For the first time, Britain’s wind farms are generating more electricity than gas-fired power stations. This was disclosed in findings covering the first three months of this year in an independent report by academics from Imperial College London commissioned by the UK renewable power producer Drax Group. During Q1 2023, nearly one third (32.4 […]
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Québec City – Desgagnés announced today it is expanding and has completed the acquisition of Valport Maritime Services Inc., a company specialized in cargo handling and storage services located at the Port of Valleyfield. The transaction is effective May 26, 2023. Desgagnés and the Société du Port de Valleyfield, a key stakeholder in this transaction, have also
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The Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, today announced an investment of up to $12.5 million to the Essex Terminal Railway Company, from the National Trade Corridors Fund, for a Cargo Terminal Infrastructure Expansion project at the Port of Windsor. The project will help build a new warehouse and expand the shorewall at the Port of Windsor. It aims to
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The ship can carry 24 346 TEU (20-foot containers). The MSC Loreto is not only the largest ship ever to call at the port, it is currently the largest container ship in the world. A title it shares with its sister ship MSC Irina. The ship started her maiden voyage from Ningbo (China) on
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Le navire peut transporter 24 346 EVP (conteneurs de 20 pieds). Le MSC Loreto est non seulement le plus grand navire à faire escale au port, il est actuellement le plus grand navire-porte-conteneurs dans le monde. Un titre qu’il partage avec son navire-frère MSC Irina. Le navire a commencé son voyage inaugural depuis Ningbo (Chine) le
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Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, has announced a major investment to fund the completion of the renewal of the Canadian Coast Guard’s small vessels fleet. The investment, valued at $2.5 billion, provides for up to 61 small vessels and the ongoing replacement of small craft, barges and work
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By Leo Ryan, Editor Maritime Magazine Paul Pathy, President and CEO of Fednav International Ltd, has been elected as President Designate of BIMCO, it was announced today following the general meeting in Hong Kong of the world’s biggest shipping association. He is the first Canadian shipping figure to be so nominated with the Copenhagen-based association
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To mark Quebec’s maritime sector conference, the Assises québécoises du secteur maritime, on May 9, 2023, CargoM, the Logistics and Transportation Metropolitan Cluster of Montreal, and Sodes, the St. Lawrence Economic Development Council, have launched Cap Saint-Laurent – the online catalogue of actors and partners in Quebec’s maritime and port sector. Funded by the ministère des Relations internationales et de
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À l’occasion des Assises québécoises du secteur maritime, CargoM – Grappe métropolitaine de logistique et transport de Montréal et la Société de développement économique du Saint-Laurent (Sodes) ont procédé le 9 mai 2023 au lancement de Cap Saint-Laurent, catalogue des acteurs et partenaires du secteur maritime et portuaire québécois. Financé par le ministère des Relations internationales et
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St. Catharines, ON – The federal Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, has announced an investment of up to $5.2 million, under the National Trade Corridors Fund, for the second phase of the Port Weller Dry Docks Cargo Terminal Project. This project will improve the areas of the port that are being used for the handling of
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