Since January 1, the global upper limit on the sulphur content of ships’ fuel oil has been reduced to 0.5% from 3.5% under the so-called “IMO 2020” regulation. This is significantly reducing the amount of sulphur oxide emanating from ships and will have major health and environmental benefits, particularly for people living close to ports and […]
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Le Port de Sept-Îles est fier d’annoncer une croissance de plus de 15 % du volume manutentionné dans le port comparativement à l’an dernier avec 29 292 000 Tm versus 25 363 000 Tm l’année précédente. Il s’agit de la 4e meilleure année depuis le record de 1979 avec 34 948 000 Tm, et de
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The Port of Sept-Îles announced an increase of more than 15% in volume handled in 2019, at 29,292,000 tonnes compared to 25,363,000 tonnes the year before. This is the fourth best year since the record-setting 34,948,000 tonnes handled in 1979, and the best year since the Sept-Îles Port Authority was created in 1999. In 2019,
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Depuis le 1er janvier, la limite supérieure mondiale de la teneur en soufre du fioul des navires a été réduite à 0,5% contre 3,5% en vertu du règlement dit “IMO 2020”. Cela réduit considérablement la quantité d’oxyde de soufre émanant des navires et aura des avantages majeurs pour la santé et l’environnement, en particulier pour
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Canada’s Port of Halifax on the Atlantic Coast has reported continued steady cargo trends, with total and container volumes in 2019 nearly matching 2018. Performance in the container sector was described as “consistent with last year” as containerized throughput amounted to 546,691 TEUs versus 548,000 TEUs in 2018. In the past few years, the port
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London, UK – According to a new study, at least $1 trillion of capital investment in land-based and ship-related infrastructure will be required to halve international shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. A new study by UMAS and the Energy Transitions Commission for the Getting to Zero Coalition spells out the scale of the challenge.
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Cornwall (Ontario) – La Corporation de Gestion de la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent (CGVMSL) a annoncé que le tonnage transporté sur la Voie maritime dans la saison de navigation 2019 a été de 38 millions de tonnes par rapport à 41 millions de tonnes en 2018. Tout au long de 2019, les niveaux d’eau élevés
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Cornwall, Ontario -The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) announced that cargo volume on the North American waterway during the 2019 navigation season totaled 38 million tonnes versus 41 million tonnes in 2018. Throughout 2019, high water levels on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River made the navigation season very challenging. The SLSMC, in
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Sydney, NS – Sydney Harbour Investment Partners (SHIP) have announced the expansion of its partnership consortium to include Membertou and Bridging Finance Inc. SHIP is working to develop Novaporte, a deep-water, multi-use port on 500 acres within the Port of Sydney. Novaporte is targeting container capacity of 1 million TEU’s in phase one and 3
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Canada’s largest railroad sees a proposed container terminal in the Beauport sector of the Port of Québec as a strategic gateway to capture market share from the Port of New York and New Jersey especially in the U.S. Midwest. “Our vision for Québec City is a port which would do a lot of rail like
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