Maritime Magazine

  The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority-led Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and Observation (ECHO) Program has launched its seventh season of large-scale threat reduction measures to support the recovery of at-risk whales, such as the endangered southern resident killer whales. To reduce threats to whales such as underwater noise and ship strikes, more than 60 marine transportation organizations have […]

  Vancouver Fraser Port Authority CEO Robin Silvester announced today that he will be leaving the port authority after more than 14 years leading the organization. “It is time for a new challenge for me, and to make space for a new leader at the port authority after the recent federal environmental assessment approval of the

  St Catharines, ON – The Team Vigilance partner companies Vard Marine Inc, Heddle Shipyards, Thales Canada, SH Defense, and Fincantieri, have launched the Vigilance Class Offshore Patrol Vessel. Intended to satisfy projected future demands under the second pillar of the Government of Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy, the Vigilance Class vessels will replace the Kingston Class Maritime Coastal

  Rimouski – The graduation ceremony for the 79th cohort of the Institut maritime du Québec (IMQ) took place on May 27. In the presence of MNAs Maxime Blanchette-Joncas and Maïté Blanchette Vézina, Rimouski Mayor Guy Caron, families, friends, staff and partners from the maritime industry, fifty-two graduates received their college diplomas in naval architecture,

  The World Port Climate Action Program (WPCAP) is being extended with a new focus on shore power, new fuels and green shipping corridors. This was agreed by the CEOs and leaders of 12 leading ports at a meeting in Rotterdam on the occasion of the first five years of the program. WPCAP members praised

  The ocean freight industry saw a slump in global long-term rates of unprecedented proportions in May, as the contracted cost of shipping containers dived by 27.5%. The development, detailed by Xeneta’s Shipping Index (XSI®), marks the ninth consecutive month of rates drops, and is the largest ever monthly fall recorded on the XSI®. “If

  Rainfall in the Panama Canal watershed during the past several days has allowed the Panama Canal Authority to postpone until June 13 the maximum authorized draft of 13.41 m (44.0 feet) TFW in the Neopanamax Locks. This restriction had been scheduled to become effective on May 30. Therefore, the maximum authorized draft of 13.56

  Dutch shipping company Future Proof Shipping (FPS) has officially launched in Rotterdam the first hydrogen-powered zero-emissions inland container ship, H2 Barge 1. Last week, Nike introduced the H2 Barge 1 at its European Logistics Campus in Laakdal, Belgium. As part of its journey toward a zero carbon and zero waste future, Nike is partnering with Future Proof

  Amsterdam  – Spliethoff Group announced that it is starting a monthly Con-Ro liner service from Belgium and the UK to the US East Coast from June 1. The very fast transit time of around 14 days from port to port makes this newly introduced service unique in the market. Deploying a state-of-the-art Con-Ro vessel able

   By Julie Gedeon Great Lakes and St. Lawrence ports are bustling this spring to deliver the last of 2022’s strong harvests. And at the same time, infrastructure and technology investments are increasing capacity in the region’s ports to meet rising world demand for agri-food products. “Thanks to the marine highway’s resilience, grain exports were just