The Port of Sydney, where Marlene Usher served as CEO since 2015, when it started out as Sydney Ports Corp. CONTRIBUTED - CONTRIBUTED SYDNEY — Marlene ...
Marlene Usher, CEO Port of Sydney. "We want to be open for the cruise ship passengers, the toursits and the community." NICOLE SULLIVAN/CAPE BRETON POST Marlene UsherThe Port of Sydney, where Marlene Usher served as CEO since 2015, when it started out as Sydney Ports Corp. CONTRIBUTED - CONTRIBUTEDThe 62-year-old from Ashby, who has helmed as chief executive with the Port of Sydney Development Corp. since 2015, says she is planning to retire by the end of next month.
In 2020, the onset of the pandemic and concerns that COVID-19 would spread among passengers forced major cruise lines to cancel their seasons for that year. Then came federal Transport Canada minister Omar Alghabra’s decision to ban passenger vessels from calling on Canadian ports for the 2021 season.
“We should be a place for tourism, yes, but also a place for community. It could be modelled like the Halifax waterfront … a place where everybody goes, with things to do, places to see.” In 2007, she filled in for ECBC vice-president Rick Beaton in 2007 while he took a medical leave of absence.
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