Maritime Magazine

Sylvie Vachon, présidente-directrice générale de l’Administration portuaire de Montréal depuis 11 ans, annonce qu’elle reporte son départ à la retraite à la fin de 2020 compte tenu des circonstances de COVID-19. «Aujourd’hui, alors que se termine une sixième semaine en mode COVID-19, je crois que l’on peut être fiers du travail accompli et nous préparons […]

Sylvie Vachon, President and CEO of the Montreal Port Authorityfor 11 years, today announced she is postponing her retirement till the end of this year due to the many current challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Today, as a sixth week in COVID-19 mode draws to a close, I think we can be proud of

OTTAWA – The marine industry is rising to meet the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by banding together to create a mutually agreed standard of protocols to protect marine workers. The Chamber of Marine Commerce has developed the Marine Industry Trusted Partners for COVID-19 initiative with its Canadian ship operator members to help assure ship

It will be difficult to ascertain a full picture of how well the international shipping industry is complying  with the new sulphur 2020 environmental legislation and judge the effectiveness of enforcement measures until sometime after the Covid-19 pandemic has receded, says maritime law specialist Hill Dickinson. Introduced on January 1st this year, the implementation of

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) a procédé au baptême d’un porte-conteneurs de classe 24000 EVP, le HMM Algeciras, plus grand porte-conteneurs du monde, au chantier naval Okpo du DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering) à Geoje, en Corée. Environ 160 personnalités éminentes ont assisté à la cérémonie, dont Moon Jae-in (Président de la République de Corée)

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) held a naming ceremony for a 24,000 TEU-class containership HMM Algeciras, the world’s largest containership, at the DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering)’s Okpo shipyard in Geoje, Korea. About 160 distinguished persons attended the ceremony, including Moon Jae-in (President of the Republic of Korea) and First Lady Kim Jung-sook who served

Aujourd’hui, à l’occasion de la Journée de la Terre, la ministre des Pêches, des Océans et de la Garde côtière canadienne, l’honorable Bernadette Jordan, a rendu public le document intitulé Les océans du Canada maintenant : Écosystèmes de l’Arctique, 2019, le deuxième rapport de situation de la série annuelle sur  les océans. Les rapports du Canada portant sur l’état de l’océan sont

Ottawa – Today, on Earth Day, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, released Canada’s Oceans Now: Arctic Ecosystems, 2019, the second status report of the annual ocean series. Canada’s State of the Ocean reports are summaries of the current status and trends of marine ecosystems in Canada’s three oceans. Today’s release provides useful educational

Trade by sea must continue to flow to maintain the continued provision of essential goods, including vital medical supplies, during the unprecedented global situation arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the message of a joint statement from the heads of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the World Customs Organization (WCO), issued on April 17. IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim and WCO Secretary General Dr. Kunio Mikuriya strongly urged customs administrations and port state authorities, together