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Hi Pat: What do you think about Logistec? Thank you for your insightful advice.

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Logistec Corp., symbols LGT.A $21.60 and LGT.B $20.35 on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 6.6 million; Market cap: $142.6 million; www.logistec.com), loads and unloads ships, trucks and trains at 23 ports in eastern Canada, as well as along the Great Lakes and the U.S. east coast. The company also ships goods in Canada’s arctic. These businesses supply about 70% of Logistec’s revenue. The remaining 30% comes from its 69.7%-owned subsidiary, Sanexen Environmental Services Inc., which cleans up industrial pollution, including disposing of harmful PCBs and rehabilitating underground water mains. In the three months ended March 31, 2012, Logistec’s revenue rose 8.2%, to $44.4 million from $41.0 million a year earlier. Revenue was flat at the company’s marine-service operations. However, strong demand pushed up revenue by 30.1% at the environmental division. The company lost $1.1 million, or $0.17 a share, in the quarter. That’s mainly because the environmental division had to bring in extra help to start work on new contracts. There are also extra expenses…