Maritime Magazine

Port security spending soars as shipping booms

  With the shipping industry is responsible for about 90% of global trade by volume, governments are prioritizing the safe and secure transportation of goods to ensure economic stability and growth, stresses a large California-based information and growth consulting enterprise. A Frost & Sullivan analysis on the global maritime port security market finds the sector […]

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‘Half-baked’ ballast water regulations hand U.S. a victory

  New ballast water regulations released by Transport Canada on Wednesday unfairly target Canadian ship operators — who have spent billions of dollars on new fuel-efficient, eco-ships — while giving an extra six years for compliance to owners of older vessels, including those of virtually all U.S. ships operating in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence inland

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Canada implements new ballast water regulations to prevent spread of aquatic species

  OTTAWA – To further protect Canadian waters, the Government of Canada is taking action to limit the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species in ballast water. Today, the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, announced the coming into force of the new Ballast Water Regulations to strengthen existing rules for vessels on international voyages and the introduction

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Vancouver hosting marine conservation congress next June 

  VANCOUVER, BC – One year from today, Canada will welcome the world’s marine conservation leaders to Vancouver to chart a course towards protecting 30 per cent of the global ocean by 2030, Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada announced. From June 23-30, 2022, the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) will be held under the auspices of the International

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Swedish shipowner Furetank sets the pace reaching 2050 emission targets now

  Yesterday, Fure Viten, a 17,999 dwt tanker with a cargo capacity of 20,300 cubic metres, left the Yangzhou shipyard, setting a milestone for Swedish Furetank Rederi AB, becoming an international flagship as for environment and climate concerns. It is best in class globally when it comes to the UN climate goals for shipping. Thanks to gas propulsion and a unique

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Canada and Quebec jointly invest in conservation of St. Lawrence

  The governments of Canada and Quebec are determined to protect the St. Lawrence River through joint scientific research, conservation, restoration, and collaborative projects, with the support of their partners. From a desire to continue this collaboration, which has existed for more than thirty years, the governments have jointly committed to making the St. Lawrence a healthy and

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Canada’s Freight Management Association slams carriers for imposing ‘low water surcharges’ on Montreal cargo

  By Leo Ryan, Editor Global carriers are “gouging shippers” when they are at their most vulnerable by slapping a Low Water Surcharge (LWS) on top of already sky-high rates for all containers discharging at the Port of Montreal, declared John Corey, President of the Freight Management Association. “It’s a Wild West out there, with

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Chantier Naval Forillon signs an important contract with the Listuguj community (in French)

  LISTUGUJ GASPÉ – Le Chantier Naval Forillon a signé le 17 juin un contrat significatif avec la communauté Listuguj. Il s’agit de la construction d’un bateau multi espèce destiné surtout à la pêche aux crabes et aux poissons de fond. À la suite d’un rigoureux processus d’analyse de soumissions, la communauté Listuguj a désigné

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