BUSINESS IN BRIEF

The Chronicle-Herald
Business, Thursday, March 31, 2011, p. C4

BUSINESS IN BRIEF

Air cargo traffic at Halifax Stanfield International Airport grew by 5.7 per cent in 2010, the airport authority said Wednesday. The airport moved 28,450 metric tonnes of cargo last year. The Halifax International Airport Authority said traffic increased because of the opening of a new, $15- million, 40,000-square-foot cargo complex.

Authority officials say the Gateway Facilities ULC facility, which opened in June, has the largest refrigerated space north of Miami with direct airside access. "For a client in the seafood business, the ability to ship their high-value products directly to Europe, just hours out of the water, is a tremendous competitive advantage," Jerry Staples, vice-president of marketing and business development, said in a news release. Air cargo traffic is forecast to increase seven per cent this year.

Haynes Law, a Halifax law firm specializing in insurance litigation law, is joining forces with McInnes Cooper. The law firms announced the merger Wednesday. The move takes effect on May 1. "The move reinforces and expands our provision of top quality legal services in the insurance sector," Bernie Miller, managing partner of McInnes Cooper, said. For more than two decades, Haynes Law has provided insurance defence services in the courts and through alternative dispute resolution.

McInnes Cooper is an Atlantic Canadian law firm with seven offices and more than 200 lawyers throughout the region.