The President and CEO of the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) announced changes, effective April 1, to the management structure to allow the organization to achieve its strategic ambitions and solidify relationships with clients and partners in the ecosystem, as well as enable the Port of Montreal to play its key role at the hub […]
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A sure sign of spring’s arrival, the first international ship of the 2024 shipping season has arrived at the Port of Toronto. Early today, PortsToronto “crowned” Captain Sergiy Kobylyashnyy of the MV Wigeon with an antique top hat – first presented in the spring of 1861– at the annual Top Hat Ceremony. For the past 163 years, PortsToronto has
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The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and Mike Kelloway, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, announced that 2 contracts have been awarded to Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. (VSY), with a combined
Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie) today announced it has been awarded its first National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) contract by the Government of Canada for the design of the six-ship fleet of Canada’s future Program Icebreakers. This major milestone marks the beginning of Davie’s NSS work package to replenish Canada’s Arctic fleet and each
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Montreal – Canada’s Minister of Transport and Quebec Lieutenant, Pablo Rodriguez, today announced an investment of up to $16.75 million for a project at the Port of Montréal under the National Trade Corridors Fund. This project consists of adding a fourth track on the Pie-IX railway bridge and building a storage area. The rehabilitation of the railway
The M.V. Harvest Spirit has officially opened the Port of Thunder Bay shipping season for the second consecutive year. In a gathering of familiar faces, the Port of Thunder Bay on Sunday recognized the crew of the Harvest Spirit in a Top Hat Ceremony held at Richardson International’s Main Elevator. Captain Adam Hagen and
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St. Catharines – The St. Lawrence Seaway opened its 66th season of operation today with an official ceremony in Niagara Region. Terence Bowles, President and CEO of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) was joined by U.S. Great Lakes St. Lawrence Development Corporation Administrator Adam Tindall-Schlicht in welcoming the many who came out
London – As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC 81) closed today, the Clean Arctic Alliance welcomed the support for two new areas in the Arctic to be protected from polluting air emissions from shipping. The two Emission Control Areas (ECAs) proposed by Canada and Norway and approved by
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Les volumes de marchandises transitant par le port de Vancouver ont augmenté de 6 % en 2023, les exploitants de terminaux et les partenaires de la chaîne d’approvisionnement ayant transporté un volume record de 150,4 millions de tonnes métriques (MMT) de marchandises. Les statistiques sur le fret de 2023 de l’Administration portuaire Vancouver Fraser, publiées aujourd’hui, montrent
Cargo volumes through the Port of Vancouver increased by 6% in 2023, as terminal operators and supply chain partners moved a record 150.4 million metric tonnes (MMT) of trade. The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s 2023 cargo statistics, released today, show it was a mixed year at the Port of Vancouver, with growth in some
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