Maritime Magazine

  Jamaica and Canada have signed a Reciprocal Recognition Agreement to enable seafarers from the two countries to work on ships sailing under the Jamaican or Canadian flags. The agreement was signed at the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization this week by Joanna Manger, Director General, Marine Safety & Security at Transport Canada, […]

  West Coast dockers were back on the British Columbia waterfronts today after revoking a strike notice slated for Saturday following a crisis meeting held in Ottawa late Wednesday by Prime Minister Trudeau. “All terminal operations are back to normal today,” a marine industry source told Maritime Magazine. This was good news, at least temporarily,

  By Leo Ryan, Editor Some 7,400 unionized dockers in British Columbia plan to renew striking as early as this Saturday after their job action late Tuesday was ruled illegal by the Canada Industrial Relations Board which ordered them back to work this morning. Pickets rapidly began coming down in the latest chapter of a

  Port Milwaukee and The DeLong Co., Inc. celebrated on Tuesday the grand opening of the $40-million Agricultural Maritime Export Facility on Jones Island. Representatives from the Port, DeLong and the City of Milwaukee were joined by Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, Mayor Cavalier Johnson, and federal, state, and local officials to celebrate the completion of

  Placentia, NL – The Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, today announced an investment of up to $38 million under the National Trade Corridors Fund to improve cargo movement at the Port of Argentia. The project will expand the existing Fleet Dock terminal. This expansion includes the construction of approximately 460 m of berthing space for three new berths to accommodate

  The International Maritime Organization’s Council (IMO) today announced the election of Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco from Panama as its secretary-general for a four-year term. On January 1, 2024, he will succeed Kitack Lim who served two terms. Mr. Dominguez came out on top of six other contenders from China, Turkey, Kenya, Finland, Dominica and

  Yesterday, OCI Global successfully bunkered the world’s first green methanol fuelled container ship with its OCI HyFuels ISCC certified green methanol, establishing green methanol as the low-carbon fuel catalyzing the decarbonization of the shipping industry. The bunkering operation marks the start of the ship’s maiden voyage, which will see it sail from Ulsan to

  The dominant themes for Canadian Great Lakes-Seaway shipping in 2023 continued in June, with overall tonnage remaining consistent with last year, and with significant volumes of western Canadian grain, cement, steel slabs, and iron ore transiting the system.  In total, approximately 12 million tonnes of total cargo traffic have now transited the seaway system

  The Port of Thunder Bay today announced that Tim Heney, Chief Executive Officer since May 2004, has informed the board that he intends to retire as CEO, with a target effective date of September 30, 2023. To ensure a smooth transition, Mr. Heney will continue to serve as CEO until the Board has identified