A new direct container service between the Port of Halifax and Vietnam could be a key to new markets, says the head of Clearwater Seafoods Ltd.

"It will open the doors for us to go into Vietnam and take a look at the opportunities there," Colin MacDonald, Clearwater’s chairman and CEO, said Wednesday.

The CKYH Alliance, which includes carriers Cosco Container Lines, "K" Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin Shipping and moves cargo through Halterm, will start the direct service to Vietnam on Wednesday.

One of the most influential events in the label-printing industry of China, the China International Exhibition on Label Printing Technology (Sino-Label), will be held from March 9-11, 2010 at the China Import and Export Fair, Pazhou Complex (Area A), Guangzhou, PR China. Despite the current global economic uncertainty, this exhibition will return with an expanded scale. The exhibition will cover a spectrum of label-printing machinery, bar code printers, RFID label machinery, anti-counterfeit technology, label security solutions & applications, self-adhesive materials, testing equipment and accessories.