Maritime Magazine

  European ports must exercise greater awareness in dealing with organized crime that has infiltrated their facilities, urges a report released by Europol. The specialized agency of the European Union called for legislative initiatives at the European level to support the ports and streamline security measures. “The sheer volume of containers (over 90 million) handled […]

  The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced it moved the most cargo in the nation in February 2023 and year-to-date in 2023, thus overtaking the California hubs of Long Beach and Los Angeles. In February, traditionally the slowest time of the year for all U.S. ports due to overseas production

  Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority (HOPA) has entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Atura Power to acquire green hydrogen as part of its commitment to supporting the growth of clean energy and reducing its carbon footprint.  HOPA is the largest Port on the Great Lakes, operating multi-modal transportation facilities in Hamilton, Oshawa and Niagara. HOPA has been

  By Leo Ryan, Maritime Magazine Editor Following years of delays and lobbying, Chantier Davie at Lévis, Quebec has been officially integrated into the multi-billion dollar national ship procurement plan built around the urgent needs to modernize the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy fleets. At a special event staged today at the shipyard,

  With a view to establishing a land reserve, the Port of Québec announced that it has received regulatory approval from the federal government to proceed with the land acquisition in the Lévis-Est sector, the last industrial port lands in the greater Québec City-Lévis region. In 2017, the Port of Québec had signed an option

  APM Terminals, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has announced the expansion of its Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam. The project involves a site of approximately 47.5 hectares with 1,000 metres of deep-sea quay. The expansion will increase the terminal’s capacity by approx. 2 million TEU (standard size for containers) and the new section

  The Spirit of Tasmania fleet will be the first Australian-based vessels to benchmark their environmental performance for continual improvement using the Green Marine environmental certification program. Spirit of Tasmania (operated by TT-Line Company Pty Ltd), which provides both passenger and freight services between mainland Australia and Tasmania aboard the two Spirit of Tasmania ferries,

  “Today has marked a historic day, both for Norled and for Norway as a leading shipping nation,” said Heidi Wolden, CEO of Norled. “We are witnessing the world’s first ship sailing on liquid hydrogen.” The ship is the ferry MF Hydra. Since the turn of the year, Norled has been carrying out system tests

  The important business relationship linking the Port of Montreal and Ontario companies will continue and strengthen in the years ahead, said Martin Imbleau, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Montreal Port Authority, in a speech on March 30 at the Toronto Region Board of Trade Transportation Symposium. The Ontario market, which accounts for about two million containers per year, could