Maritime Magazine

Chicago – The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), as part of its Circular Great Lakes initiative, has released an innovative five-year circular economy strategy and action plan for plastics. The Council is a bi-national forum fostering dialogue and collaboration among eight U.S. states and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The organization worked with a number of […]

  In its latest Container Forecaster report, Drewry consultancy notes that while the over-heated global container shipping market has recently taken a turn, the lingering congestion will likely prevent a rapid return to normal.  Falling demand has driven container spot freight rates lower on a weekly basis over the last four months while high inflation

Canadian National Railway (CN) has confirmed that a two-week strike that began on June 18 by 750 signals and communications workers will end just after midnight today. This follows an agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) to accept binding arbitration.  The IBEW had initially rejected CN’s proposal to resolve remaining differences, on

Suresnes, France – FLYING WHALES, the French company behind the major industrial program LCA60T (the development of a heavy-lift airship solution and its operating ecosystem), welcomes funding from the French government – via French Tech Souveraineté, which is part of the France 2030 program led by the General Secretariat for Investment (attached to the Prime-Minister’s Office) and operated by Bpifrance – and the Principauté de Monaco, via the Société Nationale de Financement. This 122 million-euro-round of

Canadian National Railway has launched a second daily doublestack train service connecting Halifax to Toronto, Montreal and the US Midwest amid container growth expectations. The service capable of hauling 250 TEU connects Halifax to Montreal within 26 hours, Toronto in 35 hours, Chicago in 56 hours, and Detroit in 59 hours. “Working with our partner

  Singapore -Berge Bulk, BAR Technologies, and Yara Marine Technologies have reached an agreement to install four BAR Tech WindWings by Yara Marine Technologies (WindWings) on board the 210 DWT bulk carrier Berge Olympus in 2023. “This partnership with BAR Tech and Yara Marine is a great step towards our transition to zero-emissions operations. Preserving our

PortsToronto, owner and operator of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and the marine Port of Toronto, announced the appointment of its new President and Chief Executive Officer – Roelof-Jan (RJ) Steenstra. Mr. Steenstra will begin his role this September and comes to PortsToronto from Fort McMurray Airport Authority where he has served as President and

Contrecoeur – The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) announced that it has mandated the Fédération de l’Union des producteurs agricoles de la Montérégie (UPA Montérégie) to conduct an intervention program on agricultural practices along the watershed of the Bergeron and Séraphin-Choquette streams near the Richelieu River, upstream from a copper redhorse spawning site. The program is

The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says the war in the Ukraine is stifling trade and logistics of the country and the Black Sea region, increasing global vessel demand and the cost of shipping around the world. In a report entitled “Maritime trade disrupted: The war in Ukraine and its effects on maritime trade