Maritime Magazine

  During the World Leaders Summit at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP27), Canada and the United States announced their joint work to facilitate the establishment of a Green Shipping Corridors Network in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway System. Under the Initiative, the […]

  Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt: A new Action Plan, launched at COP 27 by UN organizations, shipowners and unions, sets out recommendations to upskill seafarers to meet shipping’s decarbonisation goals. The plan is in response to findings from new research, the modelling of which cautions that as many as 800,000 seafarers will require additional training

  The White House has announced the appointment of former Milwaukee port director, Adam Tindall-Schlicht, as the next Administrator of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS). Mr. Tindall-Schlicht resigned his position at Port Milwaukee on October 19. In recent years, the GLS has been managed by Deputy Administrator Craig Middlebrook. An agency of

  Shipments of Western Canadian grain are on the rise at the Port of Thunder Bay.  Grain elevators handled 840,000 tonnes of wheat, canola, and other grains during the month of October.  Monthly grain shipments increased by 33% from September, and 8% over last October.  The increase was expected as the fall grain harvest moves

     Lévis, QC – New data from a study, conducted by consulting and advisory firm Deloitte LLP in Canada, shows that the entry of Davie Shipbuilding (Davie) in the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), and other key programs, will create even greater economic benefits than highlighted in the original analysis published in 2020. As part

  MONTRÉAL – Suivant l’analyse rigoureuse des experts du ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs et conformément à l’émission d’une autorisation ministérielle le 4 novembre 2022, Ray-Mont Logistiques (RML) annonce aujourd’hui la poursuite de ses activités sur son site d’environ 24 hectares acheté en 2016

  Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt – Three more governments have endorsed a worldwide cross-sector initiative to catalyse the supply of green fuels, and support the global energy transition, it was announced today in Egypt at COP27. Panama, Uruguay, and Norway have now signed up to the Clean Energy Marine Hub Initiative (CEM-Hubs), a group of representatives

  The Mission to Seafarers has released the findings of its Q3 2022 Seafarers Happiness Index report, undertaken with the support of the Standard Club and Idwal. Seafarer happiness levels reached 7.3/10, up from 7.21 last quarter, which follows a sustained increase in seafarer satisfaction, after a record low of 5.85 recorded in Q1 of

  The final cruise ship of the season has departed from the Port of Vancouver, completing a comeback year for the local cruise industry, following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The port, in fact, welcomed a record 306 cruise ship visits in 2022, an increase of 6% compared to 2019.    “It’s been

  CN has announced that October was the single best month ever for Western Canadian grain movement on the railway’s network. The Company moved over 3.23 million metric tonnes of grain from Western Canada. This exceeds the previous record set in October 2020 by over 50,000 metric tonnes and follows an all-time record set for