Maritime Magazine

Augmentation spectaculaire du nombre de porte-conteneurs touchés par la congestion portuaire mondiale

Les dernières données de Windward, la plate-forme d’IA maritime, montrent qu’un cinquième de tous les porte-conteneurs du monde sont bloqué dans la congestion portuaire, les ports chinois étant le facteur le plus important. «En regardant la situation mondiale, entre le 12 et le 13 avril 2022, 1 826 porte-conteneurs attendaient à l’extérieur des ports du […]

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Dramatic increase of containerships hit by global port congestion

Latest data from Windward, the maritime AI platform, shows that one fifth of all the world’s containerships are stuck in port congestion, with Chinese ports the biggest factor. “When looking at the global picture, between April 12-13, 2022, 1,826 container vessels were waiting outside of ports worldwide,” reports Windward. “That’s 20 percent of all container

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Canfornav vessel first ‘Salty’ to call Thunder Bay for 2022 navigation season 

The Port of Thunder Bay has opened to international shipping with the arrival of the first Salty to port during the 2022 navigation season. MV Blacky crossed the Thunder Bay breakwall at 0825 Monday, April 18, 2022. The vessel is currently loading Western Canadian wheat and oats at Richardson International’s main elevator and will sail

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Ever Forward renfloué dans la baie de Chesapeake 

Après plus d’un mois d’efforts de sauvetage complexes, le porte-conteneurs Ever Forward exploité par Evergreen Corporation a été renfloué et retiré de la baie de Chesapeake. Le navire transportant près de 5 000 EVP s’est échoué le 13 mars alors qu’il transitait vers le sud dans la Chesapeake en direction de Norfolk, en Virginie. Il aurait

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Ever Forward refloated in Chesapeake Bay 

Following more than a month of complex salvage response efforts, the containership Ever Forward operated by Evergreen Corporation has been refloated and removed from Chesapeake Bay. The vessel carrying nearly 5,000 TEUs grounded on March 13 while transiting south in the Chesapeake towards Norfolk, Virginia. It reportedly missed a turn and exited the fairway off Pasadena,

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Seafarer lives don’t need to be risked during lifeboat drills 

Seafarers are dying needlessly in lifeboat accidents when maritime legislation doesn’t actually require vessels to be manned during drills. InterManager, the international trade association for ship and crew managers, is raising awareness of this fact by highlighting a legislative change which means that it is not necessary for crew to be onboard when lifeboats are

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L’Association russe de droit maritime appelle à la fin du conflit en Ukraine

Dans une initiative courageuse qui rompt les rangs avec le gouvernement de Vladimir Poutine, l’Association russe de droit maritime (Rumla) a appelé à la cessation immédiate du conflit en Ukraine et à un retour à « la raison et aux mécanismes juridiques pour résoudre » les différends. L’association a clairement fait preuve de prudence pour

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Russian Maritime Law Association calls for end of Ukraine conflict

In a courageous initiative that breaks ranks with the government of Vladimir Putin, the Russian Maritime Law Association (Rumla) has called for the immediate cessation of the conflict in Ukraine and a return to “reason and legal mechanisms to resolve” disputes. The association was clearly treading carefully to avoid calling the conflict a war, since

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McKeil Marine expands its bulker fleet with purchase of M/V Da Shen

Burlington, ON – With the 2022-23 navigation season underway, marine services provider McKeil Marine has announced the expansion of its fleet following the purchase of the M/V Da Shen (IMO 9167681). This unique shallow-draft, self-discharging vessel, built in 1998 at Shin Kurushima Hiroshima Dockyard, Japan, will complement McKeil’s bulker fleet and further enhance the broad

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Human Rights at Sea accuse la Russie de crimes de guerre

Alors que le conflit en Ukraine entrait dans son 50e jour, l’ONG Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) a accusé la Russie d’avoir commis des crimes de guerre contre les marins internationaux et les navires marchands qui devraient être poursuivis . “Les crimes de guerre ne sont pas seulement l’attaque aveugle contre des civils, mais les

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