Redpath Waterfront Festival (RWF) presented by PortsToronto. This year the RWF will span the waterfront from HTO Park in the west to Harbour Square Park at the
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The MV Federal Hudson and Captain Sumit Kumar won the race to be the first ship to Port, bringing thousands of metric tonnes of sugar from Maceio, Brazil to Redpath Sugar.
TORONTO, April 7, 2021 /CNW/ - In a sure sign that spring is here, earlier this morning, PortsToronto crowned Captain Sumit Kumar of the MV Federal Hudson with an antique silk and beaver top hat – first presented in the spring of 1861– at the annual Beaver Hat Ceremony. For the past 160 years, PortsToronto has celebrated the official opening of the commercial shipping season by crowning the captain of the first ocean-going vessel or saltie to arrive at the port.