shipping documents and invoices are drawn ‘ ; q ; up and forwarded. Marketing is also responsible for accounts receivable and it is therefore important that doc- Arrow truck bringing produce into Cassiar. ’ White Pass truck being loaded with fibre for shipping. _umentation is done correctly. - The second way of shipping the fibre to Vancouver is via White Pass. The fibre is trucked to Whitehorse, then transfer- ‘red to different containers*‘and shipped by train to Skagway, where it is transferred to a boat for shipment to Vancouver. This is not as economical a route as the Stewart route be- cause the fibre is handled frequently. The third method used for the shipping of fibre is by truck all the way to Vancouver. This is a way of utilizing the “Back _ Haul” on trucks delivering to both Cassiar and other areas in ‘the North. This is an especially useful route if fibre is needed quickly in Vancouver as it takes approximately two days to Vancouver as opposed to two weeks by other methods. CAROLINE WOLF MIKE PHILLIPS ~ DAWN ALLAN REINIE KOSCIUW DAWN MIHATOV Document Typist Traffic Co-ordinator Inventory Control ° Marketing Trainee Clerk Typist