Maritime Magazine

Imagine Marine job board launched in Canada to help stem looming workforce shortages

  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 […]

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Fluor completes module delivery program for LNG Canada Project

  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

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Amsterdam vote l’interdiction des grands navires de croisière

Dans sa dernière initiative visant à réprimer le surtourisme, le conseil municipal d’Amsterdam a approuvé une proposition visant à interdire aux navires de croisière «polluants» de faire escale dans le centre-ville.La proposition a été adoptée en fin de semaine dernière “à une nette majorité”, a indiqué le parti de centre gauche D66, qui siège au

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British Columbia dockers to vote Tuesday on tentative deal with maritime employers

  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

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Binational study underlines vital economic impact of Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system

  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

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Jamaica and Canada sign Reciprocal Recognition Agreement on seafarers

  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,

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Shipping operations on Canada’s West Coast resume after dockers revoke strike

  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,

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British Columbia dockers serve notice of second strike starting Saturday

  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

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Port Milwaukee and DeLong open big Agricultural Maritime Export Facility

  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

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