Maritime Magazine

  The Canadian Marine Careers Foundation (CMCF) has announced the launch of the Imagine Marine job board, a new national platform that facilitates connections between career seekers and the marine sector. This comprehensive and user-friendly job board aims to streamline the job search process while promoting diverse marine opportunities across Canada in the face of […]

  With the arrival of the last module by ship from its fabrication yard in Zhuhai, China,Texas-based Fluor Corporation announced that it has completed the module fabrication program on the massive LNG Canada project in Kitimat, British Columbia. This significant milestone marks the completion of a critical phase in the construction of a large terminal

  In its latest move to clamp down on overtourism, the Amsterdam City Council has approved a proposal for banning “polluting” cruise ships from calling in the downtown area. The proposal was adopted late last week  “with a clear majority,” said the center-left party D66, which sits on the Council. “Polluting cruise ships do not

  The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU Canada) announced today it will recommend the terms of a tentative deal with the British Colombia Maritime Employers Association to its membership at a meeting on Tuesday. The union leadership made the announcement after holding aa emergency meeting this Friday morning to determine whether to submit the

  A comprehensive independent study of the economic impacts of the entire Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway navigation system for the 2022 shipping season was released today, detailing the billions of dollars in economic activity and hundreds of thousands of jobs supported by the industry.  Titled “Economic Impacts of Maritime Shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region,” the

  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