Maritime Magazine

U.S. Coast Guard vessels unexpectedly encounter Chinese warships near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands

According to a report published by the Arctic Today daily newsletter, U.S. Coast Guard vessels spotted four Chinese warships conducting military and surveillance operations during a routine patrol near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on August 30. The ships from the People’s Liberation Army Navy ventured as close as 46 miles to the Aleutian Islands, the Coast […]

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U.S. Great Lakes stakeholders elated over House of Representatives committee approval for 2nd heavy icebreaker

  By Leo Ryan, Editor Great Lakes maritime stakeholders are delighted over a surprise decision taken earlier this week in Washington: the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved $1 billion for U.S. Coast Guard shore side infrastructure nationwide and $350 million in funding for a second heavy Great Lakes icebreaker as part of its budget

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QSL inaugurates its first facilities of its new multimodal handling terminal in the Sorel-Tracy IP Zone

 Sorel-Tracy – QSL, a world-class company specializing in port terminal operations, stevedoring, marine services, logistics and transportation throughout North America and anchored in the Sorel-Tracy region for over 30 years, inaugurated the brand-new facilities of its multimodal handling terminal in the Sorel-Tracy IP Zone, St. Lawrence sector.  These facilities mark the completion of phase 1 of

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QSL inaugurates multimodal terminal in Sorel-Tracy

Sorel-Tracy, QC – QSL, a world-class company specializing in port terminal operations, stevedoring, marine services, logistics and transportation throughout North America, and anchored in the Sorel-Tracy region for over 30 years, inaugurated on September 14 the brand new facilities of its multimodal handling terminal in the Sorel-Tracy IP Zone, in the Saint-Laurent sector.  These facilities

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QSL inaugurates multimodal terminal in Sorel-Tracy

Sorel-Tracy, QC – QSL, a world-class company specializing in port terminal operations, stevedoring, marine services, logistics and transportation throughout North America, and anchored in the Sorel-Tracy region for over 30 years, inaugurated on September 14 the brand new facilities of its multimodal handling terminal in the Sorel-Tracy IP Zone, in the Saint-Laurent sector.  These facilities

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Carl Laberge appointed Chair of Association of Canadian Port Authorities

At its Annual General Meeting held on September 14, the Association of Canadian Port Authorities (ACPA) appointed Carl Laberge, General Manager and CEO of the Saguenay Port Authority, as Chair of its Board of Directors for a two-year term. Mr. Laberge, a Civil Engineer, was most recently Vice-Chair of the ACPA Board of Directors and

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QSL Inaugure son terminal de manutention multimodal de la zone IP de Sorel-Tracy

Sorel-Tracy – QSL, une entreprise de classe mondiale spécialisée dans l’opération de terminaux portuaires, l’arrimage, les services maritimes, la logistique et le transport à travers l’Amérique du Nord et ancrée depuis plus de 30 ans dans la région de Sorel-Tracy, a inauguré hier les toutes nouvelles installations de son terminal de manutention multimodal de la Zone

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CP and KCS announce merger accord

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited and Kansas City Southern today announced they have entered into a merger agreement, under which CP has agreed to acquire KCS in a stock and cash transaction representing an enterprise value of approximately USD$31 billion which includes the assumption of $3.8 billion of outstanding KCS debt. The merger creates the first U.S.-Canada-Mexico railway. The decision

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ABS launches industry-first simulation decarbonisation service

Houston, Texas – In an industry first, ABS has launched an advanced service using sophisticated modeling and simulation technologies to assess the impact of a wide range of vessel decarbonization technologies at the design stage as well as simplifying EEXI and CII compliance. The SIM-based Energy Efficiency Evaluation Service will allow both newbuild vessels and

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