Maritime Magazine

  At a side event to COP28 currently underway in Dubai, the Montreal Port Authority (MPA), Oceanex and QSL today announced their collaboration to create the first domestic green shipping corridor between Quebec and Newfoundland. This corridor will make it possible to green one of Eastern Canada’s busiest shipping routes, used daily between the Port of Montreal and the Port of St. John’s, […]

  Halifax – The Minister of Transport, the Honorable Pablo Rodriguez, today announced the creation of the Green Shipping Corridor Program, an investment of $165.4 million, and launched a call for proposals under this program. The program will establish green shipping corridors and help decarbonize the marine sector in major shipping areas along the Great Lakes, the

  The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s board of directors announced that it has appointed Peter Xotta as president and chief executive officer, effective Monday, December 4, 2023. He succeeds Robin Silvester who held the post for 14 years and announced his departure last June. “I am pleased that the Port of Vancouver—and all Canadians—will benefit from Peter’s leadership as

  Dubai – The Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of five leading global shipping lines have issued a joint declaration at COP 28 calling for an end date for fossil-only powered newbuilds and urging the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the global regulator, to create the regulatory conditions to accelerate the transition to green fuels. Signing the joint

  LONDON – Canada was re-elected today to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category B—states with the largest interest in international seaborne trade— for the 2024-25 term. The results of this election recognize Canada’s important contribution and leadership on issues that matter to Canadians, to seafarers, and to the international maritime community. The IMO is the

  The warning signs were already there, but the latest data from Oslo’s Xeneta market intelligence platform suggests 2024 could be even more brutal than expected for carriers in the ocean freight shipping market. The Xeneta Shipping Index (XSI®) tracks real-time developments in global long-term contracted rates and figures released today shows it fell by

  The Port of Québec has reported a banner 2023 cruise season, welcoming over 154,000 cruise passengers. Twenty-eight cruise lines and 41 different ships, 11 of which were on their maiden voyage, visited a total of 131 times over the season which ran from April 25 to November 5 – the longest in the Port’s history.

  The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) has announced the appointment of Julie Gascon as President and CEO. With her proven track record in the marine industry, Ms. Julie Gascon will bring in-depth knowledge of operations in the transportation sector to the entire Port of Montreal ecosystem and put her entrepreneurial know-how to work in implementing the 2023–2027 strategic plan. Ms. Julie Gascon is

  The Thorold Multimodal Hub, a collaborative venture between the BMI Group and HOPA Ports, has received a 2023 Brownie Award from the Canadian Brownfields Network. Honored in the ‘Renew-Large Scale Project’ category, the Thorold Multimodal Hub was recognized for its successful reimagining of a legacy industrial site for modern industrial uses. Each year, the Canadian Brownfields Network recognizes