Maritime Magazine

In an initiative responding to high tariffs up to 50% imposed by the Trump Administration on Canadian steel imports, Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon today announced in Hamilton the launch of a $100 million rebate program for the interprovincial transportation of eligible steel products by rail and marine. The Commodities Sectoral Support Program will rebate 50 […]

The Port of Thunder Bay continued to show positive momentum through the heart of the shipping season, handling more than 1.32 million metric tonnes of cargo in July across a diverse mix of commodities moving through the port’s terminals. The month included 56 vessel calls, consisting of 35 domestic, 1 American, and 20 foreign vessels.

According to an analysis from Ursa Shipbrokers, global seaborne bauxite trade has more than tripled in a decade and is running at another record pace in this year. The surge is driven overwhelmingly by shipments to China from West Africa’s Guinea, which now supplies an estimated four-fifths of internationally traded bauxite with aluminum producers in

This year’s peak shipping season is coming to an end, with import volume at the U.S. major container ports expected to remain high this month before starting to decline for the remainder of 2026, according to the Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. “We had an early peak season

In a customer advisory, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced will implement a new round of draft restrictions for vessels transiting its Neopanamax locks in late August as water levels in Gatun Lake have continued to decline amid a strengthening El Niño.  The ACP said the maximum authorized draft will be reduced to 48.0 feet

Unifor, Canada’s largest union in the federally regulated private sector (FRPS), is appalled by the recommendations issued in a recent report by the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications, which advocates for the imposition of labour contracts in the marine and transportation sectors through binding arbitration, instead of through collective bargaining. “The conclusions of this report are