Maritime Magazine

North American maritime leaders unite to drive GHG emissions reduction

  Members of the maritime industry across the United States and Canada have come together to form the Blue Sky Maritime Coalition, a non-profit strategic alliance developing and taking action on projects to achieve a commercially viable net zero emissions waterborne logistics sector. The coalition includes shipowners, builders, charterers, financiers, classification organisations, port authorities, government […]

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Ships will sound their horns in Canada to support urgent need to vaccinate seafarers

  Ships will sound their horns at ports across Canada at 12 noon (local time) on June 25th — the Day of the Seafarer — as part of a worldwide effort to recognize the critical role marine workers have played during the pandemic and to urge governments to prioritize vaccinations for crews aboard ships. Throughout

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CargoM welcomes Quebec’s new maritime vision

  MONTREAL –  CargoM, the Logistics and Transportation Metropolitan Cluster of Montreal, enthusiastically welcomes Quebec’s new maritime vision Avantage Saint-Laurent.  Announced yesterday by Chantal Rouleau, Minister for Transport and Minister Responsible for the Metropolis and the Montréal Region, in the presence of Jean Boulet, Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity and Minister Responsible for the Mauricie Region, this new strategy

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Avantage Saint-Laurent, a lever for the realization of On Course for 2030

   Trois-Rivières – The Port of Trois-Rivières is very proud to have welcomed today the Minister for Transport, Chantal Rouleau, the Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity and Minister responsible for the Mauricie region, Jean Boulet, as well as several partners in the maritime industry, for the official announcement of Quebec’s new maritime vision: Avantage

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Theodore TOO is resting in Mirachimi NB after a relatively short run from Summerside PEI 

  Long prior to European settlement, the Miramichi region was home to members of the Mi’kmaq first nation. For the Mi’kmaq, Beaubears Island, at the junction of the Northwest and Main Southwest branches of the Miramichi River was a natural meeting point. The towns of Chatham and Newcastle were formerly important ports for northeastern New

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Port of Montreal welcomes Quebec’s new maritime vision

  The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) applauds the vision and ambition shown by the Government of Quebec in its new maritime vision Avantage Saint-Laurent presented this morning in Trois-Rivières by Minister for Transport Chantal Rouleau and Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity Jean Boulet. “The Port of Montreal hails the Government of Quebec’s new maritime vision

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IMO adopts key mandatory measures to reduce vessel carbon intensity

  New mandatory measures to cut the carbon intensity of international shipping have been adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), setting shipping on a course to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets established in the 2018 Initial IMO Strategy for Reducing GHG Emissions from Ships. IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 76), meeting in a

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GNL Québec deplores the viewpoint issued by Fisheries and Oceans Canada 

  SAGUENAY, Québec – GNL Québec is stunned by the notice issued by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) earlier today concerning the Énergie Saguenay project and the choice of its site. The company strongly deplores the lack of consideration shown by the agency to the international best practices put forward for the project. This opinion

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