Maritime Magazine

Montreal, December 10, 2019 – The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) launched an upgrade of the Trucking PORTal application, which now includes predictive data on processing times at the Port of Montreal’s various container terminals. This new tool helps port truck drivers plan their routes better and improve traffic flow on Port territory, thereby reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. […]

The Port of Thunder Bay is reporting above-average cargo tonnage as of October 31.  Port terminals have handled 6.9 million metric tonnes of cargo so far this season.  This figure is 10% higher than last year and 5% higher than the 5-year average, noted Tim Heney, the port’s President and CEO. The month of October was notable

A new global project to prevent and reduce marine plastic litter from shipping and fisheries has been launched today (5 December) by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Initial funding for the project is from the Government of Norway. Plastic litter in the oceans is recognized as

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