Cargill and BAR Technologies’ ground-breaking innovation, BAR Tech WindWings by Yara Marine sets sail on open waters, testing new technology that will bring cutting edge wind propulsion to commercial shipping for the first time. Mitsubishi Corporation’s Pyxis Ocean, chartered by Cargill, si the first vessel to be retrofitted with two WindWings, which are large […]
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The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) announces the appointment of Geneviève Deschamps as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer. This appointment will be effective as of August 21, 2023. Mrs. Deschamps is currently Vice-President, Finance. “Geneviève has all the leadership qualities required to ensure continuity of operations, mobilize teams and pursue the deployment of the strategic
– The Comité sectoriel de main-d’oeuvre de l’industrie maritime (CSMOIM) has just released the latest version of its Diagnostic sectoriel de main-d’oeuvre. This study, conducted every three (3) to five (5) years in order to have up-to-date data on the maritime sector, tells us that 15,228 direct jobs and approximately 8,200 indirect jobs are
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QUÉBEC – Le Syndicat des débardeurs du port de Québec dénonce un nombre effarant d’accidents au travail, commis par des travailleurs de remplacement, qui sont portés à sa connaissance depuis le début du lock-out imposé par la Société des arrimeurs de Québec. Le syndicat a en main certaines images des accidents en question. Récemment,
QUÉBEC – Le Syndicat des débardeurs du port de Québec dénonce un nombre effarant d’accidents au travail, commis par des travailleurs de remplacement, qui sont portés à sa connaissance depuis le début du lock-out imposé par la Société des arrimeurs de Québec. Le syndicat a en main certaines images des accidents en question. Récemment, le
PortsToronto, in partnership with RanMarine Technology, today launched a pilot program that saw two WasteShark aquadrones make their Canadian debut in the Toronto Harbour. As part of PortsToronto’s larger Trash Trapping Program, two new WasteSharks, Ebb and Flow, will join PortsToronto’s network of Seabins in capturing floating debris and small plastic pollution from the
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After two years of construction, the Port of Montreal has officially opened its new overpass over Notre-Dame Street East in the Viau sector. Intended to remove close to 1,500 trucks a day from the local road network, this new infrastructure will improve the efficiency and fluidity of freight transport. Providing a direct connection between
The new lower-emission DMA for the shipping sector is produced by adding renewable raw material into the conventional refining process and by using mass balance the fuel attains high GHG emission-reducing benefits while maintaining the fuel quality and specifications to ISO 8217.The fuel is certified according to ISCC plus. According to the partners, Neste
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The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) has received confirmation over the weekend that International Labour and Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU Canada) voting membership have ratified the four-year negotiated tentative agreement that was achieved with the assistance of the Canada Industrial Relations Board earlier this week. The BCMEA ratified the agreement on July 31st.
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Faced with the severe drought conditions that have plagued the operations of the Panama Canal, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) highlighted on August 2 the transit from the Pacific of the Ever Max, the container ship of the greatest capacity to have navigated the waterway. At 365.8 m (1,200ft) long and 50.9 m (167 ft) wide, the