Maritime Magazine

London – The International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA), which represents over 50 member countries, is partnering with the Canadian National Centre of Expertise on Maritime Pilotage (NCEMP) and the Canadian Coast Guard to rigorously explore remote pilotage to ground-truth its feasibility, readiness, and impacts on safe navigation practices and systems. This work aims to provide […]

Significant progress is being made to eradicate methane slip as uptake of the LNG pathway accelerates, and this is worth underlining. With continued collaborative efforts across the value chain, methane slip will be eliminated for all engine technologies within the decade, according to a recent report from SEA-LNG, a multi-sector industry coalition. Today, 2-stroke diesel

By Leo Ryan, Editor Freight traffic has begun slowly returning on the vast networks of CPKC and CN in response to the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) decision announced on Saturday ordering the railways to end their work stoppage and engage in a binding arbitration procedure. The conflict disrupted the transportation of an estimated $1

The Teamsters Union today announced its members would strike against Canadian National Railway next week after “constitutionally” challenging Thursday’s decision by the federal government ordering both major Canadian railways to resume operations and directing the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to prepare a binding arbitration agreement. Both CN and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. (CPKC)

Picton, ON – Picton Terminals of the Doornekamp Group and Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited (P&H) have announced the forthcoming construction of a new bulk agricultural marine terminal at Picton Terminals in Prince Edward County. This state-of-the-art facility will provide crucial support to farmers in eastern Ontario by offering a closer, more efficient delivery option for

By Leo Ryan, Editor Following the collapse of increasingly bitter negotiations with the Teamsters Union (TCRC), Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. (CPKC) early today locked out 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers. The dramatic action came after the parties failed to agree on a new contract before the midnight deadline.

Veteran marine executive Fulvio Fracassi has been appointed the new President and CEO of the Halifax Port Authority (HPA), effective September 26, 2024, succeeding Captain Allan Gray who plans to return to Australia after assuming the helm of the Nova Scotia port since 2019. The announcement earlier this month follows an extensive international search under

For the first time in over two decades, an export shipment of Critical Minerals departed  on August 16 from the Port of Churchill. The zinc concentrate shipment marks a significant milestone in Arctic Gateway Group’s work to revitalize the Hudson Bay Railway, diversify the Port of Churchill, and seize the opportunity to further develop Canada’s

This year has been exceptionally busy for the management team of Maritime Magazine with the transfer to new ownership. So, for a short holiday period between August 12 and August 21 there will be a “pause” in the daily Newsletter and topical reports on our website. All will be anchors away again on Thursday, August