Maritime Magazine

While shippers are increasingly interested in tracking their carbon footprint, Copenhagen’s Sea-Intelligence, a leading provider of innovative analysis in the container transport sector, reveals in an explosive report that CO2 data provided by the main lines of containers can be extremely misleading. The organization goes so far as to say that the online CO2 calculators used

The Canada Infrastructure Bank announced today it is committing up to $300 million in financing to the Port of Montreal project to build a new container terminal in Contrecoeur. The port, which handled 1.7 million TEUs in 2018, is counting on the planned new terminal 25 miles downstream on the St. Lawrence River to meet future demands

Québec – St. Lawrence Shipoperators (SLS) announced the appointment of Louise Bédard as the organization’s new Executive Director. Ms.  Bédard has succeeded Martin Fournier who recently left the post after eight years at the helm of the organization. Thanks to her extensive political experience within the Quebec government, Ms. Bédard is a highly skilled manager and strategic

As the UN published yet another alarming report on Climate Urgency and several of the world’s largest container shipping companies, including CMA CGM, Hapag Lloyd and MSC announced in recent months that they would not operate in the Arctic because of environmental concerns, news agency Interfax reports Russia’s state-owned Rosatom Group is in talks with

A tentative deal ending a week-long strike by 3,000 CN railway workers was announced this morning by Teamsters Canada and confirmed by CN Rail management. CN normal operations are to resume tomorrow at 6 a.m. across Canada. Pressure had been mounting from various industries including grain, fertilizer and auto for the Federal government to impose

HAMBURG, Germany – Fednav Limited was presented with two awards at a gala dinner organized last night by the International Bulk Journal. One was the Special Achievement award, presented in recognition of the company’s 75 years of success in the industry. The other was Bulk Ship of the Year award represented by the Federal St Laurent, one

Halifax, NS – Singapore-based PSA International has announced the rebranding of the Halterm container terminal acquired last July from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners as PSA Halifax. The Halifax terminal is PSA’s first coastal terminal in Canada and currently the only container terminal in Eastern Canada that can serve mega container vessels. With a depth alongside of

MONTREAL- CSL received the prestigious Award for Safety in Bulk Handling at the International Bulk Journal (IBJ) Awards on November 25, 2019, in Hamburg, Germany. The award was presented to CSL in recognition of its innovative work to improve seafarer safety when operating landing booms. “I am extremely proud of our technical and safety teams who,